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Phrag fight: is it friend or foe?
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How the First Nations people of Walpole Island are approaching the phragmites problem.
Nearshore
Restoring Lake Erie’s largest wetland
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The Nature Conservancy has a five-year restoration of Erie Marsh now underway.
Nearshore
Mr. Great Lakes: Surveying fish, picking beach litter and mapping Phragmites with satellites
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Mr. Great Lakes (Jeff Kart) reports from Bay City, Michigan’s Delta College Q-90.1 FM.
This week Kart discusses fish research on Lake Huron, cleaning up beaches and using satellite data to map phragmites. Text at Mr Great Lakes
Water
Plant wars kick in when dams come out
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Dam removal in the Great Lakes region exposes nutrient-rich bottomlands.
That creates prime real estate for invasive plants.
Restoration solutions include poisoning the invaders with pesticides and spreading native plant seeds to revegetate the bottomlands.
Land
Stop invasive species: Wash your dog
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Meet comedian Marty Milfoil, one of the stars of a campaign to teach waterfowl hunters how they can help limit the spread of invasive species.
The Wildlife Forever campaign includes billboards and public service announcements.
Nearshore
Low water levels lead to more phragmites
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The lower the water in the Great Lakes, the larger the stretch of uncovered shoreline for phragmites to invade. And the longer water levels stay low, the more phragmites spreads.
Nearshore
Invasive grass fuels Michigan fires
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The invasive phragmites isn’t just a nuisance because it takes over areas of native grassland. When it dries, it’s just like a tinderbox.
Land
Fresh funds fuel phragmite fight
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Phragmites grow aggressively out-competing natives like bulrushes, cattails and sage plants and now wetland managers want it eradicated and replaced by native species.