NW Lower Peninsula

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• NW Lower Peninsula
• Regional Phragmites Update

Presented By Brian Piccolo June 6, 2009
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June, 2008 Regional phragmites stakeholder
group formed

• MDNR
• MDEQ
• MNFI
• USFWS
• National Park Service
• The Nature Conservancy
• The Watershed Center, GT Bay
• Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council
• GT Regional Land Conservancy
• Little Traverse Conservancy
• Leelanau Conservancy
• MSU Extension
• Inland Seas Education Assoc.
• National Wildlife Federation
• Great Lakes Water Studies Institute
• Saving Birds Thru Habitat
• Conservation Resource Alliance
• Beaver Island Association

• Emmet Conservation District
• Charlevoix Conservation District
• Antrim Conservation District
• Grand Traverse Conservation District
• Leelanau Conservation District
• Benzie Conservation District
• Manistee Conservation District
• GT Band of Ottawa and Chipewa Indians
• Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
• Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
• Lake Charlevoix Assoc.
• Professional Lake Management
• Wildlife and Wetlands Solutions
• JFNew

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September, 2008 MDNR - GT Bay Phragmites Survey
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October, 2008 GT Bay Phragmites Stakeholder
Meeting

• Discussed the survey results
• Developed a strategy
• - Educate county commissioners, township
  officials, public
• - Identify local county phragmites coordinators
• - Promote a coordinated approach throughout the
  region
• - More extensive surveys

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Winter, 2009 County Educational Meetings
1/27/09 Charlevoix County 3/18/09 Leelenau
County Grand Traverse County Antrim County
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GT Bay County Coordinators

• Leelanau County
• Leelanau Conservation District
• Grand Traverse County
• The Watershed Center, GT Bay
• Antrim County
• Antrim Conservation District
• Charlevoix County
• Charlevoix Conservation District

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Spring, 2009 Grant Writing
100K - MI Natural Features Inventory
MDNR Focus area Manistee - Emmet
County Education and outreach, survey,
prioritize, research dispersal vectors, money for
treatment and permit costs
1.9 million - MDNR, MI Natural Features
Inventory, TNC Focus area Muskegon Emmet
County UP south shore Create jobs, survey,
money for treatment, monitoring - Phragmites,
babys breath, lyme grass
100K MDNR Leelanau, Grand Traverse, Antrim,
and Charlevoix Counties Money for treatment
95K MDNR MI Natural Features Inventory Focus
area Muskegon Emmet County UP south
shore Survey, prioritize, money for treatment,
monitoring
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Now What?

• Work with partners and local coordinators
• Continue education by conducting regional
  workshops
• Conduct more extensive surveys throughout the NW
  and expand into other coastal regions and inland
  areas
• Continue to look for funding opportunities

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Thanks!