How Far We’ve Come … … on the Battle Against …...My NNIS Recollections … • Early 1990s...
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Northern Great Lakes Conference on Invasives A United Front Against Invasive Species
How Far We’ve Come …
… on the Battle Against Invasives
Jan Schultz - FS Eastern Region
Program Leader – Botany, Non –native Invasive Species & Special Forest Products
USFS Eastern Region
Queen Ann's Lace / Daucus carota
My NNIS Recollections …
• Early 1990s – NPM Seed Transfer Zones/ Provenance types recognized/ implemented.
• 1998 – Wildland Weed Management – Best on the Ground Management Proposal -> Clear Lake Camp Workshop / Hiawatha NF & more NNIS workshops followed.
• Midwest Invasive Plant Network est. early 2000s.
• 2009 GLRI funding initiated thru 2014 (? XX)
Cooperative Weed Management Areas Northeast & Midwest
http://na.fs.fed.us/fhp/invasive_plants/cwma/
87 CWMAs; ~ 20 states.
WI/ 10; MI/14; MN/23 = 54%
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative FS Eastern Region Forests
• Chequamegon Nicolet – N. WI
• Hiawatha NF – E. UP MI
• Huron Manistee – N. LP MI
• Midewin Tallgrass Prairie – N. IL
• Ottawa – W. UP MI
• Superior – N. MN
GLRI CWMAs-> 5 Lakes & 8 States USFS/ NFs & State & Private; NPS; USFWS …
• IL – Lake Michigan: USFS
• IN – Lake Michigan: NPS
• OH – Lake Erie: USFWS
• MI – Lkes Erie, Michigan, Superior: FS 2 Branches
• MN – Lake Superior: USFS
• NY – Lake Ontario: USFS /S&P
• PA – Lake Erie: USFW
• WI – Lakes Michigan & Superior: FS 2 Branches
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/
Chequamegon Nicolet NF
• CWMAs – Northwoods; Upper Chippewa Invasive Species Cooperative; Wild Rivers Invasive Species Coalition; WI Headwaters Invasives Partnership; Timberlands Invasives Partnership. 100% coverage.
• Portable Boat Washing Station operated.
• Surveyed & mapped NNIS plants on 500 road miles.
• 2 gravel pits treated.
• Outreach programs
• 2 new NNIS plants documented –> EDRR
Ottawa NF – NNIS Overview
• Partners: 2 Conservation Districts; Friends of Sylvania Wilderness; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community ; Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve; Lake Associations; Youth Conservation Corps …
• Survey , map & treat Wilderness Area • Biocontrol insects (knapweed & loosestrife)raised &
released • 100% CWMA coverage; 2 CWMAs • Survey 22 lakes for aquatic invasives • 4 portable boat washers & signs placed @ launches
Hiawatha NF – NNIS Overview
• CWMAs: Eastern UP & Central UP. 100% coverage
• Partners: Grand Island Assoc; Youth Conservation Corps …
• Boat cleaning station installed @ Grand Island
• Biocontrol for knapweed.
• NNIS removed from rare plant sites
• NNIS control in gravel pits
• Mapping & inventory in 3 Wilderness Areas
Huron Manistee NF
• CWMAs: Northwest MI ; Huron Pines/ Northeast MI
• Partners: Consumers Energy; Michigan Garden Club; North Country Trail Assoc; Stewardship Network…
• Controlled: garlic mustard; Japanese barberry; exotic honeysuckles; oriental bittersweet; knapweed; Phragmites; purple loosestrife; Eurasian water milfoil
• Priority control areas -> rare plant & animal habitat.
Non-native Invasive Species
Best Management Practices
Guidance for the USDA
US Forest Service - Eastern Region.
http://council.wisconsinforestry.org/invasives/
Invasive Species Best Management Practices
Invasive exotic species present perhaps the greatest threat to the long-term health & sustainability of WI forests. Human activities such as trading of goods, travel, gardening, & recreation have resulted in the introduction of many non-native species. The Council created the Forestry Invasives Leadership Team to develop voluntary BMPs: •Forestry BMP's •Recreational Forest User BMPs •Urban Forestry BMPs •Transportation and Utility Rights-of-way BMPs
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
• Forestry BMPs for Invasive Species. http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Invasives/bmp.html
• BMPs for Preventing the Spread of Invasive Species by Outdoor Recreation Activities in Wisconsin. http://council.wisconsinforestry.org/invasives/recreation.php
• Urban Forestry BMPs for Preventing the Introduction and Spread of Invasive Species. http://council.wisconsinforestry.org/invasives/urban/
• Transportation and Utility Rights-of-way BMPs for Preventing the Introduction and Spread of Invasive Species. http://council.wisconsinforestry.org/invasives/transportation/
Why do we care – what is at stake? … a few things to consider - >
• Invasive species control looms very large in the context of climate change … & how humans “get ready” … saving the parts to allow for ecosystem/ community recalibration
• Invasive species control also is important relative to the preservation of ecosystem services such as pollination.
• … & also food security relative to the preservation of Wild Crop Relatives
WILD CROP RELATIVES/ WCR
Genetic diversity in a food crop includes species that are closely related/ wild relatives. WCR can potentially donate genes in breeding and improvement programs. Also , traditional varieties constitute “within – species” diversity. These genetic resources provide the biological basis for food security, and directly or indirectly support the livelihoods of every person on earth.
Global Crop Diversity Trust – A Foundation for Food Security
Objective II – Plant diversity is urgently & effectively conserved.
• Target 9: 70% of genetic diversity of crops including their wild relatives & other socio-economically valuable plant species conserved, while respecting, preserving & maintaining associated indigenous & local knowledge.
• Eastern Region harbors 170 of the 300 Priority 1A species for conservation -> cranberries , blueberries, sunflowers, raspberries, strawberries , cherries …
… this is bigger than any of us …