| Link | Item type | Keywords | Pub. Year | Author | Title | Abstract Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| report | Michigan; biodiversity; conservation; knowledge; protection; threats; Great Lakes islands; | 1993 | Soule, Judith D. | Biodiversity of Michigan's Great Lakes Islands: Knowledge, Threats and Protection | ||
| report | biological inventory; conservation; Great Lakes islands; | 1999 | Penskar, Michael R.; Higman, Phyllis J.; Hyde, Daria A.; Cuthrell, David L.; Corner, Richard A.; Kost, Michael A.; Judziewicz, Emmet J. | Biological Inventory for Conservation of Great Lakes Islands: 1998 Progress Report | ||
| document | Blueway System; Harsen's Island; Lake Huron; Lake St. Clair; St. Clair Flats; St. Clair River; St. Clair County; | 2010 | St. Clair County | St. Clair Blueway Vision Project | St. Clair County is bounded along its eastern and sourthern borders by the waters of Lake Huron, the St. Clair River, and Lake St. Clair. With approximately 338 total miles of shoreline, many of the county's unique features include environmental features such as St Johns Marsh and the St. Clair Flats on Harsens Island. The county is proposing to develop a comprehensive blueway system along the St. Clair River corridor, from Lake St. Clair at the southern border to the northern border of the county along Lake Huron. The project will inventory and enhance coastal access points, bolster the protection of sensitive environments along the corridor and promote recreational opportunities along the entire blueway. | |
| document | Charity Islands; oral history; Saginaw Bay; | 2007 | Arenac County Historical Society | Saginaw Bay Artifact and Data Collection | The Arenac County Historical Society (ACHS) will record oral histories relating to the coastal aspects of the lives and livelihoods of the people living and working on Saginaw Bay and the Charity Islands, as well as the natural environment. A substantial amount of material exists only in the memories of elderly residents of Arenac County, and Society members are very interested in recording and preserving these stories. The ACHS will consult with the Bay County Historical Society and the Michigan Historical Museum on technical aspects of the project. ACHS has begun outreach to local schools, and would use the products of this project to support their fledgling program. ACHS has deep support from the community, and community fundraising has allowed the recent purchase of the Omer Courthouse and, with the help of MDOT funding, the purchase and restoration of the Au Gres Depot. This project would support development of interpretive historical displays in these two buildings, as well as the ACHS Museum also located in Au Gres. | |
| document | St. Mary's River; lower river islands; | 1998 | Sault Ste. Marie, City of | Lower River Islands, Phase I Design Engineering | The city recently completed a feasibility study for providing public access to the city-owned islands in the St. Marys River. This project would complete the engineering for making improvements to Rotary Park and Steere Island. | |
| document | Beaver Island; Gull Harbor; Lake Michigan; footpath; | 2000 | Township of St. James | Gull Harbor Natural Area Improvements | Gull Harbor is 13 acres of undeveloped shoreline located on Beaver Island, with 1,322 feet of frontage on Lake Michigan. St. James Township will encourage its use by the public by providing a handicapped accessible footpath, wooden benches, and interpretive signs. | |
| document | gulls; herons; terns; Thunder Bay Island; Scarecrow Island; Big Charity Island; Little Charity Island; double-crested cormorant; invasive plants; vegetative surveys; | 2004 | Friends of Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge | Vegetative Survey of Great Lakes Islands | Thunder Bay, Scarecrow and Big and Little Charity Islands, located in Lake Huron are managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and contain excellent habitat for several threatened and endangered species. These islands may be being impacted by the Double-crested cormorant, gulls, terns and herons and/or invasive and exotic plant species. Baseline vegetative surveys will be conducted to compare with future surveys to document and managed bird effects | |
| document | Grand Island; vegetation monitoring; | 1998 | Michigan Natural Areas Council | Vegetation Monitoring Design for Grand Island National Recreation Area | The Michigan Natural Areas Council would develop a vegetation monitoring design for the Grand Is. Nat'l Rec. Area, owned and managed by the U.S. Forest Service. The project would be conducted in cooperation with the Forest Service to monitor long-term effects to plant communities due to public use of the island. | |
| document | Les Cheneaux Islands; shoreline protection; watershed protection; | 2007 | Clark Township | Shoreline and Watershed Protection in Les Cheneaux Islands Area through Planning and Zoning Improvements for Clark Township | Due to increasing development pressures, Clark Township will develop a new Master Plan and new zoning ordinances, train and coach their township officials and provide them with new tools to enable them to make informed decisions to protect the shoreline and watershed of the Les Cheneaux Islands area. This will occur within the larger context of Mackinac County’s new county-wide Master Plan. Clark Township will research plans and ordinances from other progressive communities, obtain the most recent zoning maps, hire a professional planning/zoning consultant and hold public workshops to incorporate community input into the new plan. The commissioners will take the online Citizen Planner program to prepare for their part in the work ahead. In addition a searchable database will be created to track all files by parcel identification number with the assistance of an intern. Essential elements: Develop a new master plan with the help of a planning and zoning consultant, create new zoning maps, train the commissioners, and create and maintain a searchable data base for all files. PROGRAM CHANGE: Support local initiatives to develop, revise, and enhance local procedures or policies, revise and/or develop local master plans, zoning ordinances, and land use regulations. Develop new master plan and zoning ordinance to protect shoreline and watershed. | |
| document | Beaver Island Archipelago; Garden Island; High Island; Hog Island; Little Traverse Bay Band Odawa Indians; Whiskey Island; invasive plants; threatened and endangered species; | 2017 | Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa | Invasive Species Control on Garden, High, Hog, and Whiskey Islands | This project aims to control invasive species on Garden, High, Hog, and Whiskey islands in Lake Michigan. Part of the Beaver Island archipelago, these remote islands are ecologically significant and harbor several threatened and endangered species. Furthermore, these islands have relatively few invasive species compared to the mainland and those that are present are limited in extent. These conditions present a unique opportunity for successful rapid response efforts at a high priority site. Additionally, this proposal would build on ongoing collaborative treatment efforts. Past management actions were undertaken primarily to control invasive phragmites. This project would expand these efforts to treat other invasive species that could be treated at the same time. These include narrow-leaved and hybrid cattails, purple loosestrife, Japanese hops, reed canary grass, and spotted knapweed. | |
| Link | webpage | Beaver Island; Charlevoix County; water trails; | 2017 | Land Information Access Association | Beaver Island Water Trail | |
| Link | report | Michigan; Lake Huron; Lake Michigan; Mackinac County; Clark Township; economics; Great Lakes; Les Cheneaux Watershed; water level; climate change; invasive species; recreation; | 2014 | Faust, Bridget | Combating Invasive Species in the Les Cheneaux Watershed | Demonstrate how low water levels and invasive species have adversely impacted the Les Cheneaux Watershed, describe the different strategies used by the community to combat them, and provide communities with the decision support tools necessary to decide when and how to manage invasive species. |
| book | management strategies; invasive species; vectors; | 2003 | Ruiz, GM; Carlton, JT | Invasive Species: Vectors and Management Strategies | Summarizes current global efforts on elucidating vectors driving biological invasions with a view to enhancing management. | |
| journalArticle | Ponto-Caspian Species; ballast water; biological invasions; exotic species; invasion rate; | 2006 | Ricciardi, Anthony | Patterns of Invasion in the Laurentian Great Lakes in Relation to Changes in Vector Activity | The Laurentian Great Lakes basin has been invaded by at least 182 non-indigenous species. A new invader is discovered every 28 weeks, which is the highest rate recorded for a freshwater ecosystem. Over the past century, invasions have occurred in phases linked to changes in the dominant vectors. The number of ship-vectored invaders recorded per decade is correlated with the intensity of vessel traffic within the basin. Ballast water release from ocean vessels is the putative vector for 65% of all invasions recorded since the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959. As a preventive measure, ocean vessels have been required since 1993 to exchange their freshwater or estuarine ballast with highly saline ocean water prior to entering the Great Lakes. However, this procedure has not prevented ship-vectored species introductions. Most ships visiting the Great Lakes declare ‘no ballast on board’ (NOBOB) and are exempt from the regulation, even though they carry residual water that is discharged into the Great Lakes during their activities of off-loading inbound cargo and loading outbound cargo. Recently introduced species consist predominantly of benthic invertebrates with broad salinity tolerance. Such species are most likely to survive in a ballast tank following ballast water exchange, as well as transport in the residual water and tank sediments of NOBOB ships. Thus, the Great Lakes remain at risk of being invaded by dozens of euryhaline invertebrates that have spread into Eurasian ports from whence originates the bulk of foreign ships visiting the basin. | |
| Link | journalArticle | Great Lakes; vector assignment protocol; ships; non-indigenous species; ballast water; ship vector; vectors; | 2004 | Mills, Edward; Holeck, Kristen; MacIsaac, Hugh; Dochoda, Margaret; Colautti, Robert; Ricciardi, Anthony | Bridging Troubled Waters: Biological Invasions, Transoceanic Shipping, and the Laurentian Great Lakes | Release of contaminated ballast water by transoceanic ships has been implicated in more than 70% of faunal nonindigenous species (NIS) introductions to the Great Lakes since the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959. Contrary to expectation, the apparent invasion rate increased after the initiation of voluntary guidelines in 1989 and mandatory regulations in 1993 for open-ocean ballast water exchange by ships declaring ballast on board (BOB). However, more than 90% of vessels that entered during the 1990s declared no ballast on board (NOBOB) and were not required to exchange ballast, although their tanks contained residual sediments and water that would be discharged in the Great Lakes. Lake Superior receives a disproportionate number of discharges by both BOB and NOBOB ships, yet it has sustained surprisingly few initial invasions. Conversely, the waters connecting Lakes Huron and Erie are an invasion hotspot despite receiving disproportionately few ballast discharges. Other vectors, including canals and accidental release, have contributed NIS to the Great Lakes and may increase in relative importance in the future. Based on our knowledge of NIS previously established in the basin, we have developed a vector assignment protocol to systematically ascertain vectors by which invaders enter the Great Lakes |
| Link | report | Great Lakes; pathway of invasive species; non-indigenous aquatic species; vectors; | 2007 | Kelly, David W. | Vectors and Pathways for Nonindigenous Aquatic Species in the Great Lakes | The Laurentian Great Lakes have an extensive history of human-mediated biological invasions, beginning at least 150 years ago. During this interval, a number of transitions have occurred both with respect to the types of non-indigenous species (NIS) that established and in the mechanisms that vectored them to the lakes. The number of reported invaders established in the lakes has increased from the early nineteenth century to modern times. Fish and plants were the most common invaders prior to the 20th century, with most introductions resulting from human releases. Algae and invertebrates became more common invaders to the lakes after transoceanic shipping converted to use of liquid ballast prior to 1900. Although the ship ballast vector appears to have become dominant during much of the 20th century, alternative vectors have received less attention. I reassessed the vectors and pathways for all species that unequivocally invaded the Great Lakes since the expanded seaway was opened in 1959. I utilized a conservative approach that required that NIS meet at least 3 of the ten criteria proposed for introduced status by Chapman and Carlton (1991). Fifty-nine species were confirmed as NIS, with an additional 21 species (mainly algae) classified as cryptogenic. Of the confirmed NIS, ships' ballast water was the leading vector for 55% of species, and remained the dominant (47% of species) when alternative vectors were prioritized. Deliberate releases, unauthorized introductions, range extensions, hull fouling and recreational boating were all of lesser importance (<10% of species). A clear vector could not be established for 11% of NIS. Eurasia was the source of 67% of established NIS, followed by North America (14%) and Palearctic/Nearctic (7%). Europe was the source of 94% of ballast-mediated invasions, including 15 species from western and central Europe, 12 from the Ponto-Caspian region, and 3 from the Baltic Sea. Invasions continued to be reported in the basin as recently as 2006, despite implementation of regulations requiring mandatory ballast water exchange (BWE) in 1993. Determination of the efficacy of BWE is encumbered by time lags between introduction and reports of establishment, and by possible contributions by similar vectors, including no-ballaston-board and coastal domestic shipping, which could introduce NIS. |
| report | Lake Michigan; High Island; invasive plants; rare species; | 2012 | Higman, Phyllis; Penskar, Michael; Lee, Yu Man; Sanders, Michael; Rogers, Rebecca | High Island Rare Species and Invasive Plant Survey | High Island is one of two islands within the Beaver Island Archipelago which are part of the 1855 Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa (LTBB) Reservation. This project created a partnership between the Michigan Natural Features Inventory (MNFI) and LTBB to assess the current status of the natural features on the island and educate one another about these and other important island features. Early and late season surveys were conducted for 19 rare plants, seven avian species, three invertebrates, and five priority invasive plants. Target species were selected based upon their known or reported occurrence in the northern Lake Michigan area or the presence of suitable habitat as determined through aerial photo interpretation. | |
| report | Garden Island; Little Traverse Bay Band Odawa Indians; invasive species; rare species; | 2012 | Higman, Phyllis; Penskar, Michael; Lee, Yu Man; Sanders, Michael; Rogers, Rebecca | Garden Island Rare Species and Invasive Plant Survey | Garden Island is one of two islands within the Beaver Island Archipelago which are part of the 1855 Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa (LTBB) Reservation. This project created a partnership between the Michigan Natural Features Inventory (MNFI) and LTBB to assess the current status of the natural features on the island and educate one another about these and other important island features. Early and late season surveys were conducted for 19 rare plants, 12 rare avian species, two rare invertebrates, and five priority invasive plant species. Target species were selected based upon their known or reported occurrence in the northern Lake Michigan area or the presence of suitable habitat as determined through aerial photo interpretation. | |
| newspaperArticle | Lake St. Clair; Great Lakes; Macomb County; Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program; St. Clair County; invasive species; Lake St. Clair CISMA; | 2018 | The Times Herald | Lake St. Clair group gets $60,000 to fight invasive species | A group combating invasive species in St. Clair and Macomb counties has received a $60,000 grant through the Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program, according to a news release. The money will go to the Lake St. Clair Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area where it will be used to maintain and improve efforts to detect, prevent and control invasive species. | |
| blogPost | freshwater gastropod; invasive snails; mystery snails; online sales; pet trade; snails; | 2018 | Dillon, Dr. Rob | Snails by Mail | Last month we surveyed the elements of the freshwater gastropod fauna widely available to hobbyists in the Big Box retail outlets that seem so dominant on the landscape of aquarium supply today. We found two categories of snails reliably offered for sale, strikingly different in their biology but ironically similar in their provenance – the “mystery snails” (Pomacea bridgesii/diffusa) and the nerites. But, as my readership has already doubtless inferred from my essay of 9Oct17, ampullariids and neritids do not the entire market comprise. What else might be available online? | |
| Link | newspaperArticle | Lake Michigan; Great Lakes; alewives; quagga mussel; salmon; fish; fisheries; fishery management; invasive mussels; phytoplankton; zebra mussel; | 2018 | Briscoe, Tony | Lake Michigan has become dramatically clearer in last 20 years — but at a steep cost | |
| journalArticle | Great Lakes; Childonias niger; Great Lakes coastal wetlands; wetland restoration; waterfowl; Great Lakes Colonial Waterbird Survey; black tern; invasive plants; invasive species; vegetation management; | 2017 | Wyman, Katherine; Cuthbert, Francesca | Black Tern (Chlidonias Niger) Breeding Site Abandonment in U.S. Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Is Predicted by Historical Abundance and Patterns of Emergent Vegetation | Breeding colonies of black terns (Chlidonias niger) have become increasingly rare in U.S. Great Lakes coastal wetlands since the mid-twentieth century, with an almost 90% decline in the number of active colony sites since 1991. Although the specific causes of this wetland species’ decline are unknown, habitat loss and degradation are thought to be a major barrier to conservation. Using data from the Great Lakes Colonial Waterbird Survey, we took a unique regional and historical approach to investigate the relationship between black tern colony site abandonment and a suite of local and landscape-scale habitat features in U.S. Great Lakes coastal wetlands. We employed logistic regression models and a combination of stepwise selection procedures to identify the best predictive model for black tern colony abandonment. According to the selected model, breeding colonies with fewer nests were more likely to be abandoned over the following decadal observation period than breeding colonies with more nests. Colony sites were also more likely to be abandoned when vegetation within the wetland shifted towards larger, denser clusters. We performed a simulation study that showed that failing to account for ssociation between observations from the same site affected model selection results, but that cross-validation error for the selected model remained low unless site effects were very strong. Results of this study suggest that focus on protection of sites harboring large numbers of black terns and vegetation management will help limit further colony abandonments. | |
| report | Lake Michigan; Great Lakes; bat migration; bird; bird migration; Great Lakes shorelines; avian radar systems; bats; | 2015 | Bowden, Timothy; Olson, Erick; Rathbun, Nathan; Nolfi, Daniel; Horton, Rebecca; Larson, David; Gosse, Jeffrey | Great Lakes Avian Radar Technical Report Huron and Oceana Counties, MI | Global wind patterns help to move millions of migrating birds and bats through the Great Lakes region, where shorelines provide important stopover habitat. Shorelines are thought to concentrate migrants, as they offer a last refuge near a geographic barrier and are, most likely, used for navigation. Shorelines also offer attractive areas for wind energy development. With this potential for conflicting interests, more information is needed on the aeroecology of the Great Lakes shorelines. We used two avian radar systems to identify the activity patterns, timing, and duration of migration that occurred along shorelines of the Great Lakes. We placed avian radar systems on shorelines on opposite sides of Michigan, where the automated systems tracked and recorded target (bird and bat) movements continuously from mid-August to mid-November, 2011. We calculated the direction of movement, target passage rates, and altitude profiles for the air space above our study areas. We also developed a model of our vertical sample volume that allowed us to report an estimate of target density by altitude band. | |
