2017 PAMF Participant Survey Results
February 21, 2018 | PAMF program staff 2017 PAMF Participant Survey Results Phragmites is dormant right now, but the PAMF staff sure isn’t! PAMF is currently in its pilot year, and we have been very busy all winter, working to improve the program for its first full... Continue ReadingFiled under: PAMF
Research Round-Up: December and January 2018
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PAMF 2017 treatment highlights!
January 26, 2018 | PAMF program staff After enrolling and monitoring 93 management units into the Phragmites Adaptive Management Framework (PAMF) program in 2017, participants went on to manage Phragmites in various ways. PAMF staff reached out to participants by... Continue ReadingFiled under: PAMF
How PAMF Generates Decision Support
December 22, 2017 | PAMF program staff The Phragmites Adaptive Management Framework (PAMF) is a decision-support tool for anyone managing Phragmites in the Great Lakes basin. As a PAMF participant, you receive decision support that is tailored to the conditions at... Continue ReadingFiled under: PAMF
Research Round-Up: November 2017
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Research Round-Up: October 2017
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Why Adaptive Management anyway?
October 11, 2017 | PAMF program staff The Phragmites Adaptive Management Framework (PAMF) is a new strategy for managing Phragmites in the Great Lakes basin that was initiated by the Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative (GLPC) and funded by the Great Lakes Restoration... Continue ReadingFiled under: PAMF
Phragmites Removal Increases Property Values in Michigan’s Lower Grand River Watershed
Paul Isely, Erik E. Nordman, Shaun Howard, Richard Bowman Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics 4(1) DOI: https://doi.org/10.15351/2373-8456.1076 | Published online Oct 3, 2017 Abstract The presence of Phragmites australis, an invasive wetland plant, negatively... Continue ReadingFiled under: Ecological economics Environmental economics Housing values Lower Grand River Michigan
PAMF Summer 2017: Off to a great start
October 2, 2017 | PAMF program staff We are excited to report the kickoff for the pilot year of the Phragmites Adaptive Management Framework (PAMF)! After working with our Technical Working Group to finalize development of PAMF and ensure that the PAMF Participant... Continue ReadingFiled under: PAMF