Cooperative Invasive Plant Management: Chugach National Forest Kenai Peninsula Zone North

Funder: U.S. Forest Service - Chugach National Forest 2023 - 2027

Anchorage SWCD will be performing control work on high priority invasive plant species in areas bordering Chugach National Forest beginning in summer 2023. Control work will be based on sound integrated pest management principles and practices and sites will be re-vegetated as needed with native plants to restore the treatment areas to a healthy vegetative community. We develop and build partnerships with local community volunteers, stakeholders, and ANC-CISMA members to build capacity in managing invasive species as well as educating landowners and the public about the identification and management of invasive species. In 2024, ASWCD added Elodea surveys to the agreement, performing high priority surveys in remote lakes in Prince William Sound.