Thank you to everyone who attended and helped with the 2007 Alaska Invasive Species Conference!

Presentations and handouts from the conference are downloadable as .pdf files. If you have questions, or would like the original PowerPoint presentation, please contact the speaker.  Agenda  and Speaker Contact Information

Alaska Invasive Species Conference, Tuesday November 13th

Welcome and Opening Remarks Michele Hébert, UAF Cooperative Extension Service-Tanana District

Alaska Invasive Species Working Group (AISWG) Addressing All Taxa Michele Hébert, UAF Cooperative Extension Service-Tanana District

Pulling Together Against Invasive Plants: An Overview of the Alaska Committee for Noxious and Invasive Plants Management  Gino Graziano, Alaska Association of Conservation Districts

Early Detection and Rapid Response- All Taxa Efforts  Alan V. Tasker, Ph.D., USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine

A New Invasive Species Prevention Training Program to Consider for Alaska  Steven Manning, Invasive Plant Control, Inc.

Plant Pathogens of Concern  Michele Hébert, UAF Cooperative Extension Service-Tanana District

Invasive Species Includes Disease Pathogens: How Will the State Respond? Robert Gerlach, Ph.D., State Veterinarian, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Environmental Health

Management of Invasive Mammals on Alaska Maritime National Wildlive Refuge (.pdf not available) Steve Ebbert, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

Shipwreck Response (.pdf not available) Steve Ebbert, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

Coastal Marine Invasions in Alaska: Patterns Processes and Predictions Gregory M. Ruiz, Ph.D., Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Marine Invasion Research Laboratory

Spartina Early Detection and Rapid Response: The Oregon Experience  Vanessa Howard, Center for Lakes and Reservoirs, Portland State University

Green Crab Habitat Suitability Modeling in Southeast Alaska, British Colombia and Washington Using the Shorezone Coastal Mapping Project  Linda Shaw, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

A Citizen Monitoring Program for Marine Invasive Species in Alaska  Judy Hamilton, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Kachemak Bay Research Reserve

Invasive Northern Pike: A Growing Threat in Southcentral Alaska  Kristine Dunker, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Sport Fish Division  Pike Handout

Rats: Reputations, Revelations, Regulations and Rumors (.pdf not available) Ronald G. Clarke, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation

Discussion and Recap  Michele Hébert facilitating, Deena Jallen recording

Posters and Handouts

Yukon Weeds excel file from Bruce Bennett  Invaders Poster from Bruce Bennett

Alaska Invasvive Species Conference Guest Speaker Highlight:  The 2007 Alaska Invasive Species Conference is pleased to welcome Dr. Gregory M. Ruiz, senior scientist with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Marine Invasion Research Laboratory.

Dr. Ruiz will speak on "Coastal Marine Invasions in Alaska: Patterns, Processes and Predictions." He will talk about latitudinal patterns of marine invasions, focusing particular attention on western North America and Alaska. Dr. Ruiz has done a great deal of research with Regional Citizens' Advisory Councils and the US Fish and Wildlife Service focused in Alaska, and will underscore his current state of knowledge and research in Alaska.

He will use the broader patterns (across latitudes) to explore/predict future changes in invasion dynamics for Alaska, focusing on the interaction of climate and human activities.

For further information, please contact:  Ronda L. Halvarson, Administrative Assistant to Michele Hébert, Agriculture and Horticulture Agent Phone: 907-474-1530 Fax: 907-474-6885 E-mail:rlhalvarson@alaska.edu