Great Lakes Commission Phragmites Lake Association flyer
This flyer describes Phragmites and its impact on lakes. Targeted toward lake associations and similar groups. Preview: Continue ReadingFiled under: Ecosystem impacts monitoring PAMF
Facilitating Adaptive Management of non-native Phragmites australis in Wisconsin Field Protocol
This protocol explains how to monitor invasive Phragmites following PAMF guidelines. Continue ReadingFiled under: monitoring PAMF
Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative Fact Sheet
This factsheet provides a summary of the Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative and the information that they provide. Continue ReadingFiled under: PAMF
2023/2024 Improvements to PAMF Management Guidance – Now with Less Rest!
September 6, 2023 – Taaja Tucker-Silva, Great Lakes CommissionThe Phragmites Adaptive Management Framework (PAMF) provides participants with site-specific management guidance every year based on the latest Phragmites management data collected from around the... Continue ReadingFiled under: guidance management Modeling PAMF
Management guidance: Where does it come from and what do I do next?
September 28, 2018 – Samantha Tank, Great Lakes Commission Updated: May 5, 2022 If you are a PAMF participant, then congratulations! You’ve received data-driven management guidance for the 2018/19 PAMF cycle! We have thrown the term “data-driven” around a lot – but... Continue ReadingFiled under: PAMF
Friend of Phrag: Secondary invasion by European Frog-bit
April 29, 2022 – Taaja Tucker, U.S. Geological Survey What is frog-bit? Invasive European frog-bit (EFB; Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) is a perennial aquatic plant that was introduced to Canada from Eurasia in the early 1900s and made its way to the United States... Continue ReadingFiled under: invasive species management PAMF
Phragmites Coloring Sheet
February 18, 2021 – Taaja Tucker, U.S. Geological Survey and Samantha Tank, Great Lakes Commission Round up your crayons, markers, or colored pencils for a Phragmites coloring sheet! This coloring sheet provides an overview of non-native Phragmites, the effects... Continue ReadingFiled under: PAMF
Rhizomes: Getting to the root of it all
September 10, 2020 – Theresa Gruninger, USGS Student Services Contractor The non-native and invasive Phragmites australis has a very iconic aboveground structure (those large fluffy seed heads are hard to miss), but there is a lot going on belowground that... Continue ReadingFiled under: PAMF
More options available for receiving PAMF management guidance
May 5, 2020 – The PAMF Team Participants engaged in the Phragmites Adaptive Management Framework (PAMF) now have additional options for receiving and implementing management guidance provided through the program. This change is designed to address challenges... Continue ReadingFiled under: PAMF
2018/19 PAMF participant feedback!
December 23, 2019 – Patrick Canniff, Great Lakes Commission As we reach the end of Phragmites translocation phase and the start of the dormant phase, it’s a good time to take a moment to celebrate the things that we’ve accomplished this past year and reflect on... Continue ReadingFiled under: PAMF