| report | Great Lakes; bat migration; bird; bird migration; Great Lakes shorelines; Keeweenaw County; Lake Superior; avian radar systems; bats; | 2014 | Rathbun, Nathan; Bowden, Timothy; Horton, Rebecca; Nolfi, Daniel; Olson, Erick; Larson, David; Gosse, Jeffrey | Great Lakes Avian Radar Technical Report Lake County MN, Bayfield County, WI, Keewanaw County, MI | Global wind patterns help move millions of migrating birds and bats through the Great Lakes region, where shorelines provide important stopover habitat. Shorelines are thought to concentrate migrants because they offer the last refuge near a geographic obstacle and are likely used for navigation. Shorelines also offer attractive areas for wind energy development. With this potential for conflicting interests, more information is needed on the aeroecology of the Great Lake shorelines. We used two avian radar systems to identify the activity patterns, timing, and duration of migration that occurred along the shorelines of the Great Lakes, with this season focusing on Lake Superior. We placed avian radar systems near Lake Superior in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, where the automated systems tracked and recorded target (bird and bat) movements continuously from early August to mid-November 2014. We calculated direction of movement, target passage rates, and altitude profiles for the air space above our study areas. We also used a model of our vertical sample volume that allowed us to report an estimate of target density by altitude band. | |
| report | Great Lakes; bat migration; bird migration; Great Lakes shorelines; Delta County; Huron County; Iosco County; avian radar systems; stopover sites; | 2017 | Rathbun, Nathan; Horton, Rebecca; Bowden, Timothy; Olson, Erick; Nolfi, Daniel; Larson, David; Gosse, Jeffrey | Great Lakes Avian Radar Technical Report Delta County, MI Iosco County, MI Huron County, MI | Global wind patterns help move millions of migrating birds and bats through the Great Lakes region where shorelines provide important stopover habitat. Shorelines are thought to concentrate migrants because they offer the last refuge near a geographic barrier and are likely used for navigation. Shorelines also offer areas attractive for wind energy development. With this potential for conflicting interests, more information is needed on the aeroecology of the Great Lakes shorelines. We used two avian radar systems to identify the activity patterns, timing, and duration of migration that occurred along the shorelines of the Great Lakes. | |
| report | Lake Huron; Lake Michigan; bat migration; bird; bird migration; acoustic monitoring; Lake Erie; Lake Ontario; bats; | 2013 | Peterson, Anna; Horton, Rebecca | Using Acoustic and Ultrasonic Monitors to Document Bird and Bat Presence along the Great Lakes Coastlines during the 2012 Spring and Fall Migration Seasons | During the 2012 spring and fall migration seasons, monitors were placed near the shorelines of Lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario to record nighttime bird and bat sounds (Spring: 32 monitors, Fall: 21 monitors) (Figure 2). In order to determine if there is a gradient of bird and/or bat density as you move inland from the lakeshore, along the west shore of Lake Michigan, additional monitors were placed inland of the near-shore sites, forming six east-west transects. Two transects include a near-shore site and a site 3 miles inland; 4 transects have sites near-shore and 3, 6 and 10 miles inland. These sites, along with sites along the north shore of Lake Michigan and the south shore of Lake Ontario, also collected data throughout the breeding season; however only data from the spring and fall migrations seasons were used in this analysis. | |
| report | Beaver Island; Lake Michigan; Beaver Island Archipelago; Garden Island; High Island; Hog Island; natural community surveys; stewardship prioritization; | 2017 | Cohen, Josh | Natural Community Surveys of Beaver Island Archipelago | Surveys were conducted during the 2015, 2016, and 2017 field seasons. On Beaver Island, MNFI conducted surveys in 2015, 2016, and 2017 of ten previously known element occurrences on state land and documented seven new natural community element occurrences on state land. Nine different natural community types are represented in the 17 element occurrences surveyed on Beaver Island (Table 1 and Figure 1). On Garden and High Islands, MNFI conducted surveys in 2015 and 2017 of 12 previously known element occurrences and documented eight new natural community element occurrences. Eleven different natural community types are represented in the 20 element occurrences surveyed (Table 2 and Figure 2). On Hog Island, MNFI conducted surveys in 2015 and 2017 of four previously known element occurrences and documented two new natural community element occurrences. Six different natural community types are represented in the six element occurrences surveyed (Table 3 and Figure 2). The primary goal of this survey effort is to provide resource managers and planners with standardized, baseline information on each natural community element occurrence. This baseline information is critical for facilitating site-level decisions about biodiversity stewardship, prioritizing protection, management and restoration, monitoring the success of management and restoration, and informing landscape-level biodiversity planning efforts. This report summarizes the findings of MNFI’s ecological surveys and also presents a prioritization of stewardship and monitoring of the natural community element occurrences found in the Beaver Island Archipelago. | |
| Link | report | Lake Superior; Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement; Lake Superior binational program; LAMP; aquatic invasive species; prevention plan; public outreach and education; | 2014 | Lake Superior Binational Program | Lake Superior Aquatic Invasive Species Complete Prevention Plan | The Lake Superior Aquatic Invasive Species Complete Prevention Plan (the Plan) is an expression of the best professional judgment of the members of the Lake Superior Task Force as to what is necessary to protect Lake Superior from new aquatic invasive species. The Plan is based on sound science and underwent extensive reviews, including an expert technical review involving external and agency experts, an agency review by agencies involved with Lake Superior, and a broad Great Lakes stakeholder review. The reviews generated a significant number of comments, which were taken under advisement and incorporated into the Plan, as appropriate. The Plan identifies recommended actions to prevent new aquatic invasive species from entering Lake Superior. We agree with these recommendations and encourage all stakeholders to pursue implementation actions as well as to report progress. A commitment to seek implementation of the Plan’s recommendations does not signify a commitment of resources to any specific action by any agency. Rather, it signifies a commitment to promote coordinated actions that will protect Lake Superior from the devastating effects of additional aquatic invasive species that can irrevocably harm the ecosystem. |
| Link | newspaperArticle | Great Lakes; breeding sites; colonial waterbirds; phragmites; reed canary grass; wetland degradation; wetland habitat loss; black tern; coastal wetlands; invasive plants; | 2018 | Freedman, Eric | Black Tern Numbers Plummet, Invasives Largely to Blame | The once-abundant black tern is far less abundant in Great Lakes wetlands, a victim of habitat loss and invasive plant species. And there’s a high risk that more colonies will be abandoned, according to a new study. |
| report | Lake Superior; cold water fish; Lake Superior ecosystems; adaptation strategies; climate change; coastal wetlands; impacts; | 2014 | Huff, A.; Thomas, A. | Lake Superior Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation | This report synthesizes available science and identifies adaptation strategies and actions for Lake Superior ecosystems. The report provides a structure to track and share climate science related to Lake Superior and outlines potential climate change adaptation strategies and actions that can be implemented in the future. The report focuses specifically on adaptation of Lake Superior ecosystems and does not discuss impacts related to human infrastructure. Similarly, the report does not identify climate change mitigation actions (i.e., greenhouse gas [GHG] emission reductions), but rather serves as a regional resource for complementary initiatives that are promoting the importance of reducing GHG emissions. Projected climate changes are determined from the output of general circulation models (GCMs), which simulate changes in climate under scenarios of future GHG emissions. While specific changes may vary by location, a range of plausible future climate conditions is projected for the Lake Superior region during the 21st century. | |
| Link | document | Michigan; canoeing; coastal water trails; economic development; Heritage Water Trail Program; kayaking; national water trail designation; paddling; planning; Pure Michigan Water Trail; stand up paddleboards; state water trail designation; tourism; water trails; conservation; recreation; | 2017 | Land Information Access Association | Michigan Water Trails Manual | This Water Trail Manual is intended to provide local officials, water advocacy organizations, paddlers and visionary citizens with the resources and tools to develop a water trail in their community. Given the rich diversity of paddling experiences in Michigan, each water trail planning effort will be unique. This manual will help you develop a water trail that is tailored to your community’s capacity, resources and needs. |
| Link | report | Lake Superior; Lake Superior binational program; biodiversity targets; terrestrial invasive species; LAMP; aquatic invasive species; biodiversity; coastal wetlands; conservation planning; conservation strategy; islands; threats; | 2013 | Superior Work Group | A Biodiversity Conservation Assessment for Lake Superior Lakewide Action and Management Plan (LAMP) | The Lake Superior Biodiversity Conservation Strategy has been developed to guide and support actions necessary to restore and protect Lake Superior’s habitats and species. It has been prepared over a period of two years by the Lake Superior Binational Program with communication with or input from nearly 600 experts and stakeholders. The Lake Superior Biodiversity Conservation Strategy was started in 2012, with the assessment of key conservation targets and threats. These targets and threats helped identify strategies to conserve Lake Superior’s habitats and species. In addition to the lakewide strategies that are provided in this document, 20 regional plans have been prepared for areas around the lake (Figure 1). These regional plans identify key local actions that support the conservation and restoration of Lake Superior within the context of broader, lakewide objectives. Regional plans, the biodiversity assessment, and details on the planning process can be found on the project website at: www.natureconservancy.ca/superiorbca |
| document | Glen Arbor Township; land use planning; South Manitou Island; land use; master plan; zoning ordinance; | 2017 | Glen Arbor Township Planning and Zoning Commission | Glen Arbor Township Master Plan June 2017 Draft | The Plan is intended to guide Township officials and citizens in making decisions about use of the land and public facilities. It defines the existing character of the area and sets forth the Township’s objectives and guidelines for change on the privately owned lands and Township owned lands in Glen Arbor Township. | |
| Link | report | Great Lakes; Anishinabe; Great Lakes culture; Great Lakes economy; Great Lakes environment; Michigan water school; fishery management; Great Lakes community; Michigan's coastal program; sanitary codes; water sustainability; | 2018 | Michigan Office of the Great Lakes | Michigan State of the Great Lakes 2017 | In this volume of the State of the Great Lakes Report, we have tried to capture a glimpse of the work that is underway in the State and region to restore, recreate, and reinvigorate our Great Lakes waters. Within this volume is a sampling of what progress in the Great Lakes looks like through the lens of shared governance. Michigan alone does not manage or maintain this vast system. We work through a complex set of relationships with federal, state, local, and regional institutions. The Great Lakes Commission, International Joint Commission, Great Lakes Fisheries Commission, Great Lakes Protection Fund, and so many others are leading initiatives in this essential work. |
| report | bird; landbirds; migratory birds; raptors; shorebirds; waterfowl; Celeron Island; Lake Erie islands; stopover sites; western Lake Erie Basin; | 2006 | Ewert, David N.; Soulliere, Gregory; Macleod, Robb; Shiledcastle, Mark; Rodewald, Paul; Fujimura, Elaline; Sheildcastle, Julie; Gates, Robert | Migratory Bird Stopover Site Attributes in the Western Lake Erie Basin | In this report, we (1) identify and summarize ecological and spatial attributes of migratory bird stopover sites in the United States portion of the western Lake Erie basin based on the literature and unpublished sources, and (2) outline a system for ranking the relative conservation importance of migratory bird stopover sites in the western Lake Erie basin that may also be useful elsewhere in the Great Lakes region and beyond. Application of this system may be especially useful for those seeking to optimize conservation of stopover sites for all groups of birds. | |
| Link | report | Biodiversity Investment Areas; biodiversity; invasive animals; invasive species; | 2001 | Environment Canada; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | State of the Great Lakes 2001 | |
| conferencePaper | Cyanophyta; Cylindrospermopsis; abundance; annual distribution; aquariums; carbon; climate change; community composition; conferences; environment management; eutrophic lakes; freshwater; hot spots; lakes; nitrogen; pest control; phosphorus; phytoplankton; plankton surveys; radiation; temperature; temperature effects; zooplankton; introduced species; | 2006 | Quinlan, E. L.; Conroy, J. D.; Kane, D. D.; Culver, D. A. | A corridor to invasion: Cylindrospermopsis in Lake Erie | The Laurentian Great Lakes and especially Lake Erie are hotspots for invasion by nonindigenous species due to many factors including transoceanic shipping and the aquarium trade. The potentially toxic filamentous cyanobacterium, Cylindrospermopsis, has been described as tropical and subtropical. Nevertheless, this genus has been found to be expanding its distribution into temperate areas worldwide, possibly due to increases in mean annual temperatures related to global climate change. Recent reports detail the abundance of this taxon in shallow eutrophic lakes from southern Florida to Ontario on the North American continent, but it has not been reported in any large lakes. In this paper, we document the occurrence of this taxon in Sandusky Bay and offshore in the Sandusky subbasin during the summer of 2005. We also give a detailed account of the physical (temperature and photosynthetically active radiation), chemical (nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon), and biological (other phytoplankton taxa and zooplankton taxa) composition of the environment during the Cylindrospermopsis occurrence. Finally, we emphasize the importance of the Sandusky system for the invasion of tropical taxa and speculate on the projected importance of Cylindrospermopsis to the phytoplankton community. | |
| Link | webpage | Les Cheneaux Islands; management strategies; management prioritisation; | 2014 | Les Cheneaux Watershed Council Combats Invasive Species to Preserve Recreational Opportunities | Since its inception the Les Cheneaux watershed has been known for its pristine waters and recreational opportunities. In 2002, residents of abutting Clark Township first observed the presence of Eurasian Watermilfoil. Since its detection, residents of the township and the local watershed council have organized to contain and combat this invasive weed. | |
| Link | webpage | Michigan; mud snail; invasive species; | 2015 | Lynch, Jim | Michigan hit with new invasive species | State agencies say a tiny snail and an algae that forms nasty-looking masses of muck threaten fishing and drinking water |
| Link | webpage | North Manitou Island; deer; hunting; | Gmiter, Tanda | Special hunt gets 47 deer on Lake Michigan island once eyed as sportsman's preserve | Some of North Manitou Island's 15,000 acres of wilderness once was being eyed for a sportsman's hunting preserve. | |
| Link | journalArticle | invasive species; vectors; invasive species control; | 2004 | Olckers, T. | Invasive Species: Vectors and Management Strategies | |
| Link | journalArticle | bullhead; catchment area; coasts; data processing; dispersal; dispersion; environment management; exotic species; fish; freshwater; freshwater fish; islands; lakes; mathematical models; mobility; modeling; monitoring; perch; population density; risk factors; statistical analysis; temperature effects; waterways; geographical distribution; introduced species;Ameiurus nebulosus; Perca fluviatilis; Scardinius erythrophthalmus; Tinca tinca | 2016 | Leathwick, John R.; Collier, Kevin J.; Hicks, Brendan J.; Ling, Nicholas; Stichbury, Glen; Winton, Mary | Predictions of Establishment Risk Highlight Biosurveillance Priorities for Invasive Fish in New Zealand Lakes | 1. The ability to predict invasive species spread is essential for effective biosecurity management and the allocation of scarce monitoring resources. Prevention of invasive fish incursions poses a significant challenge because of the wide physiological tolerances of many species, their mobility and the role that human vectors play in their spread. In New Zealand, seven introduced fish species are distributed to varying extents in lakes across the two main islands. We used field survey data from 470 New Zealand lakes to fit statistical models of the current geographic distributions of seven introduced species; the resulting models were then used to predict risks of future establishment of each species in 3595 New Zealand lakes >1 ha. 2. Initial models fitted using lake- and catchment-scale environmental predictors identified summer temperature among the top two most influential variables, with lake density and size also important for some species. Distribution models for Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis), rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) and tench (Tinca tinca) were substantially improved by the addition of variables describing human population densities and lake accessibility. All seven species occurred most frequently in lakes close to human population centres suggesting that human-mediated dispersal has played at least some role in determining current distributions. 3. Addition of a spatial variable, representing the presence or absence of the modelled species within the broader catchment within which each lake is located, improved the predictive performance of models for the brown bullhead catfish (Ameiurus nebulosus), perch and rudd. This finding indicates that the current distributions of these species include clusters of lakes within 'occupied' catchments, resulting in geographic patchiness that is independent of the available environmental and human population predictors. This distribution has most likely resulted from spread into accessible and suitable lakes from one or more initial liberation points, either by natural dispersal along waterways or through human-assisted movement. 4. Predictions to all mapped lakes throughout New Zealand indicate (i) that the potential for future spread is greatest for catfish, perch and rudd and (ii) the high vulnerability to invasion for lakes along the east coast of both islands and in inland montane regions of the South Island. Our results allow for improved identification of lakes likely to be suitable for invasive fish species and which should therefore be accorded priority for surveillance; they highlight in particular the potential for perch and catfish to establish in higher-elevation lakes distant from human population centres. |
| Link | journalArticle | zebra mussel; | 2005 | Kang, M.; Ciborowski, J. J. H.; Johnson, L. B.; Hrabik, T.; Richards, C.; Schuldt, J. | Factors Governing the Distribution of a Nonindigenous Species, Echinogammarus Ischnus Stebbing (amphipoda: Gammaridae), at Great Lakes Coastal Margins | Elton (1958) proposed that biotic resistance to nonindigenous species (NIS) establishment is greater in intact communities than those disturbed by human activities. However, Baltz & Moyle (1993) suggest that invasion is likely wherever abiotic conditions are appropriate, regardless of biota already present. Simberloff & von Holle (1999) proposed that invaders facilitate subsequent establishment of new species. We tested these hypotheses by investigating co-occurrence of a widespread amphipod, Gammarus fasciatus, with the nonindigenous amphipod, Echinogammarus ischnus, at 150 sites located at Great Lakes wetlands or shorelines influenced by varying degrees of anthropogenic stress. Samples were collected using cores, sweep nets (both employed for depths < 1m), and ponar grabs (depths > 1m) from a maximum of 24 points per site. Runs test and logistic regression analyses revealed that the NIS was distributed independently of disturbance gradients related to nutrient inputs and land uses, consistent with the expectations of Baltz and Moyles hypothesis. Chi-square analyses indicated E. ischnus was highly associated with the nonindigenous bivalve, Dreissena polymorpha. Successful establishment in the Great Lakes by E. ischnus may require prior establishment of D. polymorpha. |
