by Samantha Tank | Feb 3, 2017 | Blog
February 3, 2017 A group with diverse skills and jurisdictional representations made excellent progress at a Phragmites workshop this week. The workshop was held at the US Geological Survey’s Great Lakes Science Center and focused on development of a Common Agenda for...
by boxcar-admin | Nov 11, 2016 | Blog
Great Lakes Commission November 11, 2016 This week was the bi-annual meeting of the Michigan Invasive Plant Collaborative, held in Okemos, Michigan. Attendees included representatives from academic institutions, Cooperative Invasive Species Management Areas (CISMAs),...
by boxcar-admin | Oct 21, 2016 | Blog
Great Lakes Commission Oct 21, 2016 Mayors of cities along the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway have passed a resolution identifying non-native Phragmites as a key threat to the ecology and economy of the region, and urged their respective governments to take...
by boxcar-admin | Oct 20, 2016 | Blog
This week we’re happy to welcome Karen Alexander to the Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative team! Karen will be based out of the Great Lakes Commission and will be working on the Phragmites Adaptive Management Framework (PAMF). In particular, Karen will be...
by boxcar-admin | Sep 28, 2016 | Blog
Sept 28, 2016 Elaine Ferrier – Great Lakes Commission With the approval of an official Charter, the Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative is moving forward on managing non-native Phragmites in the Great Lakes basin. The Charter establishes the following vision...
by boxcar-admin | Aug 31, 2016 | Blog
August 31, 2016 David Collins – Chair, City of St. Thomas Phragmites Control Committee The City of St. Thomas’ plan to be “Phrag Free by 2020” sure didn’t start out that way and definitely not with that objective. It all began with a group of neighbors...
by boxcar-admin | Jul 27, 2016 | Blog, Current Research, News
July 27, 2016Story and photos by Becka Downard, Utah State University. SummaryThis case study takes us outside of the Great Lakes region to explore an unusual Phragmites management technique. Becka Downard is a PhD student who studies Great Salt Lake wetlands, and...
by boxcar-admin | Jun 13, 2016 | Blog, Current Research, News
June 13, 2016 Courtney Robichaud and Dr. Rebecca Rooney (University of Waterloo, Ontario) Summary A 2002 study found that the number and diversity of birds was higher in wetlands invaded by Phragmites. We repeated this study 12 years later at the same location where...
by boxcar-admin | May 20, 2016 | Blog
May 20, 2016 Heather Braun, Katherine Hollins (Great Lakes Commission) A new paper was recently published showcasing the use of the collective impact framework to guide the Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative (GLPC). The GLPC, established in 2012, is a regional-scale...
by boxcar-admin | Feb 24, 2016 | Blog
February 24, 2016 Abram DaSilva and Kurt Kowalski (USGS), Danielle Haak and Clint Moore (University of Georgia) Adaptive management is a type of structured decision-making that confronts and potentially reduces management uncertainty of a particular problem (Figure...
