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
by boxcar-admin | May 18, 2015 | Blog
May 18, 2015 Bob Williams, Phragmites.org Some people believe that cutting invasive Phragmites helps it grow because the stand looks healthier; you see green growth, the brown dead material is all gone and the stand looks stronger than ever. In actuality, research... Continue Reading
Filed under: herbicide landowners management Michigan
by boxcar-admin | May 4, 2015 | Blog
May 4 2015 Chuck Miller, Clay Township Phragmites Advisory Board Establishing a sustainable Phragmites management program depends on commitment from stakeholders. This commitment can be supported by helping stakeholders see the benefit of concerted action in their... Continue Reading
Filed under: funding landowners management Michigan partnerships Permits volunteers
by boxcar-admin | Feb 22, 2015 | Blog
William Parkus, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments February 2015 Southeast Michigan’s natural resources are significant but are under siege from the aggressive Phragmites australis, which is infesting the landscape and threatening our recreation-based... Continue Reading
Filed under: CISMA management Michigan wetlands
by boxcar-admin | Jan 20, 2015 | Blog
Claude Lavoie, PHRAGMITES Research Group, Université Laval, Québec, CanadaJanuary 2015Climate warming will likely affect flooding regimes, which have a large influence on the functioning of riparian wetlands. Low water levels predicted for the St. Lawrence River... Continue Reading
Filed under: climate change management Research
by boxcar-admin | Nov 24, 2014 | Blog
Kevin Walters, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality – Water Resources Division Images from A Guide to the Control and Management of Invasive Phragmites November 2014 Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, in partnership with the Department of... Continue Reading
Filed under: Department of Natural Resources herbicide management Permits
by boxcar-admin | Aug 1, 2014 | Blog
Jennifer Thieme, Conservation Project Coordinator, The Nature Conservancy of Ohio Chris May, Director of Stewardship, The Nature Conservancy of Michigan Tara Baranowski, Lake Erie Coast and Islands Project Manager, The Nature Conservancy of Ohio August, 2014 The... Continue Reading
Filed under: CISMA herbicide management monitoring Ohio prescribed fire TNC
by boxcar-admin | May 16, 2014 | Blog
May 2014 Karen Adair, the Central Lake Erie Watersheds Project Manager at The Nature Conservancy in Ohio, develops projects to holistically manage invasive species in Northeast Ohio watersheds. She recently shared tips for “Successful Phragmites Control” in a... Continue Reading
Filed under: GLRI herbicide management MIPN Ohio prioritization TNC
by boxcar-admin | Apr 18, 2014 | Blog
Text by David Mifsud, Herpetological Resource and Management, LLC Photos by Herpetological Resource and Management, LLC, unless noted otherwise April, 2014 Reptiles and Amphibians – collectively, herpetofauna – are ecologically important groups that fill a... Continue Reading
Filed under: amphibians Department of Natural Resources habitat restoration management reptiles Research
by boxcar-admin | Mar 24, 2014 | News
Congratulations to all the new Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant recipients! Here at the Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative, we are excited to see the wonderful variety of projects that will help protect and restore habitats within the Great Lakes Basin.... Continue Reading
Filed under: CISMA EDRR GLRI management Michigan
