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Information on Invasive Plants

Contact the Invasive Plant Chairman for more information.

There are five primary ways to learn about the status of invasive plants in Alaska.
(1) Monthly CNIPM teleconference the first Wednesday of the month, and the number is 907-271-1405.
(2) Annual CNIPM meetings. They are usually in October.

(3) Material and links on the CNIPM website. http://www.uaf.edu/ces/cnipm/
(4) Material on the website of the Forest Service: http://www.fs.fed.us/r10/spf/fhp/
This site talks about all forest health issues: forest pathogens, destructive insects, and invasive plants.
(5) Invasive plant section of "Forest Health Conditions Report.

http://www.fs.fed.us/r10/spf/fhp/condrpt09/ForestHealthConditions2009web1.pdf

(6) Find the Alaska Integrated Pest Management Program on Facebook. Our Facebook name is Alaska IPM. One more way to stay up to date on the latest IPM happenings.

The Alaska Exotic Plants Information Clearinghouse (AKEPIC) is a cooperative project among the U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Alaska Natural Heritage Program (AKNHP) in support of the Alaska Committee for Noxious and Invasive Plants Management (CNIPM) and the Strategic Plan for Noxious and Invasive Plants Management in Alaska. AKNHP administers the database, mapping application and website for the project.

AKEPIC Database

Weed Free Forage Brochure

Pocket Guide for Weed Identification in Field Crops
Ideas for Promoting the Word About Invasive Plants

In The News

2013 Weed Smackdown - June 15th Fairbanks -
     Please join again for this competitive weed pulling event that helps remove invasive plants from important parks in our community. This year the Weed Smackdown is moving to a new location: due to construction at Tanana Lake Recreation Area, the competitive weed pulling event will be held at the South Davis Park Complex – at the soccer fields and Fairbanks Dog Park. There is a lot of white sweetclover in this area that volunteers from the dog park are working hard to remove, by participating in the Smackdown we can help them get rid of the sweetclover!
     This is a fun event for your family, club, or organization to get involved in. Lunch is provided, as well as lots of prizes. Although pre-registration is not required, it is encouraged! Members of teams that register by June 1 will be entered into a grand prize drawing - last year it was 2 round trip tickets to Denali on the AK Railroad.
      To register or for more information: weedsmackdown.wordpress.com or call 479-1213x104

The first analysis of the economic effects of invasive species in Alaska finds that governments and nonprofit groups spent about $29 million from 2007 to 2011, or nearly $6 million a year, to manage those species. Tobias Schwörer of ISER and Rebekka Federer and Howard Ferren of the Alaska SeaLife Center did the analysis, based on a survey of public and private organizations that deal with invasive species around the state. The research was funded by several federal and state agencies. Full text of the article.

Alaska Strategic Plan

Alaska Statute 03.05.027 (b)(1) directs the Department of Natural Resources, Division of Agriculture to develop, implement, and annually review a comprehensive state strategic plan for the control of noxious weeds, invasive plants, and agricultural pests; the plan must include an early detection and rapid response system for invasive plants consistent with federal guidelines;

The plan covers several subjects including: prevention, regulations and policy, coordination, early detection and rapid response, control and management, inventory, education, and research.

Links to More Information

Alaska Weed Literature - http://akweeds.uaa.alaska.edu/akweeds_literature.htm

Juneau Cooperative Weed Management Area http://www.juneauinvasives.org/invasives.html

Information from British Columbia http://www.invasiveplantcouncilbc.ca/

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/02/good-invasives/ is a link to a summary of a recently published article in Conservation Biology about the potential benefits and benign nature of some invasions, contrasting the common perception that any spread is negative.

Non-Native Species Biographies - http://aknhp.uaa.alaska.edu/botany/akepic/non-native-plant-species-biographies/

Michigan State University http://www.ipm.msu.edu/weeds-field.htm

Alaska State Site http://plants.alaska.gov/invasives/index.php

US Dept of Agriculture Natural Resources & Conservation Service

US National Arboretum

Plant Conservation Alliance

WeedUS (Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health)

Nature Conservancy

The Alaska Forest Health Protection (FHP) Program works to protect Alaska forest and tree resources from damaging outbreaks of insects, diseases, and invasive plants. FHP does this by providing timely survey and monitoring information, and technical and financial assistance, to Federal, State, and private land managers so they can prevent, suppress, and control outbreaks of forest pests. FHP also helps to maintain, enhance, or restore healthy forest conditions and works in partnership with the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and State agencies to detect and eradicate newly introduced exotic organisms.