| Link | journalArticle | boating; channels; climate models; climates; coastal oceanography; coastal zone; data acquisition; ecosystems; environmental monitoring; freshwater; information systems; institutions; meteorological data; meteorology; national planning; ocean-atmosphere system; oceans; prediction; research institutions; rivers; waterways;Geology; Governments; Great Lakes conferences; Great Lakes research | 2005 | Eddy, S.; Manninen, C.; Schwab, D. | Regional Coastal Ocean Observing in the Great Lakes Planning for an Establishment of the Great Lakes Observing System | The Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) is one of eleven regional nodes within the national Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). This is a cross- program effort involving federal and state agencies, research institutions, commercial entities and non-profit organizations. Like IOOS as a whole, GLOS is aimed at enhancing data acquisition, data integration, modeling and information access to improve the understanding of nearshore and open water processes and events. GLOS will provide central and newly coordinated access to information on the climate, meteorology, chemistry, geology, biology and human activities that affect the Great Lakes, their interconnecting waterways and the St. Lawrence River. Data, information and knowledge about the system will be drawn from numerous sources, consolidated, and then made available to meet the needs of many communities, including resource managers, researchers, educators, commercial shippers, recreational boaters, beach users and homeland security interests. This presentation will detail pending activities of GLOS and its oversight body, the GLOS Regional Association, including resources, communication channels and other background information about GLOS and IOOS for researchers and interested parties. |
| Link | journalArticle | GIS; aquatic habitats; automated cartography; boundaries; classification; data collections; ecological distribution; ecosystems; fish; fishery management; freshwater; habitat selection; information systems; inland fisheries; lake basins; lake fisheries; local movements; prediction;Pisces | 2005 | Geddes, C. A.; Rutherford, E. S. | The Great Lakes GIS: A Habitat-Based Decision Support System for the Great Lakes Basin | In the Joint Strategic Plan for Management of Great Lakes Fisheries (1981, revised in 1997), United States and Canadian Federal, State, provincial, and intertribal agencies agreed to share data, particularly through compatible, automated information systems. To facilitate sharing of data and holistic management of the Great Lakes basin, a GIS of aquatic ecological units is being assembled. The Great Lakes GIS includes map-delineated spatial units and associated habitat and biological attribute data for terrestrial, tributary, nearshore, and offshore ecosystems. Together, these habitat-related datasets can be used to address management questions that span ecological and jurisdictional boundaries in new and powerful ways. Recent applications of the Great Lakes GIS include open water habitat classification, spawning habitat restoration, and an investigation fish movement patterns. |
| Link | journalArticle | GIS; aquatic habitats; base flow; channels; conferences; databases; fish; flood frequencies; floods; frequency analysis; frequency distribution; freshwater; freshwater fish; habitat selection; hydrography; lake basins; lakes; mapping; morphology; riparian environments; rivers; standards; stream flow; water quality; watersheds; geographical distribution; remote sensing; habitat;Geology; Great Lakes conferences; Great Lakes research; Pisces | 2005 | Bissell, E. G.; Aichele, S. A.; Stewart, J. S. | Great Lakes Aquatic Gap: Development of a Physical Habitat Geographic Information System (GIS) Database for Riverine Systems in the Great Lakes | The Great Lakes Aquatic GAP Analysis Program is a regional project to assess the extent that aquatic species are being conserved for riverine systems in the Great Lakes basin. One component of this project is the development of a physical habitat GIS database. The physical habitat GIS database is being developed using regional datasets and a set of standardized GIS tools and consists of macro-scale habitat attributes that describe channel morphology, Great Lakes connectivity, climate, land cover, and bedrock and surficial geology. Macro-scale habitat attributes are linked to each river segment in the 1:100,000 scale National Hydrography Dataset. These attributes characterize the channel, riparian zone, and watershed for each river segment. Fish species observations have also been linked to the river segments in the database. GIS databases for Michigan, Wisconsin, and New York have been completed and other Great Lakes states will be completed in coming years. Although these databases have been developed to assist in predicting fish distributions, they may also be applied in predicting stream flow distributions, flood frequency, base flow, and water quality. |
| conferencePaper | aquatic habitats; conferences; ecological effects; ecosystem disturbance; ecosystems; environment management; exotic species; fisheries; fishery management; freshwater; habitat improvement; hydrologic models; lake fisheries; lakes; land use; modeling; prediction; resource management; simulation; watersheds; introduced species; habitat; | 2005 | Cline, J. C.; Koonce, J. F. | A Regional-Scale Model for the Management of Multiple-Stressors in the Lake Erie Ecosystem | Development of a regional-scale, stressor-response model for the management of the Lake Erie ecosystem requires linking landscape changes associated with environmental management to changes in key biotic components of the landscape. The management process involves (1) developing scenarios of landscape change, (2) implementing a suite of hydrologic and ecological models to project the impact of different scenarios on the Lake Erie ecosystem, and (3) applying a decision framework to analyze model output and evaluate management alternatives. Stressors addressed will include effects of land use changes and TMDL targets for nutrients, habitat alteration, and natural flow regime modification at the scale of individual watersheds coupled with whole lake ecosystem effects of invasion of exotic species and fisheries exploitation.To facilitate linkage of watershed models to the Lake Erie Ecosystem Model, we implemented a multi-level modeling framework based on previous experience landscape scale modeling in the Everglades Restoration Project. The model framework includes an XML-based metadata format, support for a model repository allowing dynamic loading of model components specified by metadata, and a simulation server that provides a DEVS environment for assembling and running hierarchical, modular models. | |
| Link | journalArticle | algal blooms; assessments; capacity; color; computer programs; conferences; data processing; decision making; education; freshwater; internet; lake ice; modeling; nodes; oceans; plumes; radar; radar imagery; satellite technology; scatterometers; sensors; synthetic aperture radar; temperature; temperature effects; utilities; water temperature; wind; wind data; ice; ice cover; remote sensing; | 2006 | Leshkevich, G. A.; Liu, S. | Great Lakes CoastWatch Update | CoastWatch is a nationwide National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) program within which the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) functions as the Great Lakes regional node. In this capacity, GLERL obtains, produces, and delivers environmental data and products for near real- time observation of the Great Lakes to support environmental science, decision making, and supporting research. This is achieved by providing Internet access to near real-time and retrospective satellite observations, in-situ Great Lakes data, and derived products via the Great Lakes CoastWatch web site (http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov.proxy2.cl.msu.edu). Great Lakes CoastWatch data are used in a variety of ways including monitoring of algal blooms, plumes, ice cover, and water temperatures, two and three dimensional modeling of Great Lakes physical parameters, damage assessment modeling, research, and for educational and recreational activities. New utilities such as JAVA based interactive retrieval of physical parameters such as surface temperature, ice cover, winds, and bottom depth at a given location enhance the accessibility and utility of Great Lakes CoastWatch data. Plans include enhancing the present product suite with image products from satellite sensors such as Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), scatterometer, and ocean color sensors. |
| Link | journalArticle | climate change; conferences; degradation; environmental protection; freshwater; freshwater pollution; habitat improvement; historical account; invasive species; lakes; nature conservation; nonpoint pollution; policies; rare species; stress; introduced species; habitat;dunes; EPA | 2006 | Beeton, A. X.; Botts, L. X.; Gulezian, G. X.; Scavia, D. X.; Murray, M. W. | Integrating Policy Responses to Multiple Stresses in the Great Lakes Ecosystem A Panel Discussion | Despite progress on various fronts in the past several decades, the Great Lakes ecosystem remains threatened by a number of stresses, including toxic chemical loadings, nonpoint source pollution, coastal habitat degradation, hydrologic alterations, aquatic invasive species, as well as the emerging threat of climate change. Policy responses to these stresses to date have (sometimes appropriately) generally focused on individual stresses, with limited effort directed at integrated approaches. Recent efforts at identifying Great Lakes impairments and recommending corrective actions include the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration process in the U.S. and a white paper endorsed by over sixty Great Lakes scientists, Prescription for Great Lakes Ecosystem Protection and Restoration, which includes a general conceptual framework for Great Lakes restoration. The panel discussion will involve brief presentations and discussion on both historical and possible new policy approaches to multiple stresses in the Great Lakes, including based on recommendations in these recent efforts. Panelists will include Dr. Alfred Beeton (Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory), Lee Botts (Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center), Gary Gulezian (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), and Dr. Donald Scavia (University of Michigan). |
| Link | journalArticle | lake sturgeon; | 2006 | Garrison, P. J.; Greb; Pfeiffer, S. | Nearshore Nutrient Monitoring on Lake Michigan and Cladophora | In recent years, Cladophora have reemerged as a significant localized issue along Lake Michigans west shore. The objective of our ongoing work is to measure physical, biological and chemical parameters important for Cladophora growth. This study began in 2004 with a biannual systematic survey of nutrient concentrations, algae distribution and Dreissena mussel distribution in the nearshore of western Lake Michigan. Seventeen stations from Kenosha, WI to the Garden Peninsula in Michigan were established at a 10-m water depth. Results show that the requisite habitat and resultant nuisance growth of Cladophora was present along almost the entire length of the monitored shoreline. Concentrations of phosphorus and nitrogen species generally followed an increasing trend from north to south.The median phosphorus concentration was similar in 2004-05 (0.005 mg L-1). North of Sturgeon Bay, algal growth was either not present or minimal in early May 2005, likely due to the low water temperatures. These observations indicate that algae growth does not over winter. Cladophora present in May 2005 was heavily encrusted with diatoms. Cladophora coverage was reduced north of Washington Island but reduced amounts were present as far north as the Garden Penninsula, MI. |
| Link | journalArticle | air pollution; atmospheric pollution; brackish; civil engineering; consumer products; currents; ecosystems; exotic species; freshwater pollution; ingestion; invasive species; landfills; marine pollution; mortality; oceans; oil; oil pollution; plastics; pollution effects; pollution monitoring; refuse; soil pollution; soils; technology; waste disposal; water pollution; wildlife; | 2014 | Sigler, Michelle | The Effects of Plastic Pollution on Aquatic Wildlife: Current Situations and Future Solutions | The majority of consumer products used today are comprised of some form of plastic. Worldwide, almost 280 million t of plastic materials are produced annually, much of which ends up in landfills or the oceans (Shaw and Sahni Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering 46-48, 2014). While plastics are lightweight, inexpensive, and durable, these same qualities can make them very harmful to wildlife, especially once they become waterborne. Once seaborne, plastics are most likely found circulating in one of five major ocean gyres: two in the Pacific, one in the Indian, and two in the Atlantic. These ocean garbage patches are not solid islands of plastic; instead, they are a turbid mix of plastics (Kostigen 2008; Livingeco 2011). Recent research conducted on the surfaces of the Great Lakes has identified similar problems (Erikson et al. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 77(1), 177-182, 2013). A growing concern is that once plastics reach the wild, they may cause entanglement, death from ingestion, and carry invasive species. Several cutting edge technologies have been piloted to monitor or gather the plastics already in our environments and convert them back into oil with hopes to reduce the damage plastics are causing to our ecosystems. |
| report | Hog Island; Detroit Island; Fish Island; Fisherman Shoal; Grand Traverse Islands; Gravelly Island; Little Gull Island; Little Summer Island; Pilot Island; Plum Island; Poverty Island; Rock Island; Rocky Island; St. Martin Island; Summer Island; Washington Island; recreation plans; | 1976 | Montgomery, John | Recreation Alternatives for the Grand Traverse Islands: Michigan, Wisconsin | Summary of 6 month study of the potential recreation use of the chain of islands between Door Co. WI and Delta Co. MI. First part of the report provides background information about the study and presents a range of information about the islands. The remainder of the report explores several alternative approaches to recreational use of the islands. | |
| document | Great Lakes coastal wetlands; Chironomid; Mayfly; Meiobethos; Northern Lake Huron; Prentiss Bay; Northern Bioreserve; fish; invertebrates; macroinvertebrates; plant communities; warbler; water quality; yellow perch; | 1998 | Hudson, Patrick; Blouin, Marc; Chriscinske, Margaret | Northern Lake Huron Project Workshop Abstracts | A compilation of 12 abstracts representing research conducted as part of the Northern Lake Huron Project | |
| document | 1997 | Hudson, Patrick | Review of 3 Years of Marsh Study Verbiage | List of Statements and Questions related to marsh research in Lake Huron | ||
| report | Les Cheneaux Islands; Cedarville Bay; Mackinac Bay; Mismer Bay; fish; fishery survey; | 1997 | Webb, Paul; Diana, James; Teeri, James | Early Life-History Stages of Fishes and Mid-Summer Status of Juveniles and Adults in Les Cheneaux Great Lakes Bays | During 1996 and 1997 we compared the phenology of juvenile and adult fishes and larvae in Mismer, Cedarville and Mackinac Bays representative of those in Les Cheneaux. | |
| report | Les Cheneaux Islands; Cedarville Bay; Mackinac Bay; McKay Bay; Moscoe Channel; benthic invertebrates; indicator species; macroinvertebrates; water quality; | 1996 | Hudson, Patrick; Blouin, Marc; Chriscinske, Margaret | Nearshore Macrobenthos Bioindicators of Water Quality: Les Cheneaux Island Area Lake Huron. Synopsis of 1996 Field Work | ||
| report | Northern Lake Huron; fish; invertebrates; plant communities; | 1997 | Burton, Thomas | Invertebrate, Fish and Plant Communities of Northern Lake Huron Wetlands | ||
| report | Les Cheneaux Islands; Northern Lake Huron; Prentiss Bay; Northern Bioreserve; freshwater marsh; macroinvertebrates; | 1997 | Levy, K.D.; Merritt, R. W. | Macoinvertebrate Diversity and Functional Group Composition in the Emergent Plant Zone of Prentiss Bay Marsh, Michigan | We investigated the spatial and temporal distribution of macroinvertebrates in a freshwater marsh in Les Cheneaux Island Northern Bioreserve, Prentiss Bay, Michigan | |
| report | Les Cheneaux Islands; Cedarville Bay; Mackinac Bay; Mismer Bay; fish; St. Martin's Bay; | 1997 | Webb, Paul | Preliminary Report Juvenile and Adult Fish Collections: June to July | ||
| report | Les Cheneaux Islands; Northern Lake Huron; Cedarville Bay; Mackinac Bay; Mismer Bay; fish; fishery survey; St. Martin's Bay; | 1997 | Webb, Paul; Welsh, Laura; Diana, James; Teeri, James | Report on the Open Water Fishery Survey for the Northern Lake Huron Project | ||
| Link | newspaperArticle | apple snails; feral hogs; lionfish; education; invasive species; | 2017 | Pillion, Dennis | Why education, not guns or chemicals, is our best weapon in the war on invasive species | Many state and federal wildlife agencies, and groups like the Alabama Invasive Plant Council, are focused more on control and slowing the spread of these species to new areas than trying to eradicate the invaders. Educating the public on what they can do to help is a major part of that effort. |
| Link | radioBroadcast | quagga mussel; wild fire fighting; vectors; zebra mussel; | How Montana Is Fighting Invasive Hitchhikers On Firefighting Aircraft | |||
| Link | journalArticle | Microstegium vimineum; invasive plants; mapping; | 2009 | Mortensen, David A.; Rauschert, Emily S.J.; Nord, Andrea N.; Jones, Brian P. | Forest Roads Facilitate the Spread of Invasive Plants | The distribution and abundance of invasive species can be strongly influenced by habitat suitability and by corridors that facilitate dispersal. We synthesize results from a large-scale invasive plant survey with a patch-scale expansion experiment. The large-scale survey involved transects up to 250 m away from of all roads in a 32,000 ha forest. The patch experiment involved initiating invasions in different habitat types (roadside, wetland, disturbed, and intact forests), and then fitting statistical models to patch spread rates. The large-scale survey highlighted the importance of roads in predicting the presence of invasive plants, also revealing that one invasive plant, Microstegium vimineum, has spread rapidly since its purported introduction in 1994. The patch-scale experiments focused on Microstegium and demonstrated that spread rates are higher in roadsides than in forested and wetland patches, even in the absence of major disturbances. These results highlight the importance of landscape features when designing prevention and management practices aimed at limiting invasive plant abundance and spread. |
| journalArticle | invasive species; roads; vectors; | 2003 | Gelbard, Jonathan; Belnap, Jayne | Roads as Conduits for Exotic Plant Invasions in a Semiarid Landscape | Roads are believed to be a major contributing factor to the ongoing spread of exotic plants. We examined the effect of road improvement and environmental variables on exotic and native plant diversity in roadside verges and adjacent semiarid grassland, shrubland, and woodland communities of southern Utah ( U.S.A. ). We measured the cover of exotic and native species in roadside verges and both the richness and cover of exotic and native species in adjacent interior communities ( 50 m beyond the edge of the road cut ) along 42 roads stratified by level of road improvement ( paved, improved surface, graded, and four-wheel-drive track ). In roadside verges along paved roads, the cover of Bromus tectorum was three times as great ( 27% ) as in verges along four-wheel-drive tracks ( 9% ). The cover of five common exotic forb species tended to be lower in verges along four-wheel-drive tracks than in verges along more improved roads. The richness and cover of exotic species were both more than 50% greater, and the richness of native species was 30% lower, at interior sites adjacent to paved roads than at those adjacent to four-wheel-drive tracks. In addition, environmental variables relating to dominant vegetation, disturbance, and topography were significantly correlated with exotic and native species richness and cover. Improved roads can act as conduits for the invasion of adjacent ecosystems by converting natural habitats to those highly vulnerable to invasion. However, variation in dominant vegetation, soil moisture, nutrient levels, soil depth, disturbance, and topography may render interior communities differentially susceptible to invasions originating from roadside verges. Plant communities that are both physically invasible ( e.g., characterized by deep or fertile soils ) and disturbed appear most vulnerable. Decision-makers considering whether to build, improve, and maintain roads should take into account the potential spread of exotic plants. | |
| forumPost | aquatic invasive species; case study; detection; vectors; | 2017 | University of Johannesburg, Africa | Tiger bones? Lion bones? An almost extinct cycad? On-the-spot DNA checks at ports of entry | Wildlife species are going extinct faster than humankind can reliably keep track of. Meanwhile, wildlife crime evolves quickly, with new tricks fueling a lucrative illegal global trade. As a result, customs and other port-of-entry officials confronted with unidentifiable bits of animals and plants need to make rapid decisions based on reliable information. LifeScanner LAB-IN-A-BOX, a portable DNA barcoding lab can serve as a new tool for rapid on-site species identification, adding to law enforcement's arsenal. | |
| Link | document | early detection; invasive animals; invasive plants; invasive species; watchlist; | 2017 | QOL Team | Michigan’s Invasive Species Watch List | The invasive species included on the watch list are priority species that have been identified as posing an immediate and significant threat to Michigan’s natural resources. These species have either never been confirmed in Michigan or have very limited distribution, or are localized. Early detection and timely reporting of occurrences of these species is crucial for increasing the likelihood of stopping an invasion and limiting negative ecological and economic impacts. Species are listed below by category. The invasive species below should be reported immediately and directly to staff. Please use the contacts below each category to report a possible detection of a watch list species. |
