Greetings,

The 2017 California Invasive Species Action Week (CISAW) is nearly two months away and we are getting excited! This is a friendly reminder to please let us know if you will join us in recognizing the Action Week (June 3-11) and to submit your participant form, if you have not done so already.

Starting this month, we will post the 2017 CISAW Schedule of Events on the webpage (www.wildlife.ca.gov/CISAW) and continue to update the schedule as new forms are submitted. In addition to submitting your participant form, please let us know if you would like any outreach materials sent to you, indicating the type (brochure and/or poster), quantity, and address to which to send. PDF versions are attached, and we encourage you to share them with others who may also be interested in participating or hosting events.

Lastly, the 2017 CISAW Youth Art Contest is underway and all submissions are due by May 5! Open to youths grades 2 – 12, this year’s contest theme is “Don’t Let it Loose!” which aims to educate youths about the impacts of, and alternatives to, releasing aquarium and household aquatic plants and pets. Details and entry forms are on the webpage, www.wildlife.ca.gov/CISAW.

We hope you will join us in making the 2017 CISAW a success and look forward to hearing from you!

Thank you,

Rachael Klopfenstein

Environmental Scientist

Invasive Species Program

California Department of Fish and Wildlife

O: (916) 651-3122

Rachael.Klopfenstein@wildlife.ca.gov

From: Klopfenstein, Rachael@Wildlife
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2017 3:14 PM
Subject: 2017 California Invasive Species Action Week (CISAW)

Greetings,

It’s that time of year again! The 2017 California Invasive Species Action Week (CISAW) will be held from Saturday, June 3rd to Sunday, June 11th. As a reminder, the goals of the Action Week are to increase public awareness of invasive species issues and promote public participation in the fight against California's invasive species and their impacts on our natural resources.

We hope that you will join us again this year in recognizing the Action Week by scheduling, or sharing information about existing, invasive species projects or activities to engage the public and new volunteers.

Forms of program participation may include (but are not limited to):

· scheduling a hike to look for, learn to identify, and/or remove invasive plants;

· scheduling an invasive species removal or native planting work event;

· setting up an invasive species awareness display within your facility;

· distributing invasive species educational outreach materials;

· posting invasive species information and/or volunteer opportunities on social media;

· hosting an invasive species lecture or presentation; and/or

· hosting an invasive species identification or control workshop

If you will join us in recognition of the Action Week, we ask that you complete and submit the attached participant form to us so we can promote your event(s) via the 2017 CISAW Schedule of Events. The participant form may also be found on the CISAW webpage (www.wildlife.ca.gov/CISAW), and we encourage you to share it with others who may also be interested in participating or hosting events.

The 2017 CISAW brochures and posters are currently in development. If you can help display and/or distribute these materials, please respond (Rachael.Klopfenstein@wildlife.ca.gov) and let us know the quantity and address to which to send.

The CISAW Youth Art Contest will occur again this year; open to youths grades 2 – 12, this year’s contest theme is “Don’t Let it Loose!” which aims to educate youths about the impacts of, and alternatives to, releasing aquarium and household aquatic plants and pets. Details and entry forms are on the webpage, www.wildlife.ca.gov/CISAW.