Admin Code Chapter NR 40 – “makes it illegal to possess, transport, transfer, or introduce certain invasive species in Wisconsin without a permit. Everyone is responsible to comply with these regulations.”

Bayfield County

• No. 2009-07 Chapter 2: Aquatic Invasive Species – prohibits transport of invasive species
• No 2007-10 Sec 2-3-18: Establishing a Bayfield County Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Committee

City of Washburn

Title 8: Health and Sanitation: Chapter 1: Ordinance 8-1-5: Destruction of Noxious Weeds – specifies noxious weeds that property owners are required to eliminate; Phragmites is not currently included in the listed noxious weeds

Town of Jacksonport

Ordinance No. 02-2014 – An Ordinance Regulating Noxious Weeds and Invasive Species

Town of Sturgeon Bay

Ordinance No. 10.19: Noxious Weeds Prohibited

City of Sturgeon Bay

Ordinance No. 01-2016: An Ordinance Regulating Noxious Weeds and Invasive Species

Town of Sevastopol

Ordinance No. 01-2016: An Ordinance Regulating Noxious Weeds and Terrestrial Invasive Plants in the Town of Sevastopol

Town of Liberty Grove

Ordinance No. 7-16: An Ordinance Regulating Noxious Weeds and Invasive Species

City of Superior

The specific ordinance has not been located – if you have it please let us know.

Act 451: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act

Act 359: Noxious Weeds

Coldwater Township

Section 9: Definition of acceptable landscape plants (not yet tested)

Peaine Township

Ordinance No. ?- 2008: An ordinance pursuant to Act 246 of the Public Acts of 1945, as amended, to provide procedures intended to comply with federal and state due process requirements before including private property along the Lake Michigan shoreline in a Phragmites eradication zone

Ordinance No. 10-2: Emmet County Phragmites Control Ordinance

Township of Leelanau

Ordinance No. 2: Phragmites Ordinance – procedures to identify Twp properties infested with Phragmites; to prescribe eradication and treatment procedures; to repeal any ordinances in conflict with this ordinance

Bingham Township

Ordinance No. 01-031615: Bingham Township Terrestrial Invasive Species Ordinance – allows for all property within the twp to be included in a terrestrial invasive species eradication zone and can receive effective treatment

Chesterfield Township

Ordinance No. 114, Sec 68-32

Washington Township

Ordinance No. 41: 101.00 Noxious Weeds

Harrison Township

Ordinance No. 1988, 35.101-106; 35.107: Article IV – Vegetation

Shelby Township

Article III: Noxious Weeds Ordinance

City of Midland

Chapter 26 – Vegetation: Article I Weeds Sec. 26-1 to 26-13

Clay Township

• Clay Township Phragmites Management Plan
• Clay Township Phragmites Management Program
• Resolution Establishing the Clay Township Phragmites Management Advisory Board

NYCRR Part 575: Prohibited and Regulated Invasive Species – Phragmites is a prohibited species; see this page for more information

Community Wildfire Protection Plan – requires removing Phragmites in cities of more than one million people

Invasive Species Act

Phragmites is listed as a Restricted plant under this Act. More information. 

Municipal Act

• Phragmites has not been listed as a noxious weed through by-law by any single or upper tier municipalities, so an ordinance to “destroy noxious weeds” is not possible.
• However, several municipalities have a “tall grass and weeds” by-law under the Municipal Act regarding property standards.