| Link | newspaperArticle | Beaver Island; emerald ash borer; invasive species; | 2017 | Emerald Ash Borer Detected on Isolated Beaver Island | Press Release: Beaver Island, Michigan has long been recognized for its clear blue waters and pristine, healthy forests. The island’s isolation in Lake Michigan (17 miles from the mainland) has offered a refuge to ash trees from the metallic emerald insect that is killing millions of ash trees across the US and Canada. Nearly a decade ago, concerned islanders reached out to the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) for help in protecting the island’s ash trees from the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB). The transportation of infested firewood from the mainland was identified as the biggest threat to the island’s ash species. This led to MDARD adding language to the State’s internal quarantine that made it illegal to transport firewood to the Beaver Island Archipelago as well as to several other remote islands. Personnel of the air service and ferry companies that serve the island have been watchful and have turned away firewood destined for the island on more than one occasion. Islanders have volunteered over the past 8 years to hang, monitor, and remove purple EAB traps. Each year, these EAB traps, made available by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), hung for months in strategic locations collecting insects. In late October, MDARD staff confirmed that one of the traps had captured a lone female EAB. MDARD's Pesticide and Plant Pest Management Division has offered suggestions and insights about the finding along with their agency’s continued support. It has not been determined if the EAB was an isolated hitchhiker from the mainland or the first sign of a larger problem. It is hoped that EAB traps and lures will be available from the USDA to again be placed in strategic locations on the island in early summer 2018. At present, the firewood quarantine to the island will remain in place. Next year’s trapping data will give islanders and the MDARD further information to assist in managing the forests of Beaver Island. | |
| report | management; island classification; island policy; natural area protection; public access; strategies; waste disposal; Great Lakes islands; | 1980 | Johnson & Anderson, INC. | Management Program for Michigan's Great Lakes Islands | ||
| document | Chippewa County; City of Sault Ste. Marie; construction plans; lower river islands; recreation plans; | 1999 | Capitol Consultants Engineers | Construction Plans Lower River Islands Phase I Recreational Development Projects for The City of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa Co. MI | 18 maps depicting site designs | |
| report | Les Cheneaux Islands; Beaver Island Archipelago; Northern Lake Huron; Bois Blanc Island; Drummond Island; Garden Peninsula Islands; Northern Lake Michigan; animal surveys; biodiversity; biological inventory; conservation outreach; natural community surveys; plant surveys; Great Lakes islands; | 2002 | Penskar, Michael | Biological Inventory for Conservation of Great Lakes Islands: 2001 Progress Report | ||
| report | Les Cheneaux Islands; angler; creel census; fisheries; local economy; recreation; recreational fishery; yellow perch; | 1987 | Diana, James; Jones, Carol; Lucchesi, David | Evaluation of the Yellow Perch Fishery and its Importance to the Local Economy of the Les Cheneaux Islands Area | ||
| report | Mackinac Island; erosion control; public trail; | 2000 | Mackinac Island State Park Commission | Mackinac Island Erosion Control and Public Trail Renovation | ||
| report | Mackinac Island; land use planning; cultural resources; natural resources; recreation; transportation; zoning ordinance; | 1981 | City of Mackinac Island Planning Commission | Comprehensive Development Plan for the City of Mackinac Island | ||
| report | Les Cheneaux Islands; biological inventory; human development; marsh communities; monitoring wetland integrity; nutrient enrichment; plant communities; trophic interactions; wetlands; yellow perch; | 1999 | Gathman, Joseph; Keas, Brian | Les Cheneaux Wetland Project: A Synthesis | The Great Lakes coastal wetland project was designed to identify factors important to the protection of the unique wetlands in the Les Cheneaux area: Many studies, by several researchers, were implemented to describe the plant and animal communities in the area and to begin to develop an understanding of the natural and human-created factors affecting them. | |
| report | land use planning; Drummond Island; land use; | 1975 | Drummond Island Township Planning and Zoning Commission | Drummond Island Township Land Use Plan | ||
| report | Grand Island; Les Cheneaux Islands; colonial waterbirds; cultural resources; alvar; Apostle Islands; Georgian Bay; Isle Royale; Old Mission Peninsula; St. Lawrence Islands; biodiversity; biological inventory; case study; coastal policy; conservation; conservation planning; Lake Superior islands; land use; neotropical migrant birds; Great Lakes islands; | 1999 | Vigmostad, Karen | State of the Great Lakes Islands Report | ||
| report | Les Cheneaux Islands; Beaver Island Archipelago; Bois Blanc Island; Drummond Island; Garden Peninsula; biological inventory; Great Lakes islands; | 2000 | Penskar, Michael | Biological Inventory for Conservation of Great Lakes Islands: 1999 Progress Report | ||
| Link | journalArticle | New Zealand; Predator Free 2050; gene editing; invasive mammals; invasive species control; | 2017 | Yong, Ed | New Zealand’s War on Rats Could Change the World | In recent years, many of the country’s conservationists and residents have rallied behind Predator-Free 2050, an extraordinarily ambitious plan to save the country’s birds by eradicating its invasive predators. Native birds of prey will be unharmed, but Predator-Free 2050’s research strategy, which is released today, spells doom for rats, possums, and stoats (a large weasel). They are to die, every last one of them. No country, anywhere in the world, has managed such a task in an area that big. The largest island ever cleared of rats, Australia’s Macquarie Island, is just 50 square miles in size. New Zealand is 2,000 times bigger. But, the country has committed to fulfilling its ecological moonshot within three decades. |
| Link | journalArticle | invasive species; global threat; | 2017 | Perkins, Sid | Invasive Species Are a Growing Global Threat | New book blames invasions on climate change and humankind |
| Link | journalArticle | CRISPR gene drives; ecological engineering; gene editing; | 2017 | Milius, Susan | Current Crispr Gene Drives Are Too Strong for Outdoor Use, Studies Warn | Heritable gene-editing tools need reliable brakes to prevent them from spreading worldwide |
| Link | report | Beaver Island; Beaver Island Archipelago; Garden Island; High Island; Hog Island; Whiskey Island; management; Northern Lake Michigan; cultural resources; ecological resources; state lands; management plan; North Fox Island; South Fox Island; | 2017 | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | Management Plan for State-owned Lands on Northern Lake Michigan Islands | Several recent efforts have highlighted the need to examine state land management on Lake Michigan islands and formulate an approach for effective management of these unique resources in the future. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR or the Department) recognizes that state land management actions can have social, economic, and ecological impacts within and beyond state land borders. In addition, actions on lands adjacent to state land can have similar effects. Based on these relationships, the DNR has undertaken a collaborative approach to developing this plan. The purpose of this plan is to provide a vision and intended actions for the future management of state owned lands on northern Lake Michigan islands, in partnership with local units of government, tribal governments, and other interested stakeholders. |
| Link | report | Lake Huron; strategic plan; biodiversity; conservation planning; strategies; | 2010 | Franks Taylor, Rachael; Derosier, Amy; Dinse, Keely; Doran, Patrick J; Ewert, David N.; Herbert, M.; Khoury, M.; Kraus, Dan; Lapenna, Audrey; Mayne, Greg; Pearsall, Doug; Read, Jen; Schroeder, Brandon | The Sweetwater Sea: An International Biodiversity Conservation Strategy for Lake Huron - Technical Report | Lake Huron is an ecologically rich and globally significant ecosystem, but its biodiversity is at risk. Invasive species, climate change, water pollution, rapid and poorly planned residential and industrial growth, altered hydrology, and incompatible agricultural, fishery, and forestry practices are all having negative effects. Degradation and loss of historical habitat have been identified as major stressors to Lake Huron and its watershed. The Lake Huron Biodiversity Conservation Strategy (LHBCS) is an international initiative designed to identify what actions are needed to protect and conserve the native biodiversity of Lake Huron. The most critical biodiversity threats and needs of the lake were determined through a collaborative, science-based process. The recommended strategies are meant to restore and conserve a functioning ecosystem. By applying a biodiversity focus to synthesize and prioritize existing related efforts, the LHBCS reaffirms and advances many existing complementary plans and initiatives. This project will increase awareness and collaboration among organizations and communities active in biodiversity conservation with the Lake Huron watershed, and provide a lakewide context to local conservation actions. The project was led by The Nature Conservancy, Environment Canada, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Michigan Sea Grant, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Michigan Natural Features Inventory, and Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Project Goals
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| report | Beaver Island; invasive plants; invasive species control; | 2017 | GEI Consultants of Michigan, Inc. | Beaver Island Invasive Species Survey and Control Beaver Island: Charlevoix County, Michigan | GEI Consultants of Michigan, P.C (GEI) was contracted by the Antrim Conservation District (ACD), who is partnered with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), to complete a survey of invasive plant species along the shorelines and parabolic dunes of Beaver Island in Charlevoix County, Michigan. The intent of the 2017 survey was to update surveys that were completed in 2012 and 2013 by other organizations. A secondary goal of the effort was to implement control efforts for high priority species or in high priority areas along the shoreline and dunes. GEI completed survey and treatment of the target plants and areas from June 22, 2017-June 28, 2017. | |
| report | Lake Huron; Lake Michigan; bat migration; bats; | 2011 | Gehring, Joelle; Barton, Barb | Bat Migration Along the Lake Michigan and Lake Huron Coastlines: A Pilot Study To Inform Wind Turbine Siting | The rate of wind turbine construction in Michigan is expected to soar due to the high potential for wind development along the Great Lakes. Of great concern is the impact of turbines on bats, as these structures cause mortality due to both collision and decompression (barotrauma). Barotrauma accounts for as many as half the bats that are killed by wind turbines. This, coupled with white-nosed bat syndrome (WNBS), which is sweeping through bat populations in the northeast, has the potential to severely impact the presence of bats in our country, as well as our state. At least one million bats have been killed by WNBS, and the disease is rapidly spreading through the states. This project will monitor and record the presence and flight behaviors of bats and nocturnal migrant birds in association with the Lake Michigan shoreline to assess bat migration and the collision risk that wind turbines could pose to these populations. To determine the use of the coastline as migratory routes, samples will be taken from seven sites - three coastal, three located three miles inland from the coastal sites, and one island. Special equipment developed to record presence of bats and birds through radar will be used. Acoustic and ultra-frequency sampling will be analyzed to identify bat species by their call. This spatial migratory data will allow wind developers to minimize impacts to bat species. | |
| Link | journalArticle | Lake Michigan; Lake Erie; Eurasian ruffe; lake currents; aquatic invasive species dispersal; larval transport; golden mussel; | 2017 | Beletsky, Dmitry; Beletsky, Raisa; Rutherford, Edward S.; Sieracki, Jennifer L.; Bossenbroek, Jonathan M.; Chadderton, W. Lindsay; Wittmann, Marion E.; Annis, Gust M.; Lodge, David M. | Predicting Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species by Lake Currents | Knowledge of aquatic invasive species (AIS) dispersal is important to inform surveillance and management efforts to slow the spread of established invaders. We studied potential dispersal of invasive Eurasian ruffe Gymnocephalus cernua and golden mussel Limnoperna fortunei larvae in Lakes Michigan and Erie using a three dimensional particle transport model. Ruffe is currently in Lake Superior and northern Lake Michigan, while Limnoperna has not yet invaded the Great Lakes. We predicted larval transport during several spawning seasons (individual years) from several major tributaries and ports that are most prone to invasion because of their significant recreational and commercial usage. Depending on release location, larvae traveled distances ranging from b1 km to tens of kilometers (in some cases over 100–200 km, depending on species) during 2–3 weeks of drift time. Dispersal distances from nearshore locations (i.e. rivers and ports) were smaller than from off shore deballasting locations near ports. Limnoperna dispersal distances were larger than ruffe due to stronger seasonal currents and longer drift period. Settlement areas resulting fromoffshore releaseswere larger than for nearshore releases, and larger for Limnoperna than for ruffe. Model results compared favorably to observed spread of ruffe and Dreissena spp. mussels in LakeMichigan. Ourmodeling effort suggests that larval advection by lake currents is an important AIS dispersal mechanism in the Great Lakes. It also emphasizes the importance of effective surveillance programs that maximize early detection of new introductions before lake current dispersal obviates containment and prevention of spread and impacts. © 2017 International Association for Great Lakes Research. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
| Link | report | Great Lakes; biodiversity; conservation; islands; | 2010 | Henson, Bonnie L.; Kraus, Daniel T.; McMurtry, Michael J.; Ewert, David N. | Islands of Life: A Biodiversity and Conservation Atlas of the Great Lakes Islands | This project produced a comprehensive spatial database of Great Lakes islands and their associated biodiversity values, threats and conservation status. Then an ecologically-based analysis identified the islands and island complexes within the Great Lakes that are the highest priority for conservation action. The results identify individual islands or island complexes with high biodiversity and confirm the high conservation value of previously known globally significant biodiversity island areas. Many of the islands that are highest in biodiversity are also subject to greater threats from human activity. |
| Link | journalArticle | Lower Grand River Watershed; phragmites removal; property values; | 2017 | Isely, Paul; Nordman, Erik; Howard, Shaun; Bowman, Richard | Phragmites Removal Increases Property Values in Michigan's Lower Grand River Watershed | The presence of Phragmites australis, an invasive wetland plant, negatively affects coastal property values and home prices rise with distance from Phragmites. Home prices increased as distance to Phragmites increased at a rate of $3.90/meter. Removing Phragmites from a property so that the next closest Phragmites was 400 m away results in a property value increase of over $1,500. Removing all Phragmites within 400 m of any property results in a total property value impact of $837,000. This generates about $13,457-$15,121 in additional property taxes each year once the prices and taxes adjust to the plant’s removal. We estimated the cost of Phragmites removal at $687/ha. Removing the approximately 36 ha of Phragmites in the area would cost about $25,041. Future treatments would likely be less than that of the first year. The estimated cost of the first year of Phragmites removal is less than the estimated two years of annual property tax revenue increases. |
| document | Mackinac County; Bois Blanc Island; master plan; zoning ordinance; | 2004 | Bois Blanc Planning Commission | Bois Blanc Township Zoning Ordinance Revision | Location: Bois Blanc Island, Mackinac County Bois Blanc Township is an island township with over 40 miles of Great Lakes shoreline, located in the Straits of Mackinac. About fifty percent of the township is state-owned forestland; the balance is home to a steadily growing population of seasonal homeowners and year-round residents. Census figures show there are 800 seasonal residents and 71 year-round residents. The Bois Blanc Township Planning Commission is seeking funding for a complete revision of the their zoning ordinance to bring it into alignment with the goals of the recently adopted Master Plan, which is to foster the preservation of the island's natural features. In addition to the new zoning ordinance, they would like to revise, complete and digitize their Master Plan for future land use. The most recent revisions to the Master Plan was prepared by an island resident with no formal training in planning, so revisions will likely be needed. | |
| document | Mackinac County; Beaver Island Archipelago; Charlevoix County; bird; Emmet County; Leelanau County; bats; | 2012 | Central Michigan University | Bird and Bat Use of Islands and Coastal Areas of Northern Lake Michigan | This project will use remote acoustic monitoring surveys, as well as the more traditional methods of avian censusing and mist netting, to ascertain bird and bat use of coastal areas in northern Lake Michigan, including islands of the Beaver Archipelago (Charlevoix County) and mainland locations in both the lower Peninsula (Leelanau and Emmet Counties) and Upper Peninsula (Mackinac County). Data will be collected during spring and fall migration periods, as well as the summer breeding season (2012). All data will be digitized and analyzed spatially (GIS) to best describe use patterns of both birds and bats in the study area. | |
| report | Les Cheneaux Islands; Bois Blanc Island; biological inventory; conservation; Great Lakes islands; | 2002 | Penskar, Michael R.; Lee, Yu Man; Kost,, Michael A.; Hyde, Daria A.; Paskus, John J.; Cuthrell, David L.; Enander, Helen D. | Biological Inventory for Conservation of Great Lakes Islands: 2002 Inventory and Final Report | In 1998, Michigan Natural Features Inventory (MNFI) initiated a multi-year project to conduct biological inventories for the conservation of Great Lakes islands. The fundamental goal of this project was to systematically examine selected Great Lakes islands, compile comprehensive information on natural features and significant biodiversity areas, and then convey this information in the most useful form for landowner education and conservation planning purposes. In 2002 MNFI completed a fifth and final year of inventory and conservation outreach. Inventories focused on surveys of Bois Blanc Island and several islands in the Les Cheneaux chain, the latter including Marquette, La Salle, Little La Salle, and Government islands. A conservation outreach workshop was presented on Bois Blanc Island, followed by a massasauga workshop and a field trip to selected natural community sites, with an emphasis on shoreline habitats. An analysis of the five-year project was completed, summarizing the results of biological inventories, natural features digitizing, identification of biodiversity areas, and conclusions regarding conservation outreach workshops. | |
| document | Belle Isle; pier; | 2015 | Michigan Department of Natural Resources Parks and Recreation Division | Belle Isle Detroit Boat Club Pier Renovation | Belle Isle is a historic landmark park, designed in 1883 by Frederick Law Olmstead (Landscape Architect who designed New York City’s Central Park). The 982-acre island park lies in the Detroit River and, as originally conceived and developed, provided for the citizens of Detroit and Michigan a diverse palette of features, including: the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit Yacht Club, sports fields, fishing piers, trails, beaches, golf course, the Nature Zoo, the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory, and a broad expanse of woods and wildlife. The island has approximately 819,970 linear feet of Detroit River frontage in addition to over two miles of canals and approximately 114 acres of open inland water. It is the goal of the DNR to protect and restore these water resources while providing recreation opportunities for the visitors of Belle Isle. | |
| Link | webpage | Lake Huron; Lake Michigan; Mackinac Island; Lake Superior; Bois Blanc Island; Drummond Island; low-altitude oblique aerial photographs; | 2009 | Superior Watershed Partnership | Aerial Shoreline Viewer for the Upper Peninsula | The Lake Superior Aerial Shoreline Viewer provides local decision makers with accurate, easy-to-use land use planning information. The primary component of the viewer is a complete series of low-altitude oblique aerial photographs of the shoreline. Each professionally-taken photograph is tied to a global positioning system point so the user knows exactly where the photo was taken, and all photos are easily accessible through a user friendly web-based map viewer housed on the Superior Watershed Partnership's web site. In addition to the oblique aerial photos the Lake Superior Aerial Shoreline Viewer also contains downloadable coastal resource planning maps including: USGS topographic maps, 2005 true color vertical aerial photography, NRCS soils maps, slope maps, color infrared photography, and wetlands overlay maps. This Phase II project will replicate the successful Lake Superior Aerial Shoreline Viewer for the Lake Michigan and Lake Huron shorelines in the Upper Peninsula including the shores of Drummond, Mackinac, and Bois Blanc Islands. Once completed, visual images and the most recent natural resource information will be available at the click of a mouse for the entire Great Lakes coastline in the Upper Peninsula. |
