by boxcar-admin | May 4, 2015 | Blog
May 4 2015 Chuck Miller, Clay Township Phragmites Advisory Board Establishing a sustainable Phragmites management program depends on commitment from stakeholders. This commitment can be supported by helping stakeholders see the benefit of concerted action in their... Continue Reading
Filed under: funding landowners management Michigan partnerships Permits volunteers
by boxcar-admin | Mar 27, 2015 | Blog
James F. White, Dept. of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. Mónica S. Torres, Dept. of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. Marcos Antônio Soares, Dept. of Botany and Ecology, Universidade... Continue Reading
Filed under: Research
by boxcar-admin | Mar 12, 2015 | Blog, Project Profiles, Success Stories
Linda Nelson and Andrew Kornacki, U.S. Army Corps of EngineersMarch 2015Phragmites australis (common reed) is one of the most troublesome invasive plants encountered on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) aquatic ecosystem restoration projects. The USACE Buffalo,... Continue Reading
by boxcar-admin | Feb 22, 2015 | Blog
William Parkus, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments February 2015 Southeast Michigan’s natural resources are significant but are under siege from the aggressive Phragmites australis, which is infesting the landscape and threatening our recreation-based... Continue Reading
Filed under: CISMA management Michigan wetlands
by boxcar-admin | Jan 20, 2015 | Blog
Claude Lavoie, PHRAGMITES Research Group, Université Laval, Québec, CanadaJanuary 2015Climate warming will likely affect flooding regimes, which have a large influence on the functioning of riparian wetlands. Low water levels predicted for the St. Lawrence River... Continue Reading
Filed under: climate change management Research
by boxcar-admin | Nov 24, 2014 | Blog
Kevin Walters, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality – Water Resources Division Images from A Guide to the Control and Management of Invasive Phragmites November 2014 Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, in partnership with the Department of... Continue Reading
Filed under: Department of Natural Resources herbicide management Permits
by boxcar-admin | Aug 1, 2014 | Blog
Jennifer Thieme, Conservation Project Coordinator, The Nature Conservancy of Ohio Chris May, Director of Stewardship, The Nature Conservancy of Michigan Tara Baranowski, Lake Erie Coast and Islands Project Manager, The Nature Conservancy of Ohio August, 2014 The... Continue Reading
Filed under: CISMA herbicide management monitoring Ohio prescribed fire TNC
by boxcar-admin | Jun 24, 2014 | Blog
Stacy Schumacher, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources June, 2014 In Wisconsin, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is working with a range of partner organizations and communities to revise guidance on the use of Phragmites reed beds to dewater treated... Continue Reading
Filed under: biosolids CISMA Department of Natural Resources monitoring Research Wisconsin
by boxcar-admin | May 16, 2014 | Blog
May 2014 Karen Adair, the Central Lake Erie Watersheds Project Manager at The Nature Conservancy in Ohio, develops projects to holistically manage invasive species in Northeast Ohio watersheds. She recently shared tips for “Successful Phragmites Control” in a... Continue Reading
Filed under: GLRI herbicide management MIPN Ohio prioritization TNC
by boxcar-admin | Apr 18, 2014 | Blog
Text by David Mifsud, Herpetological Resource and Management, LLC Photos by Herpetological Resource and Management, LLC, unless noted otherwise April, 2014 Reptiles and Amphibians – collectively, herpetofauna – are ecologically important groups that fill a... Continue Reading
Filed under: amphibians Department of Natural Resources habitat restoration management reptiles Research