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Invasive Non-native Plant Management During 2000
by
Miles Falck
Wildlife Biologist
Administrative Report 01-07
July 11, 2001
Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission
Biological Services Division
P.O. Box 9
Odanah, WI 54861
(715) 682-6619
GL005572-01
The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) is an
organization exercising delegated authority from I I federally
recognized tribes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan (Figure 1).
These tribes retain hunting, fishing, and gathering rights in the
territories ceded to the United States through various treaties
(Figure 1). The exercise of these rights may be threatened by the
degradation of native ecosystems by invasive non-native plants.
This report summarizes the activities undertaken by GLIFWC staff
during 2000 to address the spread of invasive non-native plant
species in the ceded territories. GLIFWC staff have conducted annual
inventory and control work on purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
since 1988 (Gilbert and Parisien 1989, Edblom et al. 1995, Gilbert
et al. 1995, Gilbert et al. 1998, Falck et al. 1999, Falck et al.
2000). In 2000, GLIFWC staff identified the need to I) reassess the
distribution of purple loosestrife within the Bad River-Chequamegon
Bay watershed to evaluate past control efforts, 2) continue and
expand control activities via an ambitious biological control
program, 3) continue educational outreach activities aimed at
preventing the introduction and spread of additional exotic plants,
and 4) continue to coordinate activities with other resource
agencies, universities, nongovernmental organizations, and the
general public.
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