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Controlling bird vetch topic of statewide webinar

Bird vetch is an invasive plant that has spread widely in Alaska. It frustrates home gardeners and is a concern in natural areas, small grain fields, vegetable gardens and small fruit orchards.

Gino Graziano, an invasive plants instructor with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, will discuss ways to control bird vetch in a free statewide webinar. 

Graziano will cover the history of bird vetch in Alaska, its biology, impacts on other plants and why now is the time to start planning to control it when it is most vulnerable. He will discuss ways to effectively control bird vetch in a variety of situations. 

The Zoom webinar will be Wednesday, May 28, from noon-1 p.m.

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You will receive an email with a link to join the virtual class. If you are unable to attend the class at noon but would like to listen in later you may still register; all registrants will receive a recording of the class.

For questions, please contact the Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center at  907-745-3360. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Melissa Clampitt by calling 907-745-3551 or mrclampitt@alaska.edu. 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 amnorris2@alaska.edu.

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

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