National Invasive Species Awareness Week

NISAW is an international event to raise awareness about invasive species, the threat that they pose, and what can be done to prevent their spread. NISAW is powered by The North American Invasive Species Management Association (NAISMA), which supports local, state, tribal, federal, regional, and national organizations to make NISAW their own with these tools:

Educational Invasive Species Webinars

NAISMA hosts educational webinars on priority invasive species issues the week of NISAW and the 3rd Wednesday of each month. Other organizations may host webinars also. The 2024 NISAW webinar series is listed below. Get more information and register on the NISAW events page.

• Wednesday, February 21, 2024 – Quagga Mussel Rapid Response in the Snake River, Idaho
• Monday, February 26, 2024 – Annual USGS Invasive Species Research Forum: Better Living Through Modern Invasion Science
• Tuesday, February 27-28, 2024 – The Invasive Species Language Workshop
• Wednesday, February 28, 2024 – The Federal Interagency Committee on the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds
• Thursday, February 29, 2024 – Opportunities and Challenges for Preventing the Next Plant Invasion
• Friday, March 1, 2024 – Protecting North American Biodiversity from Invasive Species