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EUP Cooperative Weed Managment Area

The Chippewa/East Mackinac Conservation District has started a new grant effort to help control the spread of invasive plants in the eastern Upper Peninsula. This page will be dedicated to reporting the efforts of the newly established Eastern Upper Peninsula Weed Management Council.

The Eastern Upper Peninsula CWMA

Area - Chippewa, Luce and Mackinac Counties
Partners - Natural Resources Conservation Service; UP RC&D Council; The Nature Conservancy; Bay Mills Indian Community; the Chippewa/East Mackinac Conservation District; Luce/West Mackinac Conservation District; MDNRE - Michigan Natural Features Inventory; Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission; US Forest Service - Hiawatha National Forest; MDOT; Michigan Technological University; the Forestland Group, LLC.; Tahquamenon Falls State Park.
MOU - Being developed
Projects - Group in early stages of formation, spearheaded by RC&D Coordinator, USDA NRCS
Website/Link: www.chipmackconservation.org

Upcoming EUPCWMA Activity Dates

August 1 US-2 Dunes (west of Point aux Chene beach) (9 am to 1 pm)

August 6 M-134 Dunes (half way to Detour) (9 am to 1 pm)

CWMA Background

The Eastern Region of the US Forest Service now has nine CWMA's established on seven forests - with more in the works. Cooperative Weed Management Areas (CWMA's) are a great way to facilitate cooperation and coordination networking across jurisdictional boundaries. A CWMA is created when local citizen, landowners, and not-for-profit groups join together with city, county, state, tribal, and federal officials in order to share invasive plant management resources. CWMA's have many benefits, among them are: they build community awareness and participation; they reduce the risk of control efforts to water and rare species by assuring that partners employ Best Management Practices; they provide an early detection and rapid response network; and help secure funding. CWMA activities include: education and awareness; prevention; monitoring; and integrated pest management.

CWMAs have been employed successfully in the Western United States and are increasing in the East. In the East, we face unique challenges, such as: fewer federal holdings; land is often divided into smaller parcels of multiple ownerships; human population densities are high; and Eastern states rarely have County Weed Supervisors, who are active in local invasive plant control.

Volunteers

Volunteers are a critical component in the success of a cooperative weed management program. Volunteers will be needed to locate and map areas where non-native invasive plants have taken hold. Volunteers will also be needed to help remove plants. Dates, times and locations for these activities will be posted on the web site calendar of events. For more information you can call or e-mail Wendy Wagoner, EUPCWMA Program Coordinator.

Invasive Species Reporting Form

Landowner's Reporting Postcard

Invasive Identification Cards

Top 10 Invasive Species Found in the EUPCWMA

Top 10 Invasive Plant Species in the EUPCWMA: