by boxcar-admin | Jul 7, 2016 | Background
The Lake Erie Cooperative Weed Management Area (CWMA) was established in 2009 and has completed over 7,000 acres of invasive species treatment on the properties of nearly 200 program participants throughout Ottawa, Lucas, and Sandusky counties. This area contains... Continue Reading
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by boxcar-admin | Jul 7, 2016 | Partnerships and Administration
The Lake Erie CWMA is administered by a steering committee consisting of representatives from The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Winous Point Marsh Conservancy, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Ohio Division of Wildlife, and the Ottawa County Soil and Water Conservation... Continue Reading
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by boxcar-admin | Jul 7, 2016 | Prioritization
Initially Phragmites was the priority target for two reasons; first because it generated the most interest from landowners due to its dense growth and obstructive nature, and second because most funding was focused on Phragmites management. The program has slowly... Continue Reading
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by boxcar-admin | Jul 7, 2016 | Policy and Regulations
The Lake Erie CWMA’s involvement with permitting, laws and ordinances is fairly limited. In-house landowner agreements are created with participating properties that include liability agreements to protect both the CWMA and the landowner. Liability when working on... Continue Reading
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by boxcar-admin | Jul 7, 2016 | Communication and Outreach
The CWMA education and outreach consists of an organizational website, pamphlets, presentations and papers at professional meetings and conferences, and in-house landowner workshops and meetings. Most of these education and outreach efforts are intended to engage... Continue Reading
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by boxcar-admin | Jul 7, 2016 | Management
In the past the Lake Erie CWMA has contracted external entities for prescribed fire, aerial spraying, mowing and smashing activities on agreement lands. Mowing, smashing, seeding and ground spraying activities were previously handled in-house by CWMA employees using... Continue Reading
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by boxcar-admin | Jul 7, 2016 | Monitoring
Annual monitoring is currently only completed on test plots. The test plots were originally selected because their diversity and location were representative of a majority of areas in Northwestern Ohio. Monitoring began by comparing different treatment plots to one... Continue Reading
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by boxcar-admin | Jul 7, 2016 | Data and Information Integration
Under the various GLRI grants that have supported the Lake Erie CWMA to date, final reports have been compiled that include data analysis and recommendations from the analysis. The Nature Conservancy keeps records of these reports and the corresponding data analysis.... Continue Reading
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