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Phragmites australis workshop

On February 20, 2008, one hundred individuals from federal, state, and local agencies, businesses, and non-profit organizations gathered at UW-Green Bay for a workshop to discuss best available control techniques for Phragmites and to foster greater collaboration and coordination of research, management, and education efforts. Resources from the workshop are available on this page.

WORKSHOP MATERIALS

Workshop agenda (pdf, 13 Kb)

Workshop notes (pdf, 65 Kb)

Summary of Feedback Forms (pdf, 57 Kb)

List of Attendees (pdf, 13 Kb)

PowerPoint Presentations:

Phragmites Control on Door County State Natural Areas, Mark Martin, WDNR (pdf, 2 Mb)

West Shore Green Bay Phragmites Control Methods, John Huff, WDNR (pdf, 2 Mb)

Results of a Large-Scale Helicopter Herbicide Application in Lower Green Bay, Gary Van Vreede, USFWS (pdf, 3 Mb)

Control and Management of Phragmites on the Oneida Reservation, Betsy Galbraith, Oneida Tribe of Indians (pdf, 2 Mb)

Project Areas:

The table below contains information regarding the project/treatment areas that were identified by attendees; note that sites are listed from northwest (Seagull Bar in Marinette) to southeast (Woodland Dunes Nature Center in Two Rivers). Click on the Site Number in the first column to view a map of the project/treatment area. All images are pdf files of approximately 2 Mb.

Map Location Number & Image
Description
Contact Person
E-mail

Site 1

Seagull Bar, Marinette County, follow-up treatments John Huff, DNR john.huff@wisconsin.gov
Site 2 Peshtigo River Area - follow-up control at the mouth of the river
Site 3 Oconto Marsh - treatment within and on the dike
Site 4 Pensaukee Pike Spawning Area
Sites 5 & 6 Northern Pike Project - Brown County Land Conservation Department Larry Kriese, Brown County Kriese_LM@co.brown.wi.us
7 (Sites 6 - 8) Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary, UW-Extension GM herbicide trial Vijai Pandian, UWEX Brown County vijai.pandian@ces.uwex.edu
8 (Sites 6 - 8) US Fish and Wildlife Service and UW Green Bay Research Area Gary Van Vreede, USFWS Gary_VanVreede@fws.gov
Site 9 Peninsula State Park - USFWS grant, 6 month limited-term position to work on shoreline invasives. View 2008 field data from Site 9 Kathleen Harris, DNR kathleen.harris@wisconsin.gov
Site 10 Potawatomi State Park - Herbicide sprayed in 2007 with follow-up in 2008 Mark Martin, DNR mark.martin@wisconsin.gov
Site 11 Plum Island - USFWS, CCS grant Gary VanVreede, USFWS Gary_VanVreede@fws.gov
Site 12 Little Lake, Washington Island - Door County Land Trust and DNR Jodi Milske, Door County Land Trust or Mark Martin, DNR

jmilske@dcwis.com
mark.martin@wisconsin.gov

Site 13 Washington Island and Rock Island - DNR Mark Martin, DNR mark.martin@wisconsin.gov
Site 14 Newport State Park - DNR
Site 15 Rawley's Bay- USFWS and TNC Gary VanVreede, USFWS or Mike Grimm, TNC

Gary_VanVreede@fws.gov
mgrimm@tnc.org

Site 16 North Bay - DNR and TNC follow-up Mark Martin, DNR mark.martin@wisconsin.gov
Site 17 Moonlight Bay - DNR and TNC
Site 18 Toft Point - Friends of Toft Point and DNR
Site 19 Bailey's Harbor and The Ridges Mark Martin, DNR and Dick Campbell, BC Enterprises

mark.martin@wisconsin.gov
dcampbell@dcwis.com

Site 20 Whitefish Bay - follow-up treatment with landowners and DNR Mark Martin, DNR mark.martin@wisconsin.gov
Site 21 Lake Forest Park Road Neighborhood Group - Door County Invasive Species Team Bob Bultman, Door County Invasive Species Team DCIST1@gmail.com
Site 22 South Lake Michigan Drive Neighborhood Group
Site 23 Homeowner follow-up treatment Dick Campbell, BC Enterprises dcampbell@dcwis.com
Site 24 Woodland Dunes Nature Center, Two Rivers, WI - treating scattered colonies in 100 acre marsh Woodland Dunes Nature Center woodlanddunes@lakefield.net

 

 


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