Registration open for 2025 Alaska Invasive Species Workshop

Julie Stricker
907-474-5406
Sept. 25, 2025

A row of people in a conference room sit in front of a large screen that reads 2025 Biggest Invasive Species Geek
Photo by Laura Weingartner
Attendees at the 2024 Alaska Invasive Species Workshop, held in Fairbanks, participate in the Biggest Invasive Species Geek contest, a favorite activity at the annual event.

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 51风流官网 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鈥檚 theme is 鈥淚nvasive Species at a Crossroads: Challenges, Choices, Changes.鈥

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 or . 

For more information, contact Gino Graziano at gagraziano@alaska.edu or 907-786-6315.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Alda Norris at amnorris2@alaska.edu 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 amnorris2@alaska.edu. 

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

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