| Link | report | Beaver Island; invasive species; trails; | 2016 | Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Division | Michigan DNR Trails Inventory on Beaver Island Summer of 2016 Report | Beaver Island state-owned land has ten trails managed by the Michigan DNR Wildlife Division. The trails are primarily southern half of the island and traverse variable forest types and openings. The trails are open to the public and range from gravel roads to two tracks and foot paths. Birders and wildlife enthusiasts, nature lovers, and hunters often use these trails. Local community volunteers have maintained these trails in the past. The trails included in this report are: Seven Bridges Trail, Blue Trail, Buffalo’s Camp Trail, Camp Three Trail, Doty’s Camp Trail, Greene’s Lake Trail, Johnny Martin’s Trail, Middle Perron’s Trail, Cable’s Creek and French Bay Road. The purpose of this report is to describe the status of the trails, indicate problem areas, document locations and nature of structures, and record invasive species occurrences. |
| document | Saginaw Bay; Bay County; Middlegrounds Island; | 2017 | Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy | Destination Middlegrounds: Restoring and Promoting the Natural and Recreational Assets of Middlegrounds Island Project | Destination Middlegrounds: Restoring and Promoting the Natural and Recreational Assets of Middlegrounds Island Project | |
| Link | webpage | CISMA; | 2017 | Michigan Invasive Species Coalition | Michigan Cooperative Invasive Species Management Areas (CISMAs) | Map and contact information |
| report | aquatic; management plan; Little Traverse; Odawa; invasive species; tribe; | Jansen, Noah | Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians | |||
| report | habitat refuges; mammal eradication; mammals; marinas; pigs; rabbits; rattus; review; case study; eradication; | 2002 | Veitch, C.R.; Clout, M.N. | Turning the Tide : The Eradication of Invasive Species | ||
| journalArticle | Biodiversity offsetting; adaptive management; environmental compensation; invasive species; pest control; | 2015 | Norton, David A.; Warburton, Bruce | The Potential for Biodiversity Offsetting to Fund Effective Invasive Species Control | Compensating for biodiversity losses in 1 location by conserving or restoring biodiversity elsewhere (i.e., biodiversity offsetting) is being used increasingly to compensate for biodiversity losses resulting from development. We considered whether a form of biodiversity offsetting, enhancement offsetting (i.e., enhancing the quality of degraded natural habitats through intensive ecological management), can realistically secure additional funding to control biological invaders at a scale and duration that results in enhanced biodiversity outcomes. We suggest that biodiversity offsetting has the potential to enhance biodiversity values through funding of invasive species control, but it needs to meet 7 key conditions: be technically possible to reduce invasive species to levels that enhance native biodiversity; be affordable; be sufficiently large to compensate for the impact; be adaptable to accommodate new strategic and tactical developments while not compromising biodiversity outcomes; acknowledge uncertainties associated with managing pests; be based on an explicit risk assessment that identifies the cost of not achieving target outcomes; and include financial mechanisms to provide for in-perpetuity funding. The challenge then for conservation practitioners, advocates, and policy makers is to develop frameworks that allow for durable and effective partnerships with developers to realize the full potential of enhancement offsets, which will require a shift away from traditional preservation-focused approaches to biodiversity management. | |
| journalArticle | environmental externality; exotic species; regression tree; species richness; trade and environment; | 2008 | Westphal, Michael I.; Browne, Michael; MacKinnon, Kathy; Noble, Ian | The Link Between International Trade and the Global Distribution of Invasive Alien Species | Invasive alien species (IAS) exact large biodiversity and economic costs and are a significant component of human-induced, global environmental change. Previous studies looking at the variation in alien species across regions have been limited geographically or taxonomically or have not considered economics. We used a global invasive species database to regress IAS per-country on a suite of socioeconomic, ecological, and biogeographical variables. We varied the countries included in the regression tree analyses, in order to explore whether certain outliers were biasing the results, and in most of the cases, merchandise imports was the most important explanatory variable. The greater the degree of international trade, the higher the number of IAS. We also found a positive relationship between species richness and the number of invasives, in accord with other investigations at large spatial scales. Island status (overall), country area, latitude, continental position (New World versus Old World) or other measures of human disturbance (e.g., GDP per capita, population density) were not found to be important determinants of a country's degree of biological invasion, contrary to previous studies. Our findings also provide support to the idea that more resources for combating IAS should be directed at the introduction stage and that novel trade instruments need to be explored to account for this environmental externality. | |
| journalArticle | biosecurity; SIDS; eradication; invasive species; islands; introduced species; | 2017 | Russell, James C; Meyer, Jean Yves; Holmes, Nick D.; Pagad, Shyama | Invasive Alien Species on Islands: Impacts, Distribution, Interactions and Management | Invasive alien species (IASs) on islands have broad impacts across biodiversity, agriculture, economy, health and culture, which tend to be stronger than on continents. Across small-island developing states (SIDSs), although only a small number of IASs are widely distributed, many more, including those with greatest impact, are found on only a small number of islands. Patterns of island invasion are not consistent across SIDS geographic regions, with differences attributable to correlated patterns in island biogeography and human development. We identify 15 of the most globally prevalent IASs on islands. IAS impacts on islands are exacerbated through interactions with a number of other global change threats, including over-exploitation, agricultural intensification, urban development and climate change. Biosecurity is critical in preventing IAS invasion of islands. Eradication of IASs on islands is possible at early stages of invasion, but otherwise is largely restricted to invasive mammals, or otherwise control is the only option. Future directions in IAS management and research on islands must consider IASs within a broader portfolio of threats to species, ecosystems and people's livelihoods on islands. We advocate for stronger collaborations among island countries and territories faced with the same IASs in similar socio-ecological environments. | |
| journalArticle | Great Lakes; transport vectors; non-indigenous species; exotic species; | 1993 | Mills, Edward L.; Leach, Joseph H.; Carlton, James T.; Secor, Carol L. | Exotic Species in the Great Lakes: A History of Biotic Crises and Anthropogenic Introductions | Through literature review, we documented introductions of non-indigenous aquatic flora and fauna into the Great Lakes basin since the early 1800s. We focused on the origin, probable mechanism(s) of introduction, and the date and locality of first discovery of Great Lakes exotic species. The Laurentian Great Lakes have been subject to invasion by exotic species since settlement of the region by Europeans. Since the 1800s, 139 non-indigenous aquatic organisms have become established in the Great Lakes. The bulk of these organisms has been represented by plants (59), fishes (25), algae (24), and mollusks (14). Most species are native to Eurasia (55%) and the Atlantic Coast (13%). As human activity has increased in the Great Lakes watershed, the rate of introduction of exotic species has increased. Almost one-third of the organisms have been introduced in the past 30 years, a surge coinciding with the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959. Five categories of entry mechanisms were identified: unintentional releases, ship-related introductions, deliberate releases, entry through or along canals, and movement along railroads and highways. Entry mechanisms were dominated by unintentional releases (29%) and ships (29%). Unintentional releases included escapees from cultivation and aquaculture, bait, aquarium, and other accidental releases. Ship-related introductions included ballast water (63%), solid ballast (31%), and fouling. Introductions via canals represent a small percentage of entries into the Great Lakes. We have identified 13 non-indigenous species (9%) that have substantially influenced the Great Lakes ecosystem, both economically and ecologically. The apparent lack of effects of 91 % of the exotic species in the Great Lakes does not mean that they have had little or no ecological impact. Alterations in community structure may predate modern investigations by decades or centuries, and the effects of many species have simply not been studied. As long as human activities provide the means through which future species can be transported into the Great Lakes basin, the largest freshwater resource in the world will continue to be at risk from the invasion of exotic organisms. © 1993, International Association for Great Lakes Research. All rights reserved. | |
| journalArticle | Carpobrotus; endemic plants; invasional meltdown; island habitats; shearwaters; biological invasions; | 2017 | Celesti-Grapow, Laura; Abbate, Giovanna; Baccetti, Nicola; Capizzi, Dario; Carli, Emanuela; Copiz, Riccardo; Frondoni, Raffaella; Giunti, Michele; Gotti, Camilla; Iberite, Mauro; Monaco, Andrea; Petrassi, Fabrizio; Raganella Pelliccioni, Elisabetta; Romano, Antonio; Sozio, Giulia; Sposimo, Paolo; Tilia, Agnese; Blasi, Carlo | Control of Invasive Species for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Mediterranean Islands. the Life Ponderat Project in the Pontine Archipelago, Italy | © 2017 Società Botanica Italiana. We present the EU LIFE PonDerat project, which is aimed at restoring the natural ecosystems of the Pontine Archipelago, a group of islands located off the western coast of Italy. The spread of invasive species is a major environmental threat on these islands, which are rich in rare habitats and endemic species and are important sites for the conservation of Mediterranean biodiversity. The project focuses on the conservation of species and habitats that are protected by EU laws but are currently threatened by introduced plants and animals. The main targets of the control measures are black rats, feral goats, mouflons and invasive plants of the genus Carpobrotus. Conservation measures focus on the shearwaters Puffinus yelkouan and Calonectris diomedea, which are endemic to the Mediterranean and are listed in Annex I of the European Bird Directive. Conservation measures also focus on island habitats of great biogeographical value, which are listed in Annex I of the European Habitats Directive and are seriously threatened by introduced herbivores and by invasive plants. The main outcome expected from this project is that the restoration of ecosystem functions will enhance the breeding success and population size of shearwaters and lead to the recovery of target habitats. | |
| Link | journalArticle | GIS; island ecology; management prioritisation; niche modeling; support vector machines; | 2015 | Pouteau, Robin; Meyer, Jean Yves; Larrue, Sébastien | Using Range Filling Rather Than Prevalence of Invasive Plant Species for Management Prioritization: The Case of Spathodea Campanulata in the Society Islands (South Pacific) | Biological invasion science lacks standardised measures of invasion success that would provide effective prioritisation of invasive species and invaded areas management. Prevalence (area of occupancy) of invasive species is often used as proxy of their success but this metric ignores the extent to which a species fills its potential distribution. This study aims to estimate the performance of invasive tree species by computing the ratio between the compressed canopy area (CCA), assessed through remote sensing, and their potential distribution, estimated using invasive species distribution modelling. This index of 'range filling' (RF) has applicability to a broad set of invasive plant species in any biome. A case study is provided using the invasive African tulip tree Spathodea campanulata (Bignoniaceae) on three small tropical oceanic islands (South Pacific) exhibiting different invasion levels to test for differences between CCA and RF. The results show that the RF of Spathodea campanulata varied within islands depending on elevation but not proportionally to the CCA of the species. Another key result was that the RF of the species and its CCA provided different between-island perspectives on the invasions and lead to distinct ranking among islands to prioritise for management. Therefore, managers should disregard species' prevalence as a measure of success and rather weight it with potential distribution to quantify how an invader is performing in a given environment. |
| Link | journalArticle | economics; invasion risk; | 2016 | Lodge, David M.; Simonin, Paul W.; Burgiel, Stanley W.; Keller, Reuben P.; Bossenbroek, Jonathan M.; Jerde, Christopher L.; Kramer, Andrew M.; Rutherford, Edward S.; Barnes, Matthew A.; Wittmann, Marion E.; Chadderton, W. Lindsay; Apriesnig, Jenny L.; Beletsky, Dmitry; Cooke, Roger M.; Drake, John M.; Egan, Scott P.; Finnoff, David C.; Gantz, Crysta A.; Grey, Erin K.; Hoff, Michael H.; Howeth, Jennifer G.; Jensen, Richard A.; Larson, Eric R.; Mandrak, Nicholas E.; Mason, Doran M.; Martinez, Felix A.; Newcomb, Tammy J.; Rothlisberger, John D.; Tucker, Andrew J.; Warziniack, Travis W.; Zhang, Hongyan | Risk Analysis and Bioeconomics of Invasive Species to Inform Policy and Management | Risk analysis of species invasions links biology and economics, is increasingly mandated by international and national policies, and enables improved management of invasive species. Biological invasions proceed through a se-ries of transition probabilities (i.e., introduction, establishment, spread, and impact), and each of these presents opportunities for management. Recent research advances have improved estimates of probability and associated un-certainty. Improvements have come from species-specific trait-based risk assessments (of estimates of introduction, establishment, spread, and impact probabilities, especially from pathways of commerce in living organisms), spatially explicit dispersal models (introduction and spread, especially from transportation pathways), and species distribution models (establishment, spread, and impact). Results of these forecasting models combined with im-proved and cheaper surveillance technologies and practices [e.g., environ-mental DNA (eDNA), drones, citizen science] enable more efficient manage-ment by focusing surveillance, prevention, eradication, and control efforts on the highest-risk species and locations. Bioeconomic models account for the interacting dynamics within and between ecological and economic systems, and allow decision makers to better understand the financial consequences of alternative management strategies. In general, recent research advances demonstrate that prevention is the policy with the greatest long-term net benefit. |
| report | planning; invasive plants; | 2009 | Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Division | Meeting the Challenge of Invasive Plants: A Framework for Action | ||
| journalArticle | ecosystem services; invasive species; | 2009 | Pejchar, Liba; Mooney, Harold A. | Invasive Species, Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being | Although the effects of invasive alien species (IAS) on native species are well documented, the many ways in which such species impact ecosystem services are still emerging. Here we assess the costs and benefits of IAS for provisioning, regulating and cultural services, and illustrate the synergies and tradeoffs associated with these impacts using case studies that include South Africa, the Great Lakes and Hawaii. We identify services and interactions that are the least understood and propose a research and policy framework for filling the remaining knowledge gaps. Drawing on ecology and economics to incorporate the impacts of IAS on ecosystem services into decision making is key to restoring and sustaining those life-support services that nature provides and all organisms depend upon. ?? 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | |
| journalArticle | island conservation; mus musculus; rattus norvegicus; rattus rattus; rodents; eradication; invasive species; | 2007 | Russell, James C; Howald, Gregg; Donlan, C Josh; A, Juan Pablo Galv; Parkes, John; Samaniego, Araceli; Wang, Yiwei; Veitch, Dick; Genovesi, Piero; Pascal, Michel; Saunders, Alan; Tershy, Bernie | Invasive Rodent Eradication on Islands | ||
| Link | report | colonial waterbirds; endemics; threats; Great Lakes islands; | 2007 | Cuthbert, Francesca; Ewert, David N.; Greenwood, R; Kraus, D.; Seymour, M.; Vigmostad, Karen; Wires, Linda | Great Lakes Islands: Elements and Threats | The origin of this report lies in the transfer of nearly 100 islands from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to the State of Michigan in the late 1980s. At that time there was almost no assembled information nor a state policy regarding Great Lakes islands. Officials disagreed about what to do with these islands. Some thought we should ignore or sell them because they were remote and isolated. Others thought we should build campgrounds with outhouses and boat access. Still others thought we should establish wildlife sanctuaries. Questions grew as to on what basis we should make these decisions. Years later, a barebones policy was drawn up for Michigan islands, undoubtedly the first one in the basin. But there were still many more questions than could be answered in the few files drawers of information spread throughout the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in 1988. In 1995, with a grant from the Michigan Coastal Management Program, thirty-five people gathered for a three-day workshop in Roscommon, Michigan. Papers were invited from as many island experts as could be identified, the first gathering of its kind. The workshop led to the first assemblage of information about the islands as a collection, including recognization of the global significance of their biological diversity (biodiversity). Proceedings were published as the State of the Great Lakes Islands [Vigmostad (ed.) 1999; for executive summary see www.greatlakesislands.org/Execsummary2003.pdf]. Around the same time, a significant island effort was started by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem Team that continues and the team leader is on this project team (see www.fws.gov/midwest/greatlakes/gli.htm). |
| journalArticle | Saginaw Bay; Great Lakes; colonial waterbirds; migratory birds; Drummond Island; Georgian Bay; coast; nearshore; | 2009 | Kraus, Dan; Henson, Bonnie; Ewert, Dave | Biodiversity and conservation of Lake Huron's islands | Lake Huron has the largest collection of freshwater islands in the world. These islands are a significant contributor to the biodiversity of the region. In this paper, we give preliminary results of a project that assembles mapping of over 23,000 islands and island groups and provides the most comprehensive biodiversity assessment of islands in Lake Huron to date. The number, extent and configuration of many islands, particularly small, low-lying systems, is very dynamic depending on lake-levels. Islands in Lake Huron can be divided into three general groups: 1) limestone and dolostone islands associated with and surrounding Manitoulin and Drummond Islands and the Bruce Peninsula, 2) dense archipelagos of small nearshore Precambrian Shield islands in eastern Georgian Bay and the North Channel and, 3) small groups of low-erodible islands in Saginaw Bay. All three of these island groups are important for supporting colonial nesting waterbirds, endemic species and communities, and migratory birds. Lake Huron islands have been somewhat buffered from anthropogenic change due to their isolation and therefore support a rich and diverse sets of species and communities. Primary threats to island communities include development and invasive species. Threats are generally greater in many of the southern island regions where fewer islands are protected. Results from this project can be used to set priorities for conservation of key sites with high biodiversity values and conservation urgency. | |
