by Samantha Tank | Oct 25, 2019 | Blog
October 25, 2019 – Emily Jameson, USGS Student Contractor As Phragmites have begun senescing, the PAMF team has been busy crunching all the data from the 2018/19 participation cycle and providing guidance to active participants. Thank you to all the... Continue Reading
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by Samantha Tank | Aug 26, 2019 | Blog
August 26, 2019 – Samantha Tank, Great Lakes Commission Tips for submitting high-quality data One of the most exciting aspects of PAMF is that anyone currently managing or planning to manage Phragmites within the Great Lakes basin can join and take advantage of... Continue Reading
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by Samantha Tank | Jul 23, 2019 | Blog
July 23, 2019 – Maryellen Zbrozek, USGS Student Contractor How does PAMF’s model use participant-collected data? With the end of PAMF’s second full cycle quickly approaching, PAMF participants have been gearing up to collect and submit their data packages.... Continue Reading
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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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