Registration open for 2025 Alaska Invasive Species Workshop

Registration open for 2025 Alaska Invasive Species Workshop

The 2025 Alaska Invasive Species Workshop, a forum for land and invasive species managers and scientists to discuss current issues, will be held Oct. 28-30 in Anchorage.

The workshop is a collaboration of the Alaska Invasive Species Partnership and the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service.

The workshop offers expert presentations about emerging invasive species science and management issues, highlights outreach efforts and offers training for new and experienced invasive species managers. Topics include elodea, knotweeds, European green crabs, northern pike and invasive chokecherries.

This year's theme is "Invasive Species at a Crossroads: Challenges, Choices, Changes."

Sessions will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily at the Clarion Suites Downtown, 1110 W. 8th Ave., Anchorage. In-person and virtual options are offered. The in-person cost is $160, and registration for the virtual option is $60. Zoom links will be available in October.

For updates and to register for the workshop, visit the Alaska Invasive Species Partnership websiteor https://bit.ly/AKISP_workshop2025.

For more information, contact Gino Graziano at [email protected]or 907-786-6315.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Alda Norris at [email protected]or 907-474-7120. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to [email protected].

This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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