Register Now for the Square Lake AIS Detectors Core Course

A number of your SLA friends and neighbors have already undergone this training, but there’s always room for more eyes and hands in the effort to stop the spread of AIS in and around Square Lake.

As in past years, SLA friend and strategic ally, Matthew Downing | AIS Program Coordinator Washington Conservation District (http://www.mnwcd.org/), has generously offered to sponsor interested SLA members to attend this course.

The AIS Detectors Core Course is an introduction to aquatic invasive species (AIS) science, identification, and surveillance. You will learn how to identify and report invasive species, best practices for preventing the spread of AIS, relevant rules and regulations, and how to search for AIS on your own.

This course consists of two portions: a self-paced online course and a live workshop with the instructors. The self-paced online course takes approximately 8 hours to complete, followed by either a one day in-person workshop or two 3-hour virtual workshops. You may select which workshop(s) you will be attending during registration. The 2023 workshop options are:

1) Minneapolis - May 5th; 9am-5pm

2) Wayzata - May 12th; 9am-5pm

3) All Virtual: May 16th and May 17th; 1-4pm

Your registration includes unlimited access to the self-paced online course, access to the live workshop(s) of your choosing, a copy of the new edition of the AIS identification field guide, and networking opportunities with other AIS Detectors and experts.

Click here to learn more, and register: https://maisrc.umn.edu/detectors-core.

Thanks for all you do to help reduce the threat of AIS in Square Lake!