| Project Name | Dalton Highway Invasives Project |
| Project Number | 247 |
| Location | Along the Haul Road near Coldfoot |
| Dates | June 25-28 (FILLED) and July 23-27, 2012 |
| Duration | 1 week each month |
| Number of Volunteers Needed | 2-4 FILLED |
| Description | Volunteers and refuge/BLM staff hand pull seedlings and infestations of White Sweet Clover along the Haul Road (Dalton Highway). Weed whackers are used in some areas. We U-Boat Replica Watches generally work 4 or 5 days, and travel to and from Fairbanks takes 1 day each way in Government vehicles. Food and lodging provided by the Refuge and Friends while we are on location. Travel to Fairbanks will be by carpooling or flying from Anchorage. |
| Skills Needed | Skills Needed Ability to be outdoors from 8-5, doing manual labor, in cold or wet or dusty and hot, buggy conditions.
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| Audience Age | All ages |
| Materials Needed | Refuges and BLM provide tools, gloves, equipment, and bug spray. Bring work clothes, head nets or bug jackets, layers of clothing to be prepared for temps 30-80, snow or rain, dust, mosquitos.
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| Other Outreach Opportunities | If time allows, we may present a program about Friends and the Invasive Project in Coldfoot at the Arctic Interagency Visitor Center.
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| Contact | Betty Siegel betty.siegel@alaska.net |