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FY1999 Great Lakes Projects

Purple Loosestrife and Exotic Plant Control Project

Purple Loosestrife and Exotic Plant Control Project (GL005572-01: $39,830)

Recipient: Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission

Project Period: 8/16/99 to 9/30/01

Project officer: James Schardt (312-353-5085)

Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) will prepare a scoping report on the threat of wetland and terrestrial exotic plants in the 1842 ceded territory within the Great Lakes Basin. They will survey off-reservation areas of the Bad River/Chequamegon Bay watershed to evaluate the effectiveness of purple loosestrife control activities. GLIFWC will perform additional purple loosestrife surveys in the Bayfield Peninsula and along the Lake Superior shoreline. They will revise and expand their GIS database of exotic plant distributions. GLIFWC will also develop a system of criteria to prioritize treatment sites and work with other agencies to promote and coordinate exotic plant control activities in the 1842 ceded territory within the Great Lakes Basin.