by eferrier@glc.org | Apr 5, 2018 | Blog
April 5, 2018 | PAMF program staff If you currently use water-level manipulation to manage Phragmites stands, or have the capability to do so, consider enrolling a unit in PAMF’s next annual cycle! When it comes to habitat management, flooding can serve multiple... Continue Reading
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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 living... Continue Reading
Filed under: landowners management Ontario St. Thomas
by boxcar-admin | Mar 30, 2016 | Blog
March 30, 2016 Katherine Hollins (Great Lakes Commission) Opportunity Non-native Phragmites is managed throughout the Great Lakes region by organizations and individuals working under varying circumstances toward diverse goals. As a result, managers develop different... Continue Reading
Filed under: Adirondack Park CISMA Detroit River- W. Lake Erie CWMA habitat restoration herbicide Lambton Shores management Michigan monitoring New York Ohio Ontario partnerships Permits prescribed fire prioritization Research volunteers Wymbolwood Beach
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... Continue Reading
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by boxcar-admin | Jan 28, 2016 | Blog
January 28, 2016 Kevin Cronk, Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council Gradually and subtly, non-native Phragmites crept into Michigan’s Northern Lower Peninsula, under the radar of many local natural resource managers and residents. Staff at the Tip of the Mitt Watershed... Continue Reading
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by boxcar-admin | Oct 27, 2015 | Blog
October 27, 2015 Nicole LaFleur, Greg Norwood, and Jake Bonello (USFWS) Non- native Phragmites is not a new concern in the Detroit River and Western Lake Erie Cooperative Weed Management Area (CWMA): managers have been treating Phragmites and restoring habitats within... Continue Reading
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by boxcar-admin | Sep 16, 2015 | Blog
September 16, 2015 Kimberly Bourke, U.S. Geological Survey, Contractor Non-native Phragmites australis dominates inland and coastal wetlands as well as other wet areas, such as roadside ditches, throughout the Great Lakes region. Management of non-native Phragmites... Continue Reading
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by boxcar-admin | Jul 13, 2015 | Blog
July 13, 2015 Kimberly Bourke, U.S. Geological Survey, Contractor Wesley Bickford, U.S. Geological Survey, Pathways Trainee, PhD student at University of Michigan Although non-native Phragmites australis reigns supreme in terms of publicity, it is important remember... Continue Reading
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by boxcar-admin | Jun 1, 2015 | Blog
June 1, 2015 Bob Williams, Phragmites.org When I began invasive Phragmites management on my property about ten years ago, the only available advice for treatments came from government agencies treating large scale properties. It was great advice, based on decades of... Continue Reading
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by boxcar-admin | May 26, 2015 | Blog
May 26, 2015 Bob Williams, Phragmites.org The biggest problem I have encountered when trying to manage invasive Phragmites occurs after the first year of treatment, because the second and third years require more specific treatment. The first year is easy, because... Continue Reading
Filed under: herbicide landowners management Michigan
