About PAMF

Non-native Phragmites australis is one of the most aggressive plant species invading North America and is already well established in the Great Lakes basin, along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf Coasts, and around the Great Salt Lake. More about Phragmites can be found here.

Non-native Phragmites is managed using a suite of conventional approaches (e.g., herbicide, cutting/crushing, flooding, burning), but these approaches aren’t getting the job done at the landscape scale. They are resource intensive and differ in effectiveness, largely because there are uncertainties about how the plant responds to treatment given site-specific conditions and variations in how managers apply treatments.  In addition, it is difficult to coordinate management efforts across the landscape and learn from each approach used.

To address these challenges, the Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative is developing an adaptive management strategy called The Phragmites Adaptive Management Framework (PAMF). This framework will change the way Phragmites management is done throughout the Great Lakes basin and lead to approaches that maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of Phragmites management.

For more information, please watch this 3-minute video:

The video below is the first part of our three-part How PAMF Works video series which explains the background and issues that led to the creation of PAMF, what participation in the framework means, and how participant information is used to generate management guidance.

Video transcript and information on the U.S. Geological Survey website

PAMF Year One Recap

Want More Information?

PAMF staff can be available to:
• deliver presentations and webinars
• organize site visits to demonstrate the monitoring protocol
• answer questions and respond to inquiries
• provide print materials for your next event

Please contact: Samantha Tank, Program Specialist, Great Lakes Commission at [email protected] - 734-971-9135