by Lydia Crane | Sep 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
The goal of the project was to build a partnership between local land managers, researchers, remote sensing experts, and ecological modelers to develop a regional, long-term strategic plan for management and restoration of Phragmites-infested shoreline ecosystems and... Continue Reading
Filed under: management monitoring Restoration
by Lydia Crane | Sep 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
Restoration practitioners are tasked with recreating ecosystems using appropriate plant material that will provide ecological goods and services. However, best-practices for this type of intervention are not well developed for the southern Ontario landscape.... Continue Reading
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by Lydia Crane | Sep 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
Limited funds and compressed timelines frequently translate into a reliance on seed banks for native plant recovery following invasive plant management. This approach assumes: (a) baseline seed bank communities are sufficient for native plant recovery regardless of... Continue Reading
Filed under: management Restoration
by Lydia Crane | Sep 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
Landowners play a critical role in the fight against invasive plant species, which spread aggressively and harm the environment, economy, and human wellbeing. This series of factsheets is intended to help landowners in the Northeastern and Midwestern US rebuild native... Continue Reading
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by Lydia Crane | Sep 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
Reestablishing native vegetation is critical to rebuilding healthy wetlands. Though there is still much to be learned, here we have summarized our knowledge of the “what, where, and how” of native plant revegetation in these wetlands, specifically using... Continue Reading
Filed under: Restoration
by Lydia Crane | Sep 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
This presentation focuses on projects to manage and restore ecosystems affected by invasive species. Continue Reading
Filed under: Biology Ecosystem impacts Outreach Restoration
by Lydia Crane | Sep 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
This presentation explores the relationship between science and restoration and how they can both inform and improve the other. Continue Reading
Filed under: 2013 Society Wetland Scientists management Restoration
by Lydia Crane | Sep 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
This presentation explores the relationship between science and restoration and how they can both inform and improve the other. Continue Reading
Filed under: 2013 Society Wetland Scientists management Restoration
by Lydia Crane | Sep 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
Invasive plants such as Phragmites continue to spread in wetlands around the Laurentian Great Lakes, forming large monocultures that reduce native plant diversity. Wetland restoration efforts often employ herbicide-based management, which is effective in limiting the... Continue Reading
Filed under: Ecosystem impacts herbicide Restoration
by Lydia Crane | Sep 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
This webinar is archived from a presentation to the Interagency Ecological Restoration Quality Committee (IERQC) on the development of the Phragmites Adaptive Management Framework (PAMF). Continue Reading
Filed under: Phragmites Adaptive Management Framework Restoration
