Native plant identification walk set in Delta Junction

Native plant identification walk set in Delta Junction

A free native plant identification walk is planned in Delta Junction in May for Alaska Native Plant Month.

The walk, from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20, is co-hosted by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, Partners for Progress in Delta and the Salcha-Delta Soil and Water Conservation District. Location details will be provided upon registration.

Guides Jeff Mason and Brenna Wells will show participants how to identify common native plants that thrive in Delta Junction, how and why to incorporate them into local gardens and what benefits they will bring to participants, pollinators and Alaska wildlife.

Participants are encouraged to ask questions, share observations, use field guides or apps, and bring a camera or notebook. Participants may take home a few cultivated native plants from the SWCD nursery to add to their landscape.

May weather can be unpredictable, and participants are asked to dress appropriately and wear good shoes.

Registration is required. Contact Chris Lyon at [email protected] or 907-895-4605.

For more information, contact Eve Karczmarczyk at [email protected] or 907-895-4215.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Alda Norris at [email protected] or 907-474-7120. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to [email protected].

This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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