Phragmites is a bad neighbor. “For years when you drove into our marina, all you saw was a giant wall of these invasive grasses completely blocking the view of the beautiful wetlands behind us,” said ...

A team of remote sensing experts, ecosystem modelers, wetland managers, and ecologists worked together to develop a strategic plan for control of the invasive plant Phragmites australis in the Saginaw ...

Keith Hambrecht vividly recalls his first experience with the bane of American wetlands, a tall, dense reed called phragmites. “I didn’t know what it was at the time,” he says, remembering working on ...

The purpose of the study was to develop scientific methods for monitoring the effectiveness of herbicide spraying as a management technique for controlling the invasive species Phragmites australis.

The fall bird migration is winding down, and as the traveling birds cross the United States, many of them stopped at wetlands. Chances are they saw areas dominated by a tall reed with a big, fluffy ...

The campaign to reduce invasive plants such as phragmites and knotweed along Oakland County roads has resumed. The county road commission and the Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (CISMA) ...

(Beyond Pesticides, January 14, 2013) Pennsylvania’s Presque Isle State Park, located on Lake Erie, recently contracted a commercial helicopter to spray herbicides on 170 acres of the park in an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 27—CONNEAUT — The Conneaut Port Authority has received a grant to help manage an invasive species of grass present at the ...

Mention phragmites and you're likely to hear an agonized groan from a long list of people, including biologists and coastal landowners. "It definitely has a bad rap, and there’s a good reason for that ...

Wetlands managers have spent years using fire and chemicals to fight phragmites, an invasive reed that chokes everything else out. But coaxing native plants to move back in is difficult. The fall bird ...