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Control Measures for Woodland Invasive Plants A wide variety of invasive plants – opportunists, translocators and exotics – now threaten the ecological well-being of many woodlands in the upper Midwest. Benign neglect of your woodland, i.e., let nature take its course, is no longer an option for most private woodland owners who want a healthy woodlot. Working on his own property in Grant County and with other woodland owners in southwest Wisconsin, Dan Bohlin uses and recommends a variety of control measures: mechanical, chemical, biological and prescribed fire. Some methods have worked better than others. Learn what may work for you in your effort to rid your woodland of pernicious plant pests like gooseberry, black locust, and a host of exotic threats like garlic mustard, bush honeysuckle, multiflora rose and buckthorn. After 30 years in the Air Force, Dan Bohlin took over his parents' 260-acre retired dairy farm in Grant County near Lancaster, Wisconsin. Much of his time is spent on restoration/rehabilitation projects, particularly in his woodlands. Dan has done extensive work developing different techniques for controlling invasive woodland plants. He's hosted several invasive plant workshops on his property and has been recognized for his conservation and woodland management efforts. He is a life member of the Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association and the Walnut Council, and is a charter member of the Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin. Dan is available part-time to help private woodland owners learn about invasive plant threats to their woodlands. An annual grant to Southwest Badger Resource Conservation and Development funds this service at no cost to the landowner. To view Dan Bohlin's powerpoint on woodland invasive plants, click here.
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