Stinknet Action at Overland Expo 2025

The Friends are fighting back against invasive stinknet.  The Friends of Ironwood Forest was awarded a grant from the Overland Expo Foundation to spread the word about stinknet to “overlanders”, those who recreate on public lands on back roads with SUVs, ATVs, mountain bikes, and other vehicles and who use hiking trails, bike paths, and other means to explore public lands and other non-urban spaces.  Public and private land managers lack adequate staff to monitor for stinknet and are eager for help from people who visit their sites. With the support of these grant funds, members of the Friends will be at Overland Expo West in Flagstaff, May 16-18, hoping to enlist some of the 25,000 attendees in the efforts to “see, act, and report” stinknet when they see it.  Following Expo West, the work will continue with recreational clubs in southern Arizona. Read more about the grant at the Overland Expo Foundation site.