| journalArticle | Oxalis pes-caprae; bayesian; biological invasions; invasion risk; niche conservatism; non-native species; reciprocal distribution modelling; | 2015 | González-Moreno, Pablo; Diez, Jeffrey M.; Richardson, David M.; Vilà, Montserrat | Beyond Climate: Disturbance Niche Shifts in Invasive Species | Aim Analysing how species niches shift between native and introduced ranges is a powerful tool for understanding the determinants of species distributions and for anticipating range expansions by invasive species. Most studies only consider the climatic niche, by correlating widely available presence-only data with regional climate. However, habitat characteristics and disturbance also shape species niches, thereby potentially confounding shifts attributed only to differences in climate. Here we used presence and abundance data for Oxalis pes-caprae, a species native to South Africa and invading areas globally, to understand how niche shifts may be influenced by disturbance at habitat and landscape scales in addition to climate. Locality Mediterranean climate areas world-wide. Methods We used available presence-only data and also conducted extensive surveys of the abundance of Oxalis (c. 11,000 plots) across different habitats in South Africa and in the introduced range in the Mediterranean Basin. We extended principal component analysis methods for measuring niche shifts by using Bayesian generalized linear models to identify climatic and disturbance niche shifts. Results We found a large climatic niche expansion towards stronger seasonality and lower temperature in the introduced range, but this expansion was greatly reduced when considering only conditions available in both ranges. Oxalis occupied more natural landscapes in the native range that remained unoccupied in the introduced range (‘niche unfilling'). In contrast to the similar abundances in natural and disturbed habitats in its native range, Oxalis was more abundant in disturbed habitats in the introduced range. Conclusions The large climatic niche expansion most likely reflects significant plasticity of Oxalis rather than rapid evolution. Furthermore, the unfilling of its disturbance niche in the introduced range suggests high potential for further invasion of natural areas. Together, these findings suggest that the potential for future spread of invasive species may be underestimated by approaches that characterize species niches based only on climate or partial information about their distributions. | |
| journalArticle | Laurentian Great Lakes; ballast water; early detection; eradication; monitoring; risk assessment; | 2010 | Vander Zanden, Jake M.; Hansen, Gretchen J A; Higgins, Scott N.; Kornis, Matthew S. | A Pound of Prevention, Plus a Pound of Cure: Early Detection and Eradication of Invasive Species in the Laurentian Great Lakes | Ballast water regulations implemented in the early 1990s appear not to have slowed the rate of new aquatic invasive species (AIS) establishment in the Great Lakes. With more invasive species on the horizon, we examine the question of whether eradication of AIS is a viable management strategy for the Laurentian Great Lakes, and what a coordinated AIS early detection and eradication program would entail. In-lake monitoring would be conducted to assess the effectiveness of regulations aimed at stopping new AIS, and to maximize the likelihood of early detection of new invaders. Monitoring would be focused on detecting the most probable invaders, the most invasion-prone habitats, and the species most conducive to eradication. When a new non-native species is discovered, an eradication assessment would be conducted and used to guide the management response. In light of high uncertainty, management decisions must be robust to a range of impact and control scenarios. Though prevention should continue to be the cornerstone of management efforts, we believe that a coordinated early detection and eradication program is warranted if the Great Lakes management community and stakeholders are serious about reducing undesired impacts stemming from new AIS in the Great Lakes. Development of such a program is an opportunity for the Laurentian Great Lakes resource management community to demonstrate global leadership in invasive species management. ?? 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. | |
| Link | journalArticle | Castor canadensis; Patagonia; conservation incentive programs; factorial vignette survey; invasive species; human-centered design; | 2015 | Santo, Anna R.; Sorice, Michael G.; Donlan, C. Josh; Franck, Christopher T.; Anderson, Christopher B. | A Human-Centered Approach to Designing Invasive Species Eradication Programs on Human-Inhabited Islands | Targeting human-inhabited islands for invasive species eradication campaigns layers social complexity on top of technical complexity. Attaining widespread support and cooperation for eradications requires programs designed to meet diverse stakeholder needs. The Tierra del Fuego archipelago serves as an informative case study and model for understanding and incorporating private landowner preferences into a proposed eradication program. We employed a human-centered approach to characterize landowner perceptions, preferences, and potential support for a large-scale initiative to eradicate the invasive North American beaver (Castor canadensis) from Tierra del Fuego. We used a factorial vignette survey to understand how attributes of an eradication program are related landowners' decisions to participate. Landowners rated four programs that randomly varied by contract length, required level of landowner involvement, institutional administrator, payment, social norms, and probability of a successful eradication. Landowners in Tierra del Fuego were generally more willing to participate under three conditions: (1) increased payments, (2) increased expectations of program success, and (3) low requirements for landowner involvement. Our results suggest that incorporating feedbacks into program design can increase public support, and that landowners in Tierra del Fuego may not express the same preference for autonomy that exists in other regions of the world. Understanding and incorporating stakeholder preferences, perceptions, and beliefs into management strategies is an ongoing challenge for conservation practitioners worldwide. The vignette survey approach provides a cost-effective, rapid, and scalable tool to document and incorporate local values into conservation program design. Programs built using a human-centered approach will complement landowners' land-use objectives, increase cooperation, and ultimately improve conservation outcomes. |
| Link | report | management plan; state park; Temprance Island; Waugoshance Island; recreation; invasive species control; | 2014 | Michigan Department of Natural Resources Parks and Recreation Division | General Management Plan Wilderness State Park | |
| Link | report | ranking; invasive plants; | 2007 | Wikeem, Brian; Ag, P | Evaluation of Ranking Procedures for Invasive Plants: Application to British Columbia | This report reviewed and evaluated selected invasive plant ranking (weed ranking systems) and weed risk assessment procedures from North America, Australia, and the United Kingdom to assess their relative application in British Columbia at both a provincial and regional scale. Eight procedures were specifically evaluated, but other literature and protocols were also reviewed to put the process of evaluating invasive plants into an historical and current context. The review revealed that numerous overlapping protocols are presently available and many are currently under development. |
| Link | report | Great Lakes; non-indigenous species; prediction; | 2008 | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Predicting Future Introductions of Nonindigenous Species to the Great Lakes | |
| report | Great Lakes; colonial waterbirds; aerial survey; Great Lakes islands; | 2013 | Cuthbert, Francesca; Wires, Linda | The Fourth Decadal U.S. Great Lakes Colonial Waterbird Survey (2007-2010): Results and Recommendations to Improve the Scientific Basis for Conservation and Management | ||
| Link | report | North Fox Island; South Fox Island; master plan; | 2010 | Leelenau Township Planning Committee | Leelanau Township Master Plan Update | |
| report | Isle Royale; North Government Island; Edwards Island; Passage Island; Raspberry Island; Mott Island; Channel Island; | 1984 | Crispin, Susan; Dunevitz, Vicki; Marr, Janet | A Survey for Endangered, Threatened, and Special Concern Plant Species in Isle Royale National Park, Michigan | Field surveys were conducted in certain areas of ISla Royale National Park to ascertain the status of plant species listed or proposed as endangered, threatened, or special concern at the state and federal level. Records of previously known localities, already compiled in the michigan Natural Features Inventory database, served to direct searches for certain species of particular concern (primarily state endangered and federal candidate species). As a result of these surveys, distributional data were collected on thirty-one special plant species in the park. | |
| report | Isle Royale; Passage Island; rare plants; | 1985 | Crispin, Susan; Chapman, Kim; Marr, Janet | A Comprehensive Survey of Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Plants on the Passage Island, Isle Royale National Park, Michigan | ||
| report | Beaver Island Archipelago; North Fox Island; South Fox Island; piping plover; | 1987 | Wilsman, LA; Crispin, Susan; Albert, Dennis; Reese, GA; Ouwinga, SJ | Piping Plover Survey on the Beaver and Fox Island Groups. Report to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Land and Water Management Division, Coastal Zone Management Program | ||
| journalArticle | Manitou Island; Gull Rock; rare plants; | 2010 | Marr, Janet; Penskar, Michael R; Albert, Dennis | Rare Plant Species and Plant Community Types of Manitou Island and Gull Rock, Keweenaw County, MI | ||
| report | Beaver Island; Little Traverse Bay Band Odawa Indians; | 2013 | Higman, Phyllis J; Hyde, Daria A. | Floristic Quality Assessments – Natural Features, Invasive Species and Breeding Bird Surveys – Little Traverse Conservancy Lands, Beaver Island, MI. Report for Conservation Resource Alliance, Traverse City, MI. | ||
| report | Garden Island; High Island; Little Traverse Bay Band Odawa Indians; invasive survey; natural community surveys; rare plants; | 2015 | Higman, Phyllis J; Cohen, Josh; Slaughter, Brad; Lee, Yu Man; Badra, Pete; Klatt, Brian; Schools, Edward | Natural Community, Rare Species and Invasive Plant Surveys of Garden and High Island. An Addendum to 2011 Surveys. Report for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians | ||
| report | Beaver Island; natural community surveys; | 2016 | Cohen, Josh | Natural Community Surveys of Beaver Island. Report for Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians | ||
| report | Bois Blanc Island; eastern massasauga; | 2017 | Lee, Yu Man | Developing Management Plans for Core Eastern Massasauga Populations in Michigan Phase I | ||
| Link | report | Great Lakes; ships; aquatic invasive species; ballast water; invasion risk; ship vector; | 2018 | Cangelosi, Allegra | Great Lakes Ship Ballast Monitoring Project | |
| Link | journalArticle | Great Lakes; waterfowl; North American Great Lakes; Great Lakes Colonial Waterbird Survey; colony; occupancy; site use dynamics; | 2014 | Wyman, Katherine; Wires, Linda; Cuthbert, Francesca | Colonial Waterbird Site Occupancy Dynamics Reflect Variation in Colony Site Environments in the U.S. Great Lakes | Colonies of breeding waterbirds are salient biological features of many of the world’s great lakes. Globally, status of colonial waterbird populations ranges from declining and in need of conservation to maintain their roles in aquatic ecosystems, to “overabundant” and managed to reduce human-wildlife conflict; both ends of this spectrum are observed in the North American Great Lakes. Conservation and management of colonial waterbirds should rely on knowledge of colony site use dynamics because the best approach may vary depending on the frequency with which historical colony sites are abandoned and new sites colonized. The goal of this study was to understand how site use dynamics are influenced by the physical and avian social environment, using the Great Lakes Colonial Waterbird Survey as a source of breeding-season site occupancy records. This study is the first to apply community occupancy modeling techniques to colonial waterbirds. Model parameter estimates were generated through a Bayesian analysis using Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation. Sites with large waterbird colonies and those not susceptible to flooding were most likely to persist as breeding locations into the next survey period, and thus should be prioritized for conservation and management. Additionally, the model demonstrated that co-nester presence was positively related to persistence probabilities, while relationships between colonization probabilities and co-nester presence ranged from positive to negative for different focal species. Finally, species-specific responses to presence of other species and to environmental influences were apparent; knowledge of this relationship variability should be incorporated into management strategies to achieve optimal outcomes. |
| report | Great Lakes; colonial waterbirds; waterfowl; Bird Conservation Regions; | 2010 | Wires, Linda; Lewis, Stephen J; Soulliere, Gregory; Matteson, Sumner W; Weseloh, D.V.; Russell, Robert P; Cuthbert, Francesca | Upper Mississippi Valley/Great Lakes Waterbird Conservation Plan. A plan associated with the Waterbird Conservation for the Americas Initiative | ||
| conferencePaper | Great Lakes; island conservation; biodiversity; islands; | 2005 | Vigmostad, Karen | Conserving the biodiversity of Great Lakes Islands | ||
| Link | report | Gravel Island; Harbor Island; National Wildlife Refuge; Thunder Bay Island; Sugar Island; Scarecrow Island; Big Charity Island; Little Charity Island; Gull Island; Pismire Island; Hat Island; Shoe Island; Lighthouse Island; Cattle Island; McIntyre Island; USFWS; conservation planning; | 2013 | Lenz, Steve; Vaniman, Mark; Kahl, Steven F. | Gravel Island, Green Bay, Harbor Island, Huron, and Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuges. Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Land Protection Plan | The Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) for the Gravel Island, Green Bay, Harbor Island, Huron, and Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs, refuges), which includes several island refuges in Lake Superior, Lake Huron, and Lake Michigan, was approved on January 15, 2013. The CCP will guide management of the refuges over the next 15 years and will ensure that the refuges fulfill its established purposes and contributes to the mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System. The CCP is a detailed document that describes the rationale behind management direction throughout the life of the plan. There are three goals for the refuges, one each for habitat, wildlife, and people. Goals are followed by objectives, which are specific statements that describe management intent. Each objective includes a list of potential strategies—the specific actions, tools, and techniques required to fulfill the objective. |
| Link | report | management; Drummond Island; management plan; invasive species; | 2015 | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | Drummond Island Comprehensive Resource Management Plan | |
| Link | report | Beaver Island Archipelago; Garden Island; High Island; Hog Island; Bois Blanc Island; North Fox Island; South Fox Island; invasive species; | 2013 | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | Great Lakes Islands Management Area | The Great Lakes Islands management area (MA) consists of the Fox Island group and the Beaver Island group in northern Lake Michigan and Bois Blanc Island in northern Lake Huron (Figure 4.1.1). All of the islands, except Bois Blanc, are wildlife research areas administered by Wildlife Division. Timber on Beaver Island is managed for wildlife habitat maintenance. The Forest Resources Division administers 10,300 acres of state forest land on Bois Blanc Island, including three designated natural areas. Timber management opportunities on Bois Blanc Island are limited due to economics and logistics of travel. Expected trends within this 10-year planning period are increased recreational pressure, especially protecting key habitat for threatened and endangered species such as piping plover; introduced pests and diseases; and respecting traditional tribal use of the islands. |
| Link | report | Lake Huron; St. Mary's River; Sugar Island; Neebish Island; St. Joseph Island; fish; invasive fish; | 2016 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Early Detection and Monitoring of Non-Native Fishes in Lake Huron, 2013-2015 | This report summarizes the 2013-2015 efforts for early detection of non-native fishes in Lake Huron as implemented by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office and partner agencies. The lower St. Marys River was selected as a priority location for sampling due to the high likelihood of new non-native species introductions according to species-risk and vector-risk analyses. |
| Link | report | Harsen's Island; St. Clair Flats; St. Clair River; Lake Erie; Detroit River Islands; invasive species; island prioritization; Lake Erie islands; invasive species control; | 2012 | Pearsall, Doug; Carton de Grammont, P.; Cavalieri, C.; Chu, C.; Doran, P.; Elbing, L.; Ewert, D.; Hall, K.; Herbert, M.; Khoury, M.; Kraus, D.; Mysorekar, S.; Paskus, J.; Sasson, A. | Returning to a Healthy Lake. An International Biodiversity Conservation Strategy for Lake Erie | The Lake Erie Biodiversity Conservation Strategy (LEBCS) was initiated to provide a more in‐depth assessment of the lake’s biodiversity status and challenges, as well as develop a comprehensive set of strategies to maintain and increase the viability of Lake Erie’s biodiversity and abate the threats to biodiversity. The Strategy aims to facilitate coordination of actions among diverse and widespread partners, providing a common vision for conservation of Lake Erie, and help to put local actions and priorities into a basin‐wide context. The results of this Strategy support several of the new and updated Annexes of the 2012 GLWQA. This includes establishing baseline and assessment information that will inform future monitoring and the setting of ecosystem objectives, identifying areas of high ecological value, providing tools to assess the impacts of climate change, and the development of strategies that will support the Lakewide Action and Management Plan for Lake Erie. |
| Link | report | Beaver Island; Beaver Island Archipelago; Garden Island; High Island; Hog Island; Whiskey Island; Gull Island; Pismire Island; Hat Island; Shoe Island; Trout Island; Squaw Island; | 2013 | Beaver Island Natural Resources & Ecotourism Steering Committee | Recommendations for Natural Resource Management in the Beaver Archipelago | Island business owners, residents, and developers value and protect the Beaver Archipelago’s natural resources and beauty as a sustainable source of economic benefits, while expanding traditional and new economic activities. These include, but are not limited to, recreation, ecotourism, home and business development, and subsistence, commercial, and recreational hunting and fishing. |
| Link | report | management plan; CISMA; Oakland County; invasive species; | 2017 | Lehnhardt, Susan; Carlson, Jason; Tiller, Elizabeth | Strategic Invasive Species Management Plan. A Strategy for Collaboration in Oakland County, Michigan to Prevent, Contain, and Mitigate Damage Caused by Invasive Species | This Strategic Invasive Species Management Plan was prepared for members of the Oakland County Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (OC CISMA). OC CISMA members identified the need to develop this plan to better organize and facilitate a strategy for regional and local resource protection through collaborative invasive species management in Oakland County. Funding to develop this plan was provided by the Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program (MISGP) and members of the OC CISMA. |
| Link | report | St. Mary's River; Les Cheneaux Islands; Mackinac County; Chippewa County; Bois Blanc Island; Drummond Island; CISMA; Luce County; Round Island; | 2016 | Three Shores CISMA | Three Shores Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (CISMA) Strategic Plan 2016-2021 | The primary goal of Three Shores Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area is to prevent the introduction, slow the spread, and suppress infestations of non-native invasive species in the three Eastern Upper Peninsula counties of Michigan. The four main objectives will fulfill these goals: 1. To identify the locations of invasive species throughout the area for cooperative and comprehensive management efforts. 2. To educate targeted audiences regarding identification and control methods, preventing the spread, and early detection of non-native invasive species. 3. To implement a practical and convenient reporting and monitoring system to use within the CISMA and to be shared with regional partners. 4. To use an integrated approach to manage current infestations. |
| Link | report | Drummond Island; management plan; Maxton Plains; invasive plants; | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | Maxton Plains Management Area Plan | Management in the Maxton Plains management area (MA) (Figure 4.21.1) will emphasize protecting and enhancing the unique habitats for rare communities, sensitive species and game and non-game wildlife. This management area contains several ecological reference areas, high conservation value areas and the Maxton Plains non-dedicated natural area (a special conservation area); these areas will be managed according to their specific plans. Timber harvesting is low priority in this management area. The DNR is working with Drummond Island stakeholders on a management planning process for the island. Recommendations have been formed based on stakeholder input and were presented to the Natural Resources Commission. The purpose of the process is to create a comprehensive plan for the island which will provide for the wise use and enjoyment of the island’s wildlife, forests and related natural resources while preserving and protecting the values of the resources, including the island’s rare and unique features. | |
