NEWS ARCHIVES
Five Students Receive Scholarships to the Wisconsin Wetlands Association
11th Annual Wetland Science Forum:
updated
02.07.06
The North Central Chapter
awarded five scholarships to attend the WWA's 11th Annual Wetland
Science Forum (February 2-3, 2006). These students are presenters
or significant contributors to papers being presented at the meeting
and are receiving financial assistance from NCC to help cover their
meeting costs. The chapter thanks them for their efforts and encourages
them to continue their scholarship in the wetland sciences.
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Meghann E. Jarchow, Minnesota State University - Mankato
Title: Invasiveness of Typha angustifolia due to possession of a novel weapon. -
Christopher S. Lowry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Title: Delineation of peat using ground penetrating radar, Vilas County, Wisconsin. -
Monika J. Freyman, Loyola University Chicago
Title: The effect of litter accumulation of the invasive cattail Typha x glauca on a Great Lakes coastal marsh. -
Rachel Hart, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin
Title: Analysis of Wisconsin Department of Transportation wetland impacts and mitigation policy. -
Natalie White, University of Minnesota Duluth
Title: Flowering effort and seed production in native and alien subspecies of Phragmites australis in Northwest Wisconsin and Northeast Minnesota.
Click here for more information regarding the presentation.
Emerging Issues Surrounding Invasion and Control of Phragmites australis in Wisconsin’s Wetlands: A Survey of Wetland Professionals
updated 09.06.2005
Phragmites australis, a relatively new invader of Wisconsin’s wetlands, is rapidly expanding its range in Wisconsin to the detriment of native wetland communities. The Wisconsin Wetlands Association have surveyed wetland professionals in Wisconsin. In 2004, WWA coordinated a written survey of wetland professionals about Phragmites invasion and control, and also coordinated a Phragmites working group at its January 2005 Wetland Science Forum. More than 35 wetland professionals participated in these discussions. Discussions focused on Phragmites topics such as monitoring and mapping; prevention, early detection and rapid response; native versus non-native populations, competition with natives and other invasive plants, and control techniques.
This article is continued at: http://www.wiscwetlands.org/phragmites.htm
CHAPTER LOGO:
updated 09.06.2005
The NCC logo contest yielded two wonderful graphics (see descriptions below). The ‘winner’ has now been used on the cover of a new NCC brochure. This brochure describes the chapter, activities, SWS objectives, and member benefits and subscription. The format is a 3-fold 8.5x11 flyer. It is available to all chapter members who would like to distribute copies at local wetlands-related events. Please contact NCC President Kurt Kowalski or any other chapter officer if you are interested in obtaining brochures.
Congratulationsto Sharon Kahara for submitting the winning logo design. The logo will be fine-tuned a bit and then put into action beginning with our new brochure. We owe a special thanks to Mark Dilley for submitting a great design and giving us a choice between two high-quality logos. Finally, we want to thank the 53 people who took the time to vote and participate in the selection process.
Option
A:
Design by Sharon Kahara**WINNING DESIGN**
Lake
Superior Basin Wetlands Research and Management Conference
09.06.2005
Sponsored by the Arrowhead Water Quality Team with funding
from the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources Local Water Management
Challenge Grant Program, Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources
Environmental Trust Fund, and the Great Lakes Protection Fund.
Jointly Organized By:
Minnesota Association of Professional Soil Scientists, Wisconsin Society
of Professional Soil Scientists, North Central Chapter of the Society
of Wetland Scientists and the Arrowhead Water Quality Team.
Approximately 85 people from Minnesota and Wisconsin attended the conference. The weather for the July 14 evening dinner cruise of the harbor and the Friday field trips held up beautifully and helped make the conference a great success.
Abstracts
and the agenda from this conference, held in Duluth, MN, are posted
here.
Lake
Superior Basin Abstract (PDF)
Lake
Superior Agenda (PDF)
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