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Eradication
simple Public
awareness
Acres Infested
Control Costs
typically begins
Introduction
Detection
Time
Considerations in Controlling
Invasive Species
• Prevention is ALWAYS the
best strategy!
• Historical information
– Presettlement vegetation, grazing, draining, tillage,
logging
• Biennials : Poison hemlock, garlic mustard, white and yellow sweet clover, thistles,
burdock, wild carrot
• Simple perennials : teasels, wild parsnip, hill mustard, purple loosestrife, curly dock,
dames rocket, giant hogweed, wild chervil, knapweeds
• Weed-based attack
1. Attack the weed wherever it occurs on site
2. Attack off-site infestations
of Management Actions
• Necessary to determine if treatments are
effective
• Can be done at different levels of intensity
– ‘ocular estimate’ vs. research plots
• Modify treatments or timing as needed
• Change priorities as new species emerge
Plan to Replant with Native
Species
AFTER Most Control Work Is Done
• Continue regular management
• Continue careful site inspections
for re/new invasions
Develop a management plan
100 Acres
Goal: Restore sedge meadow composition and species diversity
RIVER
EXTERIOR
PERIMETER
100
ACRES
INTERIOR ROAD
PROPERTY
LINE
First example: purple loosestrife
ROAD
PROPERTY
LINE
Which plants oppose your goals
Fish habitat
• Identify areas that threaten goal
– Weeds that do not promote a healthy aquatic system
that promotes fish populations
• How much money/time do you have to commit?
• Exterior
– Goal: promote healthy community and prevent new
invasions
• Perimeter & Interior
– Goal: prevent spread and reduce area infested in a
manner that limits the spread
What should we do
Garlic mustard
Reed canary grass RIVER
Canada thistle
ROAD
PROPERTY
LINE
Suggested Management Targets
• Priorities:
– Manage weeds upstream the first
– Prioritize garlic mustard as it is a new invasion and can prevent
establishment of saplings
– Put RCG as a low priority as it will require intensive efforts
and may not impact fish habitat as much
• Exterior and Perimeter
– Prevent any garlic mustard from establishing and promote
healthy plant communities
– Look for sources of canada thistle and garlic mustard and
eliminate. Repeat controls each year
• Interior
– Monitor spread of plants and keep to a minimum
– Promote healthy plant community
Integrate management and
restoration/revegetation
• Use management methods that will allow for selective
management while establishing desirable plants
• Species Templates
– Known
– Potential
• Current and Historic Management (Property Specific
Information)
• Prioritization
– Early Detection (Template)
– Distribution (Property Specific)
– Abundance (Property Specific)
• Monitoring (Template & Property Specific)
– Surveillance vs. Post-control monitoring
– Prioritize monitoring efforts:
– early detection species
– new control techniques
– IPAW post-control monitoring form
• Prevention (Template)
– BMP’s (as they become available):
• Forestry
• Recreation
• ROWs
• Urban Forestry
– Timing of activities
– phenological calendar
• Property Specific Management Plan
– Broken down by management unit?
– Mechanism for triggering yearly review of plan
• Appendices (Template):
– How to Identify:
• Local Partners
- Contractors
- Volunteer/Friends groups
• Government Contacts
• Adjacent Landowners
• Funding Opportunities (will need to periodically updated)
– Educational Resources
– Supply resources (boot brushes etc.)
Information Sources
✸ Midwest Invasive Plant Network
www.mipn.org
✸ Invasive Plants Association of
Wisconsin www.ipaw.org
✸ WI DNR dnr.wi.gov/invasives