| Link | report | management plan; CISMA; State of Michigan; terrestrial invasive species; priority terrestrial invasive species; risk assessment; watchlist; | 2017 | State of Michigan | Michigan's Terrestrial Invasive Species State Management Plan | Terrestrial invasive species (TIS) — non-native plants, insects, animals and diseases that harm the environment, economy and human health — are taking a toll on Michigan. Michigan’s Terrestrial Invasive Species State Management Plan provides a strategy for preventing introductions of invasive species on land and reducing impacts from those that have arrived. TIS cause billions of dollars in damage annually, are extremely costly to control and often have irreversible ecological effects. A coordinated, statewide, strategic effort will more effectively limit the economic and environmental impacts of TIS. Michigan’s Terrestrial Invasive Species State Management Plan complements the Aquatic Invasive Species State Management Plan completed in 2013 by providing guidance to the State of Michigan and its broad network of invasive species partners for TIS management. The program is cooperatively implemented by the Michigan Departments of Agriculture & Rural Development, Environmental Quality and Natural Resources. The State Management Plan outlines a statewide strategy to reduce the environmental and economic damages caused by TIS. The plan has four goals:
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| report | Lake Huron; Lake Erie; Lake Ontario; landbirds; migratory birds; shorebirds; waterfowl; GIS; modeling; stopover sites; | 2012 | Ewert, David N.; Doran, Patrick J; Hall, Kimberly R; Froehlich, August; Cannon, John; Cole, James B | On a Wing and a (GIS) Layer: Prioritizing Migratory Bird Stopover Habitat Along Great Lakes Shorelines | ||
| report | coast; strategic plan; focus areas; priority species; | 2017 | Boyer, Angela; Cavalieri, Vincent; Deloria-Sheffield, Christie; Galbraith, Betsy; Koehler, Ted; Marsh, Dawn; Redmer, Michael | Midwest Region Coastal Program. Strategic Work Plan 2017-2021 | ||
| Link | report | Lake Michigan; dunes; Michigan Dune Alliance; strategic plan; | 2015 | Michigan Dune Alliance | The Michigan Dune Alliance Strategic Plan | |
| Link | report | Lake Michigan; GIS; spatial planning; coastal wetlands; conservation planning; islands; strategies; threats; | 2012 | Pearsall, Doug; de Grammont, P. Carton; Cavalieri, C.; Doran, P.; Elbing, L.; Ewert, D.; Hall, K.; Herbert, M.; Khoury, M.; Mysorekar, S.; Neville, S.; Paskus, J.; Sasson, A. | Michigami: Great Water Strategies to Conserve the Biodiversity of Lake Michigan | |
| Link | report | Mackinac County; Bois Blanc Island; master plan; | 2009 | Bois Blanc Township Planning Commission | Bois Blanc Township Master Plan | |
| Link | report | Little Summer Island; Summer Island; management plan; | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | Summer Islands Management Area | ||
| Link | report | Beaver Island; master plan; | 2017 | Land Information Access Association | Beaver Island Master Plan | The purpose of the resilient Beaver Island Master Plan is to provide direction for the growth of the island over the next 20 years and beyond. The master planning process engaged hundreds of residents in Peaine Township and St. James Township to create actions the community can take to increase resiliency, strengthen the local economy, protect natural features, and manage its many resources. |
| Link | report | Beaver Island; Beaver Island Archipelago; Garden Island; High Island; Hog Island; Whiskey Island; Gull Island; Hat Island; Trout Island; Squaw Island; master plan; St. James Township; | 2018 | Cull, Patrick | St. James Township Parks and Recreation Plan | This Parks and Recreation Plan is intended to serve as the vision and comprehensive guide for citizens and public officials in planning for the future of parks and recreation in St. James Township. In compliance with Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Guidelines for the Development of Community Park, Recreation, Open Space and Greenway Plans, this plan includes a summary of the key recreational assets of the township, a description of the township’s administrative structure, and a summary of the public input process. In addition, this plan includes goals, strategies and an action plan for implementation for the next five years. It is important to note that this plan is a “working document,” providing the flexibility to respond to changing conditions, new opportunities or new resources and innovations that align with the goals of the plan. |
| Link | report | Belle Isle; master plan; | 2005 | Detroit Recreation Department | Belle Isle Master Plan | The Belle Isle Park Master Plan was prepared over a two year period from 1996-1997. In 1998 the plan was reviewed and presented to the Detroit City Council. In 1999, City Council members took the plan to the community by holding public discussions at neighborhood recreation centers throughout the City to acquaint citizens with the plan and solicit more input. The final report was compiled in 2000; it is presented in two parts, the Comprehensive Renovation Plan and a Technical Assessment Report. In 2005, the Master Plan was updated to reflect ongoing improvements and an updated cost estimate. |
| Link | report | Harsen's Island; Dickinson Island; Russel Island; master plan; | 2012 | Clay Township Planning Commission | Clay Township Master Plan | |
| Link | report | Charity Island; master plan; | 2011 | Arenac County Planning Commission | Arenac County Master Plan | |
| Link | webpage | Belle Isle; trails; | 2016 | Michigan Department of Natural Resources Parks and Recreation Division | DNR seeks input for Belle Isle trail master plan | |
| Link | report | land use planning; Celeron Island; Sugar Island; Round Island; Grosse Ile; Stony Island; Calf Island; Mamajuda Island; Elba Island; Fox Island; Hennepin Point Island; Hickory Island; Swan Island; master plan; | 2002 | Grosse Ile Township Planning Commission | Master Plan Gross Ile Township | |
| Link | report | Celeron Island; Sugar Island; Grosse Ile; Stony Island; Calf Island; natural area protection; | 2015 | Grosse Ile Open Space Greenways Committee | A Guide to the Natural Areas of Grosse Ile | To give you the complete story of this treasure, the guide has been expanded to include a map of all the natural areas which include the Open Spaces purchased by the Township and overseen by the Open Space Committee, the natural areas purchased by or donated to the Grosse Ile Nature & Land Conservancy (GINLC), and land owned by the state and federal governments. The total protected area includes 566 acres of Grosse Ile Open Space, all on the main island, the GINLC’s 41 acres on Grosse Ile and 121 acres of marsh land and stewarded easements, nearly 365 acres of the Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources islands, and 80 acres owned by the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge (DRIWR). |
| Link | report | Les Cheneaux Islands; Government Island; Marquette Island; Hill Island; Island No 8; master plan; | 2015 | Clark Township | Clark Township Master Plan | |
| Link | report | Mackinac County; Mackinac Island; master plan; | 2011 | City of Mackinac Island Master Plan Committee | Mackinac Island Master Plan | |
| Link | report | Neebish Island; master plan; | 2016 | Soo Township Planning Commission | Soo Township Master Plan | |
| Link | report | Harsen's Island; land use planning; master plan; | 1980 | Ayres, Lewis, Norris & May, Inc | St. Clair Flats Management Plan | |
| Link | report | Harsen's Island; state lands; Dickinson Island; | 2014 | McFadden, Terry | St. Clair Flats Wildlife Area Management Plan | |
| Link | report | management plan; Sugar Island; USFWS; Calf Island; Grassy Island; Sturgeon Bar; Mud Island; Gard Island; Milman Island; Humbug Island; Mamajuda Island; conservation planning; invasive species control; | 2005 | Hartig, John | Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment | |
| Link | report | Thunder Bay Island; Sugar Island; Gull Island; Round Island; Middle Island; Grass Island; Crooked Island; Sulphur Island; master plan; | 2017 | Alpena Township Planning Commission | Alpena Township Master Plan | |
| Link | report | Leelanau County; Traverse Island; master plan; | 2018 | Torch Lake Township Planning Commission | Torch Lake Township Master Plan Update | |
| Link | report | Traverse Island; master plan; | 2012 | Torch Lake Township Planning Commission | Torch Lake Township Land Use Plan | |
| Link | report | land use planning; South Manitou Island; master plan; zoning ordinance; | 2018 | Glen Arbor Township Planning and Zoning Commission | Glen Arbor Township Master Plan January 2018 Draft | |
| Link | report | South Manitou Island; North Manitou Island; management plan; national park; | 2008 | National Park Service | Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Draft General Management Plan | |
| Link | report | Humbug Island; master plan; | 2002 | City of Gibraltar Planning Commission | City of Gibraltar, Michigan Master Plan | |
| report | Grosse Ile; Calf Island; Humbug Island; Detroit International Wildlife Refuge; Humbug Marsh; plant surveys; | 2015 | Slaughter, Brad; Penskar, Michael R | An Ecological Interpretation of the Humbug Marsh Unit, Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge, Wayne County, Michigan | ||
| Link | webpage | Belle Isle; | 2014 | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | Belle Isle Draft Fiscal Year 2015 Redevelopment Efforts | |
| Link | report | Sugar Island; master plan; zoning ordinance; | 2018 | Sugar Island Township Planning and Zoning Commission | Sugar Island Township Master Plan | |
| Link | webpage | Les Cheneaux Islands; Little Traverse; Marquette Island; | Little Traverse Conservancy | Marquette Island Preserves | Aldo Leopold Preserve -1,683 acres Sheppard-Hardy – 21.4 acres Seiberling Stewart – 192 acres | |
| Link | report | water level; phragmites; Gull Island; terrestrial invasive species; Middle Island; Herring Gull; Granite Island; Turkey Island; PCBs; Burnt Island; garlic mustard; groundwater; black-crowned night-heron; aquatic invasive species; coastal wetlands; non-native species; purple loosestrife; water pollution; water quality; | 2017 | Environment and Climate Change Canada and the U.S. EPA | State of the Great Lakes 2017 Technical Report | |
| Link | webpage | Michigan Department of Environmental Quality | State of the Great Lakes Reports archive | |||
| Link | webpage | Thunder Bay Island; Thunder Bay; National Marine Sanctuary; | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary | Located in northwestern Lake Huron, Thunder Bay is adjacent to one of the most treacherous stretches of water within the Great Lakes system. Unpredictable weather, murky fog banks, sudden gales, and rocky shoals earned the area the name "Shipwreck Alley." Today, the 4300-square-mile Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary protects one of America's best-preserved and nationally-significant collections of shipwrecks. Fire, ice, collisions, and storms have claimed over 200 vessels in and around Thunder Bay. To date, nearly 100 shipwrecks have been discovered within the sanctuary. Although the sheer number of shipwrecks is impressive, it is the range of vessel types located in the sanctuary that makes the collection nationally significant. From an 1844 sidewheel steamer to a modern 500-foot-long German freighter, the shipwrecks of Thunder Bay represent a microcosm of maritime commerce and travel on the Great Lakes. | |
| Link | report | phragmites; reed canary grass; management plan; Sugar Island; USFWS; priority species; Calf Island; Grassy Island; Sturgeon Bar; Mud Island; Gard Island; Milman Island; Humbug Island; Mamajuda Island; invasive species; lake sturgeon; purple loosestrife; habitat; | 2016 | Salas, Dan; Norwood, Greg; Dushane, Steve | Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge Habitat Management Plan | The Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) for the Refuge was completed in 2005. The Habitat Management Plan (HMP) is a step-down plan from the CCP. The HMP adds specific guidance for the implementation of habitat management strategies originally intended under the CCP (Habitat Management Practices 620 FW 1). |
| Link | webpage | Lake Huron; Les Cheneaux Islands; alewives; double-crested cormorant; fisheries; | 2018 | Matheny, Keith | These birds — and federal red tape — could harm Great Lakes fish populations | |
| Link | report | management strategies; planning; invasive species; islands; | 2018 | IUCN | Guidelines for Invasive Species Planning and Management on Islands | ‘Invasive species’ (often called pests, weeds and diseases) are plants, animals, disease agents and other organisms taken beyond their natural range by people, deliberately or unintentionally, and which become destructive to the environment or human livelihoods. Islands are particularly vulnerable to invasive species, owing to the evolution of their native animals and plants in isolation from predators and diseases, and the dependence of island peoples on imports, travel and tourism, which lead to high rates of arrival of new pests. These Guidelines are designed to assist anyone planning and programming the management of invasive species on islands, with the aim of reducing the negative impacts of invasives on islands’ rich and fragile natural heritage, communities and livelihoods. The document provides guidance for anyone who has to find, plan and prioritise funds and resources for invasive species management and research, on islands anywhere, including for the design of national invasive species strategies and action plans. It provides support for islanders and island agencies working on invasives, as well as guidance for international and regional agencies in providing assistance to them. A major aim is to help and guide the development of more objective, realistic and achievable invasive species plans and programmes. |
| Link | journalArticle | colonial waterbirds; colony; double-crested cormorant; | 2018 | Wyman, Katherine; Wires, Linda; Cuthbert, Francesca | Great Lakes Double-Crested Cormorant Management Affects Co-Nester Colony Growth | The population of double-crested cormorants (Phalacorocorax auritus; cormorants) in the North American Great Lakes has increased substantially since the 1970s, sparking economic, social, and biological concerns that have led to widespread management of the species within United States waters. Previous studies have quantified behavioral impacts of cormorants on other waterbird species that share breeding colony sites with cormorants. However, no study has yet examined how these impacts might scale to entire colonies, nor have potential effects of cormorant management on co-nesters been examined. Our objective was to estimate effects of cormorant abundance and management on colony growth indices of 4 species that commonly co-nest with cormorants in the North American Great Lakes; 3 of these species are conservation or stewardship priorities for the region. We estimated colony growth using the Great Lakes Colonial Waterbird Survey and comparable Canadian surveys, conducted between 1976 and 2010. We then applied linear mixed models to determine association of co-nester colony growth indices with cormorant abundance and management presence and intensity while controlling for other factors that likely influenced growth rates. According to the fitted models, black-crowned night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) colony growth was negatively related to cormorant abundance and management, whereas great blue herons (Ardea herodias) had little response to cormorant abundance, and herring gulls (Larus argentatus) and ring-billed gulls (Larus delawarensis) responded positively to cormorant abundance and management. These results suggest that cormorant management may not be as neutral to co-nesters as is often assumed. Responsible management plans for cormorants should take into account the likely effects on co-nesters present so that conservation and management goals for co-nesters can also be met. |
| Link | report | Les Cheneaux Islands; Beaver Island Archipelago; colonial waterbirds; Thunder Bay Island; Gull Island; Pismire Island; Hat Island; Thunder Bay; Bellow Island; Tahquamenon Island; Naubinway Island; biodiversity; double-crested cormorant; fisheries; threatened and endangered species; | 2011 | U.S. Department of Agriculture; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; U.S. National Park Service | Final Environmental Assessment: Double-crested Cormorant Damage Management in Michigan | |
| report | Mackinac Island; colonial waterbirds; shorebirds; waterfowl; Bois Blanc Island; Round Island; Marquette Island; stopover sites; | 2013 | Monfils, Michael; Gehring, Joelle | Identifying Migrant Waterfowl and Waterbird Stopovers to Inform Offshore Wind Energy Development in the Eastern Upper Peninsula | ||
| report | Garden Island; High Island; Little Traverse Bay Band Odawa Indians; invasive survey; natural community surveys; rare plants; | 2015 | Higman, Phyllis J; Cohen, Josh; Slaughter, Brad; Lee, Yu Man; Badra, Pete; Klatt, Brian; Schools, Edward | Natural Community, Rare Species and Invasive Plant Surveys of Garden and High Island. An Addendum to 2013 Surveys. Report for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians | ||
| Link | report | Great Lakes; | 2018 | Otts, Stephanie; Janasie, Catherine; Bowling, Terra | Great Lakes Brief for the Incoming Michigan Governor | |
| Link | journalArticle | GIS; spatial planning; hydrography; watersheds; | 2016 | Forsyth, Danielle K.; Riseng, Catherine M.; Wehrly, Kevin E.; Mason, Lacey A.; Gaiot, John; Hollenhorst, Tom; Johnston, Craig M.; Wyrzykowski, Conrad; Annis, Gust; Castiglione, Chris; Todd, Kent; Robertson, Mike; Infante, Dana M.; Wang, Lizhu; McKenna, James E.; Whelan, Gary | The Great Lakes Hydrography Dataset: Consistent, Binational Watersheds for the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin | |
| Link | journalArticle | Great Lakes; GIS; hierarchy; spatial unit; framework; classification; databases; | 2015 | Wang, Lizhu; Riseng, Catherine M.; Mason, Lacey A.; Wehrly, Kevin E.; Rutherford, Edward S.; McKenna, James E.; Castiglione, Chris; Johnson, Lucinda B.; Infante, Dana M.; Sowa, Scott; Robertson, Mike; Schaeffer, Jeff; Khoury, Mary; Gaiot, John; Hollenhorst, Tom; Brooks, Colin; Coscarelli, Mark | A Spatial Classification and Database for Management, Research, and Policy Making: The Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Framework | |
| Link | journalArticle | Great Lakes; GIS; biosecurity; introduction; aquatic invasive species; biological invasions; risk assessment; impacts; | 2017 | Davidson, Alisha; Fusaro, Abigail; Sturtevant, Rochelle; Kashian, Donna | Development of a Risk Assessment Framework to Predict Invasive Species Establishment for Multiple Taxonomic Groups and Vectors of Introduction | |
| report | Microstegium vimineum; Hydrocharis morsus-ranae; Echhornia crassipes; Pistia stratiotes; Egeria densa; Impatiens glandulifera; Marsilea quadrifolia; Myriophyllum aquaticum; Nymphoides peltata; Trapa natans; aquatic invasive species; early detection; invasive plants; watchlist; wetlands; | 2010 | Higman, Phyllis; Slaughter, Brad; Campbell, Suzan; Schools, Edward | Early detection of emerging aquatic and wetland invasive plants in Michigan | Invasive aquatic and wetland plants, such as purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) and non-native phragmites (Phragmites australis), Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) are known to cause significant and costly impacts to lakes, streams, and wetlands. Once established, they out-compete native biodiversity, alter wildlife habitat and ecological processes, limit recreational opportunities, and ultimately degrade water quality. While the threats posed by these high profile species are well known to most land managers, there are numerous additional species on Michigan’s horizon that, once established, may cause similar impacts. In fact, European frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae), an invasive species of significance in Ontario, Quebec, New York and Vermont, has already been documented in herbarium collections from Lake St. Clair (UM Herbarium) and noted by Michigan Natural Features Inventory staff in other locations in southeast Michigan (O’Connor, Monfils 2010). Isolated occurrences of common water hyacinth (Echhornia crassipes), water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes), Carolina fanwort (Cabomba carolinina), and Brazilian water-weed (Egeria densa) have also been reported (Eberhardt, Preisser 2010). | |
| report | Beaver Island Archipelago; Garden Island; High Island; Hog Island; Dickinson Island; Grosse Ile; Marquette Island; Wildfowl Bay Islands; coastal zone; natural community surveys; | Cohen, Josh; Slaughter, Brad | Natural Community Surveys and Stewardship Prioritization of Michigan’s Coastal Zone | |||
| Link | report | island conservation; spatial planning; prioritization; data acquisition; databases; eradication; invasive species; invasive species control; | 2018 | Island Conservation | Data Matters: Informing the Eradication of Invasive Species on Islands: North America and the Arctic Region | |
| journalArticle | stakeholders; systems; values; wildlife management; adaptive management; decision making; impacts; | 2003 | Riley, Shawn J.; Siemer, William F.; Decker, Daniel J.; Carpenter, Len H.; Organ, John F.; Berchielli, Louis T. | Adaptive Impact Management: An Integrative Approach to Wildlife Management | Wildlife professionals need better ways to integrate ecological and human dimensions of wildlife management. A focus on impacts, guided by a structured decision process, will orient wildlife management toward rigorous, integrative decision making. Impacts are important socially defined effects of events and interactions related to wildlife that merit management. To manage impacts we propose adaptive impact management (AIM). This approach has seven primary components: situational analysis, objective setting, development of system model(s), identification and selection of management alternatives, actual management interventions, monitoring, and refinement of models and eventually interventions. Adaptive impact management builds upon strengths of systems thinking and conventional adaptive management, yet differs in that fundamental objectives of management are impacts on society, rather than conditions of a wildlife population or habitat. Emphasis is placed on stakeholder involvement in management and shared learning among scientists, managers, and stakeholders. We describe and assess adaptive impact management with respect to black bear management in New York. | |
