Join Citizen Weeds Warriors and help control the spread of invasive plants in Anchorage park lands.

REPORT INVASIVE PLANTS IN PARKS HERE

What are Invasive Plants?

The invasive plants change the natural balance of our lands by endangering birds, insects, and fish that depend on native plants for survival. The plants pictured have all been found in neighborhood parks and greenbelts throughout the Anchorage Bowl.

Invasive plants infest an estimated 100 million acres in the U.S. and cost $140 billion dollars per year to control. Anchorage has the chance to prevent invasive infestations before they become so widespread that control is costly.

Park Weed Pull Calendar

• June 24, Westchester Lagoon 6-8 pm
  July 10, Goose Lake Park 6-8 pm
  July 19, Foxtree Park Noon-2pm
  July 23, Northwood Park 6-8 pm
  Aug. 21, Westchester Nature Trail 3-5 pm
  

JUNE 17, 2008
Lidia Selkregg Chalet , 6-8pm

• Join the Anchorage Cooperative Weed Management Area and the Citizen Weeds Warriors for an evening of educational fun.  Talk with invasive species experts and learn about which invasive weeds have become a problem and which ones are threatening our parks.  Sign up for weed pulling events and become a Citizen Weeds Warrior.  Contact Wade Collins collinswa@muni.org for more information.

Have you seen an invasive weed in one of your Municipal Parks?

• We need your assistance in monitor invasive weeds and their locations.  Please report invasive weed sightings here.
• Not sure what kind of weeds you have seen?  Find them at www.uaf.edu/ces/cnipm/plants.html.
• Download the Informative Flyer on Purple Loosestrife in Westchester Lagoon, Maragaret Eagan Sullivan Park.

Partners include:

• UAF Cooperative Extension Service
• US Fish & Wildlife Service
• Nordic Skiing Association
• Anchorage TREErific
• Arctic Bicycle Club
• Arctic Orientiereering Club
• Anchorage Running Club
• Northwest Archers
• Master Gardeners
• Anchorage Audubon Society
• Alaska Committee for Noxious & Invasive Plants Management
• Alaska Women’s Environmental Network
• The Nature Conservancy of Alaska

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See 2006 television public service announcement(windows media file) (quicktime)

Weeds can be alluring invaders
When pretty plants jump the garden fence, they can wage war on Alaska's native flora
June 29, 2006, Anchorage Daily News, Donna Freedman
Citizen Weed Warrior on Anchorage Daily News photo report

For more information contact Anchorage Parks & Recreation Volunteer Coordinator Wade Collins at 343-4460 or CollinsWA@muni.org