by Phrag Editor None | Oct 17, 2022 | Blog
October 21, 2022 – Taaja Tucker-Silva, U.S. Geological SurveyIn the spirit of the spooky season, we wanted to highlight a commonly observed Phrag Phenomenon: witches’ broom!What is witches’ broom?Witches’ broom, or ‘hexenbesen’ in German, is a plant deformity... Continue Reading
Filed under: Botany monitoring Phragmites Plant stress Witches broom
by Samantha Tank | May 30, 2017 | Blog
May 30, 2017 On May 25th -26th a workshop was held to review the Phragmites Adaptive Management (PAMF) monitoring protocol. During the workshop, members of the PAMF Technical Working Group reviewed and discussed the monitoring protocol and attended a field trip for a... Continue Reading
Filed under: monitoring PAMF
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
Filed under: adaptive management management monitoring Research
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... Continue Reading
Filed under: management monitoring native phragmites Research U.S. Geological Survey
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 | Jun 24, 2014 | Blog
Stacy Schumacher, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources June, 2014 In Wisconsin, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is working with a range of partner organizations and communities to revise guidance on the use of Phragmites reed beds to dewater treated... Continue Reading
Filed under: biosolids CISMA Department of Natural Resources monitoring Research Wisconsin
by boxcar-admin | Mar 17, 2014 | Blog, Success Stories
Katie Grzesiak, Northwest Michigan Invasive Species NetworkMarch, 2014Northwest Michigan is facing habitat challenges from invasive Phragmites, just like much of the rest of the Great Lakes. The Northwest Michigan Invasive Species Network (ISN) is working to control... Continue Reading
Filed under: CISMA EDRR management Michigan monitoring prioritization
by boxcar-admin | Oct 28, 2013 | Blog
Jason Hill, Ducks Unlimited, Inc. October 2013 For additional project information located on this site, click here. Now in our third year, partnership efforts continue to achieve success in controlling invasive Phragmites and educating the stakeholders of Northern... Continue Reading
Filed under: Department of Natural Resources Ducks Unlimited herbicide management Michigan monitoring partnerships
