Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong>
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
Managing Invasive Plants on Private Lands; A Multi-partner,<br />
Large-scale Approach to Control Phragmites australis<br />
(Common Reed) and Leymus arenarius (Lyme Grass)<br />
Joe Henry – District Ecologist, Bureau <strong>of</strong> Endangered <strong>Resources</strong><br />
Heidi Springborn – GLRI Project Coordinator
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
Project Overview<br />
• Fluctuating Lake Michigan water levels
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong>
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
Management Challenge<br />
• Phragmites on public and private lands<br />
• Need permission to spray private land<br />
• What will our strategy be…
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Project Strategy<br />
• Formed a partnership comprised <strong>of</strong><br />
invested stakeholders
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong>
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
Project Strategy<br />
• Formed a partnership comprised <strong>of</strong><br />
invested stakeholders<br />
• Counties coordinated landowner<br />
contacts<br />
• Focused efforts in Conservation<br />
Opportunity Areas (COA’s)<br />
• Held 4 public meetings<br />
• Phragmites mapping
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong>
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> Wildlife Action Plan<br />
• which native wildlife species are most at<br />
risk,<br />
• what habitats they are associated with,<br />
• where they occur across the state, and<br />
• priority conservation actions to help “get<br />
them <strong>of</strong>f and keep them <strong>of</strong>f” any<br />
Endangered or Threatened species lists in the<br />
future.
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> Wildlife Action Plan<br />
• Raise awareness about the Wildlife Action Plan by<br />
communicating with WDNR staff and partners and<br />
developing outreach and training materials on how to<br />
use the Plan.<br />
• Use the Wildlife Action Plan to set conservation<br />
priorities, which will be used to determine priorities for<br />
State Wildlife Grant funds.<br />
• Work with WDNR staff and partners to integrate the<br />
Wildlife Action Plan into existing planning, management<br />
and budgeting processes.
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Species <strong>of</strong> Greatest Conservation Need<br />
Caspian Tern<br />
Arctic Primrose<br />
Forster’s Tern<br />
Ohio Goldenrod<br />
Hines Emerald<br />
Dwarf Lake Iris<br />
Piping Plover
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
Project Strategy – con’t<br />
• Aerial spray 3315 acres spanning 54 miles<br />
• Ground spray 285 acres spanning 63 miles<br />
• 3 years <strong>of</strong> control<br />
• Phragmites mapping<br />
Utilized GIS and GPS systems<br />
DCIST ≥45 volunteers mapped over<br />
50 acres
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Mapping Techniques<br />
Bay <strong>of</strong> Green Bay<br />
Rare Plant Mapping
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
Mapping Techniques<br />
DCIST Women<br />
DCIST Men
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
Project Strategy – con’t<br />
• Aerial spray 3315 acres spanning 55 miles<br />
• Ground spray 285 acres spanning 63 miles<br />
• 3 years <strong>of</strong> control<br />
• Phragmites mapping<br />
Utilized GIS and GPS systems<br />
DCIST ≥45 volunteers mapped over<br />
50 acres<br />
• Establish monitoring plots
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
Project Implementation<br />
• September 2011 – Aerial treatments<br />
begin<br />
• Spray north to south
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
Aerial Spraying
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1291 acres<br />
2987 acres sprayed!<br />
735 acres<br />
910 acres<br />
51 acres
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
Project Implementation – con’t<br />
• September 2011 – Aerial treatments<br />
began<br />
• Spray north to south<br />
• September 2011 – Ground treatments<br />
began
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<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong>
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong>
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong>
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong>
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong>
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
Spray Results<br />
• A lot <strong>of</strong> dead stuff – Year 1
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
735 acres<br />
1291 acres<br />
910acres<br />
10 acres<br />
51 acres<br />
15 acres<br />
183 acres
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Spray Results – con’t<br />
• Aerial spray 2987 acres<br />
• Ground spray 317.1 acres<br />
- Door – 183 acres DNR, 68 acres contract<br />
- Marinette – 34.6 acres contract<br />
- Oconto – 5 acres DNR, 4 acres contract<br />
- Manitowoc – 23.5 acres contract<br />
- Sheboygan – 10 acres DNR
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
Plant Community Response to Herbicide<br />
Low Density Patches (above OHWM) – mainly sedge meadow<br />
• 1 st year – collateral damage on adjacent plants<br />
• 2 nd and 3 rd year – good native rebound<br />
Lake Shore (below OHWM) – mainly swales and beaches<br />
• 1 st year – collateral damage on natives but noticeable<br />
(moderate) response<br />
• 2 nd year – very good recovery<br />
* Lake shore has good seed bank present and native species<br />
recovery tends to occur faster here than in sedge<br />
meadow areas
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<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong>
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong>
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
Project Implementation – con’t<br />
• Ideally everything will be treated in 2011<br />
* 328 acres short for aerial, exceeded<br />
ground goal by 15 acres<br />
• Follow-up spraying in 2012 and 2013<br />
• Some areas missed in 2011 will get initial<br />
treatment in 2012<br />
• Minimally all acres will receive 1 year <strong>of</strong><br />
follow-up but most will receive 2 years
<strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
Take Home Messages<br />
• Large-scale is not required to apply the<br />
strategy used here<br />
• Partners found consensus on unifying<br />
issue but goals were different<br />
• Volunteer/partnership made the project<br />
possible (private land critical to success)<br />
• Grant $ was significant but apply funding<br />
available to the allowable scale<br />
• Would we do it again
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Lessons Learned<br />
• Mapping – predetermine naming<br />
conventions<br />
• Predetermine projection system if using<br />
ArcMap s<strong>of</strong>tware<br />
• QA/QC spray blocks with contractors<br />
prior to spraying<br />
• Consistent and clear communication<br />
• Hire contractors sooner
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