by Samantha Tank | Feb 7, 2019 | Blog
February 7, 2019 – Samantha Stanton, Great Lakes Commission How do Phragmites affect your life? The impacts of non-native invasive Phragmites touches the lives of all people in the Great Lakes basin and beyond, even if they aren’t aware of their existence! To... Continue Reading
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by Samantha Tank | Dec 12, 2018 | Blog
December 12, 2018 – Samantha Stanton, Great Lakes Commission Updated December 14, 2018 Phragmites seems to be everywhere in the Great Lake region – but where did it come from? First, it is important to recognize that there is a subspecies of Phragmites that is... Continue Reading
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by Samantha Tank | Aug 30, 2018 | Blog
August 30, 2018 – Etienne Herrick, USGS Great Lakes Science Center With invasive Phragmites australis now pervasive throughout the majority of the Great Lakes region, it can be tempting to tackle every stem you encounter. However, another subspecies of Phragmites –... Continue Reading
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by Samantha Tank | Jul 30, 2018 | Blog
July 30, 2018 – Etienne Herrick and Sydni Joubran, USGS Great Lakes Science CenterPAMF’s 16 Management Combinations: Where Do They Come From?As PAMF participants across the Great Lakes basin collect and submit their monitoring data to the Web Hub throughout the... Continue Reading
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by Samantha Tank | Jun 29, 2018 | Blog
June 29, 2018 – Etienne Herrick, USGS Great Lakes Science Center With July right around the corner, it will soon be time to collect and submit monitoring data for your management units enrolled with PAMF. While monitoring may seem but one of many components of... Continue Reading
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by Samantha Tank | May 30, 2018 | Blog
Given Phragmites’ aggressive spread throughout the Great Lakes region, it is easy to forget that this invader takes a break for several months every winter! In fact, Phragmites has an annual biological cycle consisting of three separate phases: growing, translocating,... Continue Reading
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by Samantha Tank | 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 Samantha Tank | Feb 21, 2018 | Blog
February 21, 2018 | PAMF program staff 2017 PAMF Participant Survey Results Phragmites is dormant right now, but the PAMF staff sure isn’t! PAMF is currently in its pilot year, and we have been very busy all winter, working to improve the program for its first full... Continue Reading
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by Samantha Tank | Jan 26, 2018 | Blog
January 26, 2018 | PAMF program staff After enrolling and monitoring 93 management units into the Phragmites Adaptive Management Framework (PAMF) program in 2017, participants went on to manage Phragmites in various ways. PAMF staff reached out to participants by... Continue Reading
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by Samantha Tank | Dec 22, 2017 | Blog
December 22, 2017 | PAMF program staff The Phragmites Adaptive Management Framework (PAMF) is a decision-support tool for anyone managing Phragmites in the Great Lakes basin. As a PAMF participant, you receive decision support that is tailored to the conditions at... Continue Reading
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