Anchorage Soil & Water Conservation District

10/08/2026

57 people came out for the second meeting of the Invasive Species Singles Club in Tikishla Park! What an awesome crew. Thank you Anchorage Park Foundation and Anchorage Parks and Recreation for your support! Where should the club meet next summer? Nominate a park in the comments!

10/05/2026

10/03/2026

Join us today for our very last invasive species pull of the season at Windsong Park! We will be there from 10am-1pm.

09/17/2026

Thanks to everyone who came to the event. We had fun. Hope to see you on Oct. 2 in Tikishla Park: https://www.facebook.com/share/1MYiUKmfbw/

The recent event was meant to bring like-minded people together while pulling up invasive plants.

09/17/2026

United Way volunteers joined us last night to plant native plants (and remove invasive bird cherry) along Chester Creek in Valley of the Moon park. We are making a difference, thank you!

09/12/2026

Join us for a w**d pull on September 19th 10-1pm at Cheney Lake!

Register here: https://dash.pointapp.org/events/660810

Volunteers will be manually removing and bagging invasive plants from Anchorage's Parks. Please wear sturdy shoes and dress appropriately for the weather. Tools, gloves, and garbage bags will be provided by event hosts.

🌳Invasive plants of focus: European Bird Cherry (Prunus padus), Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana), and Bird Vetch (Vicia cracca)

📍Cheney Lake Park; Park at the parking lot off of Baxter Rd.

For more volunteer opportunities: https://pointapp.org/orgs/5686

09/03/2026

09/01/2026

Join us for a w**d pull on September 8th 5-7pm at Chester Valley Park!

Register here: https://dash.pointapp.org/events/660809

Volunteers will be manually removing and bagging invasive plants from Anchorage's Parks. Please wear sturdy shoes and dress appropriately for the weather. Tools, gloves, and garbage bags will be provided by event hosts.

🌳Invasive plants of focus: European Bird Cherry (Prunus padus), Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana), and Bird Vetch (Vicia cracca)

📍Chester Valley Park; Street parking only or park at Mountain City Church parking lot.

For more volunteer opportunities: https://pointapp.org/orgs/5686

09/01/2026

09/01/2026

Thank you to the 92 amazing volunteers who joined us, Anchorage Park Foundation and Anchorage Parks and Recreation at the 14th Annual Invasive Species Smackdown!! Thank you to all the Anchorage Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (ANC-CISMA) partners who lent a hand to make this such a fantastic event. If you have photos from the event, send them to us to be featured on our website! The website will be updated with photos this week.

We are so grateful for the extra hands in Valley of the Moon Park. We are amid a 2 year project with an APF Community Challenge Grant to remove invasive cherry trees from the park and restore biodiversity by revegetating with Alaska native plants. In 2019, the 9th annual smackdown was held here, and we are excited to be able to continue the work that began over 7 years ago! More events will be taking place in the 2027 summer season.

Missed the smackdown? Join us on Wednesday, September 2nd to plant native plants to restore areas after the big removal. Want more tree pulling action? We have a few more w**d pulls throughout the month before the snow flies!