Call for Abstracts is now open for the 33rd Annual River Symposium! Submission deadline: Friday, August 21st
2026-10-29 - 2026-10-30 | DEV Conference Centre in Cornwall, Ontario
We invite presentation submissions for this year’s symposium which is themed ‘Woven by Water’, taking place at the DEV Hotel & Conference Centre on October 28 & 29.
We encourage a wide variety of presentation submissions that explore the interconnectedness of ecosystems and communities. We aim to bring together different ways of knowing to strengthen our protection of freshwater ecosystems and empower communities.
⏰Submission deadline: Friday, August 21st

Webinar: Building Capacity for Rapid Response: Interjurisdictional Invasive Species Rapid Response Team (IInSRRT)
2026-11-18 | Online
November 18, 2026 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm CST

The Interjurisdictional Invasive Species Rapid Response Team (IInSRRT) is a program being designed to support or lead, as requested, rapid response actions across jurisdictions in support of lead management authorities, such as DOI land management agencies, states, tribes, and territories.
The goal of the IInSRRT is to respond to nationally significant invasive species, as appropriate to the DOI mission, and across multiple jurisdictions regardless of land ownership within the authorities of DOI bureaus. The program structure is composed of the IInSRRT Coordinator, an IInSRRT Guidance Group, and deployment team responders initially composed of employees within the DOI. The Guidance Group provides guidance and support for the program. The IInSRRT Coordinator has been assisting in achieving management objectives flowing from the  National Early Detection Rapid Response (EDRR) Framework and other local, regional, and national efforts. The IInSRRT program is meant to increase resources available to support rapid response actions, through Incident Command System (ICS) emergency response support that may include an interjurisdictional deployment team for invasive species incident response on and off DOI lands and waters as requested.
This presentation will provide an overview of the IInSRRT structure, roles the program can support during response actions, and provide one of many opportunities for suggestions on how to effectively implement the program.
