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Cooperative Weed Management Areas Collaborate to Manage Phragmites
Kate Howe. Despite a land owner or natural resource manager’s best efforts to remove every Phragmites plant from the property he or she manages, the effort is doomed to failure if neighboring properties still harbor Phragmites that can readily invade managed areas. Long-term control is only likely to be successful when managed at a landscape scale through collaboration among land owners and managers.
Minnesota Regulates Non-native Phragmites as a Restricted Noxious Weed
Tony Cortilet, Laura Van Riper. In 2013, non-native Pragmites became regulated as a Restricted Noxious Weed in Minnesota. This means that the importation, propagation, sale, and transportation (in violation of Minnesota Statute 18.82) of non-native Phragmites propagating parts is not allowed in the state.
Update: Anchor Bay/St. Clair Flats Phragmites Control and Education Project
Jason Hill. Now in our third year, partnership efforts continue to achieve success in controlling invasive Phragmites and educating the stakeholders of Northern Lake St. Clair, Michigan. Project funding was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency via the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, with matching funds committed by Ducks Unlimited.
Phragmites Treatment and Management Prioritization Tool
Kevin Walters. While the invasive Phragmites has become widespread in much of the Great Lakes region, limited funding and resources dictate that groups trying to manage it regionally should carefully prioritize management sites to improve the likelihood of accomplishing management goals. The prioritization tool will allow those groups to rank many sites and focus on the highest priority locations first.
Management Considerations for Restoring Phragmites australis Dominated Wetlands
Chris Haight. Invasive species management can be a tricky endeavor, especially when you are dealing with such a pugnacious species as Phragmites australis. Whenever you are dealing with any organism, it must be recognized that it is just one piece of a large ecosystem that is comprised of an intricate network of participants, processes, and their interactions.