| journalArticle | adaptation; adaptation strategies; threatened and endangered species; | 2013 | Berry, Pam; Ogawa-Onishi, Yuko; McVey, Andrew | The Vulnerability of Threatened Species: Adaptive Capability and Adaptation Opportunity | Global targets to halt the loss of biodiversity have not been met, and there is now an additional Aichi target for preventing the extinction of known threatened species and improving their conservation status. Climate change increasingly needs to be factored in to these, and thus there is a need to identify the extent to which it could increase species vulnerability. This paper uses the exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity framework to assess the vulnerability of a selection of WWF global priority large mammals and marine species to climate change. However, it divides adaptive capacity into adaptive capability and adaptation opportunity, in order to identify whether adaptation is more constrained by the biology of the species or by its environmental setting. Lack of evidence makes it difficult to apply the framework consistently across the species, but it was found that, particularly for the terrestrial mammals, adaptation opportunities seems to be the greater constraint. This framework and analysis could be used by conservationists and those wishing to enhance the resilience of species to climate change. | |
| Link | report | invasive mapping; invasive species; standards; | 2018 | North American Invasive Species Management Association | Mapping Standards for Program Managers | Invasive species mapping and data sharing technology has improved and expanded considerably since the standards were first adopted, in ways that the original NAWMA Mapping Standards Committee could scarcely have imagined. NAWMA itself has evolved and expanded in scope to become the North American Invasive Species Management Association (NAISMA). In 2014, the NAISMA Mapping Standards Committee was charged with amending and expanding their existing weed mapping standards to encompass all invasive species. In this 2018 version, the standards now include considerations for mapping aquatic invasive species, based on recommendations provided by the USGS – Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, and for mapping biocontrol. |
| Link | report | GIS; aquaculture; aquatic invasive species; | 2018 | Triezenberg, Heather A.; Herreman, Kyle; Riley, Betsy; Knudson, William; Infante, Dana; Taylor, William | Commercial Aquaculture in Michigan. Siting Guidebook | |
| Link | journalArticle | aquatic invasive species; aquatic invasive species dispersal; ship vector; vectors; | 2016 | Ricciardi, Anthony | Tracking marine alien species by ship movements | Under human influence, plants, animals, and microbes are spreading beyond their native ranges faster and farther than ever before. Rates of invasion are increasing worldwide, especially in large aquatic systems (1). Many of these alien species appear to be innocuous, whereas others cause substantive impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human and animal health. Effective management requires an ability to anticipate and prioritize significant invasion threats from among the enormous numbers and diversity of organisms being introduced by transportation mechanisms that facilitate human travel and trade, such as shipping. Global ship traffic has increased by fourfold since the early 1990s. Shipping is the dominant vector of unintentional species introduction in estuarine and coastal marine systems worldwide, and connects distant regions using ports as stepping stones. In PNAS, Seebens et al. predict the probability of invasion by marine alien species, using a modeling approach that considers global ship movements, habitat suitability, and patterns of species occurrence. |
| report | national park; invasive plants; | 2018 | Dingman, Sandra; Abella, Scott R.; Frey, Mark; Budde, Peter; Hogan, Terri | Invasive plant management planning: Technical Considerations | ||
| Link | book | strategic plan; invasive species; | 2013 | Ontario; Ministry of Natural Resources | Ontario invasive species: strategic plan 2012. | Invasive species are a growing environmental and economic threat to Ontario. Alien species are plants, animals, and micro-organisms introduced by human action outside their natural past or present distribution. Invasive species are defined as harmful alien species whose introduction or spread threatens the environment, the economy, or society, including human health (government of canada 2004). Ontario's definition of an invasive species may include species native to Ontario, that have been introduced to a new geographic region due to human activity. Species may be considered invasive if their introduction or spread can be linked to our changing climate. |
| report | fish; spawning; | 1982 | Goodyear, Carole D.; Edsall, Thomas A.; Dempsey, Diane M.O.; Moss, G. David; Polanski, Paul E. | Atlas of the spawning and nursery areas of Great Lakes fishes | ||
| report | management plan; aquatic invasive species; | 2013 | Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Water Resources Division | Michigan's Aquatic Invasive Species State Management Plan 2013 Update. Prevention, Detection, and Management in Michigan Waters | ||
| Link | report | management plan; adaptive management; invasive plants; | 2018 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; California Invasive Plant Council | Land Manager's Guide to Developing an Invasive Plant Management Plan | This guide is intended to help natural resource managers develop a strategic, integrative, and adaptive invasive plant management plan. More importantly, this guide covers the process of invasive plant management planning, whether you are developing a stand-alone Plan or integrating invasive plant management into other land management planning efforts such as vegetation management, fire management, species/ecosystem recovery planning, or climate change adaptation. The Guide is applicable at any scale, wherever invasive plants (terrestrial or aquatic) are a conservation concern and where resources will be expended to prevent, reduce, or eliminate them. |
| report | Great Lakes coastal wetlands; GIS; shoreline; coastal wetlands; | 2004 | Ingram, Joel; Holmes, Krista; Grabas, Greg; Watton, Paul; Potter, Brian; Gomer, Tamara; Stow, Nicholas | Development of a Coastal Wetlands Database for the Great Lakes Canadian Shoreline. Final Report to: The Great Lakes Commission | The Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Inventory for the Canadian shoreline was initiated by the Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Consortium (GLCWC) as a bi-national endeavour to create a single classified inventory of all coastal wetlands of the Great Lakes Basin. The inventory is built upon the most comprehensive coastal wetland data currently available. It contains the spatial extents, hydrogeomorphic classification, name, centroid position and area measurement for all identified coastal wetlands of the Great Lakes basin. Data on system imposing hydrological modifiers has also been collected. Hydrogeomorphology dictates wetland delineations per criteria developed by the Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Consortium (GLCWC) working group. The U.S collaboration provides seamless consistency in the data product assisting management of the Great Lakes as a system, rather than political entities. The bi-national inventory provides a standard reference for the Great Lakes wetland community and be the foundation for all subsequent Consortium work. | |
| Link | journalArticle | rattus; invasive animals; islands; threatened and endangered species; | 2017 | Spatz, Dena R.; Zilliacus, Kelly M.; Holmes, Nick D.; Butchart, Stuart H. M.; Genovesi, Piero; Ceballos, Gerardo; Tershy, Bernie R.; Croll, Donald A. | Globally threatened vertebrates on islands with invasive species | Global biodiversity loss is disproportionately rapid on islands, where invasive species are a major driver of extinctions. To inform conservation planning aimed at preventing extinctions, we identify the distribution and biogeographic patterns of highly threatened terrestrial vertebrates (classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature) and invasive vertebrates on ~465,000 islands worldwide by conducting a comprehensive literature review and interviews with more than 500 experts. We found that 1189 highly threatened vertebrate species (319 amphibians, 282 reptiles, 296 birds, and 292 mammals) breed on 1288 islands. These taxa represent only 5% of Earth’s terrestrial vertebrates and 41% of all highly threatened terrestrial vertebrates, which occur in <1% of islands worldwide. Information about invasive vertebrates was available for 1030 islands (80% of islands with highly threatened vertebrates). Invasive vertebrates were absent from 24% of these islands, where biosecurity to prevent invasions is a critical management tool. On the 76% of islands where invasive vertebrates were present, management could benefit 39% of Earth’s highly threatened vertebrates. Invasive mammals occurred in 97% of these islands, with Rattus sp. as the most common invasive vertebrate (78%; 609 islands). Our results provide an important baseline for identifying islands for invasive species eradication and other island conservation actions that reduce biodiversity loss. |
| report | Great Lakes; fish; spawning; | 1996 | Lane, J.A.; Portt, C.B.; Minns, C.K. | Spawning Habitat Characteristics of Great Lakes Fishes | A review of the literature was conducted to compile knowledge of spawning habitat characteristics of 139 species of Great Lakes fishes. Water depth, substrate, and vegetation/cover were the habitat variables examined. Nineteen Great Lakes species spawn exclusively in rivers, and one spawns in the marine environment. The majority of the remaining 120 species spawn in shallow water. Most (105) spawn in the spring. Gravel and sand are the most commonly utilized substrates. Bedrock and hard-pan clay are utilized by few species. Aquatic vegetation is an important component of spawning habitat for many species, as are other forms of cover. The majority of these species scatter their eggs, usually over a specific substrate, but 32 species guard nests, and 23 construct redds in which the eggs are concealed. The precision with which spawning habitats are selected by many species cannot be reflected with the limited number of variables which we have used to describe nearshore habitats. | |
| report | migratory birds; Harbor Island; National Wildlife Refuge; Gull Island; Pismire Island; Hat Island; Shoe Island; Calamagrostis stricta; | 2016 | Corace, Greg; Blomquist, Sean; Herner-Thogmartin, Jennifer | Inventory and Monitoring Plan Seney National Wildlife Refuge and Satellites (Kirtland's Warbler WMA, Harbor Island NWR, Huron NWR, and Michigan Islands NWR | ||
| Link | webpage | invasive species; watchlist; | 2019 | Michigan Invasive Species Watchlist | List and descriptions of Michigan invasive watchlist species | |
| Link | journalArticle | shoreline; coastal wetlands; fish; wetlands; spawning; shoreline classification; | 2004 | Wei, A; Chow-Fraser, P; Albert, D | Influence of shoreline features on fish distribution in the Laurentian Great Lakes | In this paper, we used assembled fish distributions (over 9500 field observations) and correlated them with 11 categories of the Great Lakes shoreline (i.e., bedrock, bluff, coarse beach, sandy beach — dune, sandy-silty bank, clay bank, low riverine — coastal plain, composite, wetland, artificial, and unclassified) to validate the appropriateness of classifying Great Lakes fishes into three species complexes (taxocenes) that account for differences in their dependence on shoreline features. A X2 goodness-of-fit test with Bonferroni correction indicated a significant positive association between the presence of fish and three shoreline classes: wetland, sandy beach — dune, and bluff. The Dutilleul modified t test was used to quantify the correlation between wetlands and distribution of the 25 most abundant species and those of different functional groupings. Our results confirm that (i) the Great Lakes fish community utilizes certain shoreline features (especially wetlands) disproportionately to their availability, (ii) the distribution of wetland-associated taxa is influenced by wetland type (i.e., protected embayment versus open-shoreline wetland), and (iii) the preferred utilization of coastal wetlands by a majority of the fish community is consistent across geographical scales, from the local site to the entire Great Lakes shoreline. |
| Link | journalArticle | resilient; climate change; | 2014 | Anderson, Mark G.; Clark, Melissa; Sheldon, Arlene Olivero | Estimating Climate Resilience for Conservation across Geophysical Settings: Resilient Conservation Sites | Conservationists need methods to conserve biological diversity while allowing species and communities to rearrange in response to a changing climate. We developed and tested such a method for northeastern North America that we based on physical features associated with ecological diversity and site resilience to climate change. We comprehensively mapped 30 distinct geophysical settings based on geology and elevation. Within each geophysical setting, we identified sites that were both connected by natural cover and that had relatively more microclimates indicated by diverse topography and elevation gradients. We did this by scoring every 405 ha hexagon in the region for these two characteristics and selecting those that scored >SD 0.5 above the mean combined score for each setting. We hypothesized that these high-scoring sites had the greatest resilience to climate change, and we compared them with sites selected by The Nature Conservancy for their high-quality rare species populations and natural community occurrences. High-scoring sites captured significantly more of the biodiversity sites than expected by chance (p < 0.0001): 75% of the 414 target species, 49% of the 4592 target species locations, and 53% of the 2170 target community locations. Calcareous bedrock, coarse sand, and fine silt settings scored markedly lower for estimated resilience and had low levels of permanent land protection (average 7%). Because our method identifies—for every geophysical setting—sites that are the most likely to retain species and functions longer under a changing climate, it reveals natural strongholds for future conservation that would also capture substantial existing biodiversity and correct the bias in current secured lands. |
| Link | journalArticle | 2010 | Beier, Paul; Brost, Brian | Use of Land Facets to Plan for Climate Change: Conserving the Arenas, Not the Actors: Land Facets for Climate-Change Planning | Even under the most optimistic scenarios, during the next century human-caused climate change will threaten many wild populations and species. The most useful conservation response is to enlarge and link protected areas to support range shifts by plants and animals. To prioritize land for reserves and linkages, some scientists attempt to chain together four highly uncertain models (emission scenarios, global air–ocean circulation, regional circulation, and biotic response). This approach has high risk of error propagation and compounding and produces outputs at a coarser scale than conservation decisions. Instead, we advocate identifying land facets—recurring landscape units with uniform topographic and soil attributes—and designing reserves and linkages for diversity and interspersion of these units. This coarse-filter approach would conserve the arenas of biological activity, rather than the temporary occupants of those arenas. Integrative, context-sensitive variables, such as insolation and topographic wetness, are useful for defining land facets. Classification procedures such as k-means or fuzzy clustering are a good way to define land facets because they can analyze millions of pixels and are insensitive to case order. In regions lacking useful soil maps, river systems or riparian plants can indicate important facets. Conservation planners should set higher representation targets for rare and distinctive facets. High interspersion of land facets can promote ecological processes, evolutionary interaction, and range shift. Relevant studies suggest land-facet diversity is a good surrogate for today’s biodiversity, but fails to conserve some species. To minimize such failures, a reserve design based on land facets should complement, rather than replace, other approaches. Designs based on land facets are not biased toward data-rich areas and can be applied where no maps of land cover exist. | |
| Link | journalArticle | ecosystem services; adaptive management; biological invasions; invasive species; ecological resilience; | 2016 | Chaffin, Brian C.; Garmestani, Ahjond S.; Angeler, David G.; Herrmann, Dustin L.; Stow, Craig A.; Nyström, Magnus; Sendzimir, Jan; Hopton, Matthew E.; Kolasa, Jurek; Allen, Craig R. | Biological invasions, ecological resilience and adaptive governance | In a world of increasing interconnections in global trade as well as rapid change in climate and land cover, the accelerating introduction and spread of invasive species is a critical concern due to associated negative social and ecological impacts, both real and perceived. Much of the societal response to invasive species to date has been associated with negative economic consequences of invasions. This response has shaped a war-like approach to addressing invasions, one with an agenda of eradications and intense ecological restoration efforts towards prior or more desirable ecological regimes. This trajectory often ignores the concept of ecological resilience and associated approaches of resilience-based governance. We argue that the relationship between ecological resilience and invasive species has been understudied to the detriment of attempts to govern invasions, and that most management actions fail, primarily because they do not incorporate adaptive, learning-based approaches. Invasive species can decrease resilience by reducing the biodiversity that underpins ecological functions and processes, making ecosystems more prone to regime shifts. However, invasions do not always result in a shift to an alternative regime; invasions can also increase resilience by introducing novelty, replacing lost ecological functions or adding redundancy that strengthens already existing structures and processes in an ecosystem. This paper examines the potential impacts of species invasions on the resilience of ecosystems and suggests that resilience-based approaches can inform policy by linking the governance of biological invasions to the negotiation of tradeoffs between ecosystem services. |
| journalArticle | adaptation; climate change; conservation planning; connectivity; corridor; land facets; | 2012 | Brost, Brian; Beier, Paul | Use of land facets to design linkages for climate change | Least-cost modeling for focal species is the most widely used method for designing conservation corridors and linkages. However, these linkages have been based on current species’ distributions and land cover, both of which will change with large-scale climate change. One method to develop corridors that facilitate species’ shifting distributions is to incorporate climate models into their design. But this approach is enormously complex and prone to error propagation. It also produces outputs at a grain size (km2) coarser than the grain at which conservation decisions are made. One way to avoid these problems is to design linkages for the continuity and interspersion of land facets, or recurring landscape units of relatively uniform topography and soils. This coarse-filter approach aims to conserve the arenas of biological activity rather than the temporary occupants of those arenas. In this paper, we demonstrate how land facets can be defined in a rule-based and adaptable way, and how they can be used for linkage design in the face of climate change. We used fuzzy c-means cluster analysis to define land facets with respect to four topographic variables (elevation, slope angle, solar insolation, and topographic position), and least-cost analysis to design linkages that include one corridor per land facet. To demonstrate the flexibility of our procedures, we designed linkages using land facets in three topographically diverse landscapes in Arizona, USA. Our procedures can use other variables, including soil variables, to define land facets. We advocate using land facets to complement, rather than replace, existing focal species approaches to linkage design. This approach can be used even in regions lacking land cover maps and is not affected by the bias and patchiness common in species occurrence data. | |
| Link | journalArticle | biological invasions; population genetics; introduced species; | 2018 | Foster, Jeffrey T.; Walker, Faith M.; Rannals, Brandy D.; Sanchez, Daniel E. | Population genetics of an island invasion by Japanese Bush-Warblers in Hawaii, USA | Island bird populations often provide exemplary cases of evolution based on historical colonization and diversification events. However, capturing contemporary cases of evolution is rare. Introductions of nonnative birds into the Hawaiian Islands, USA, provide numerous potential opportunities to assess evolutionary changes over a relatively short time frame. One introduced species, the Japanese Bush-Warbler (Cettia diphone), has a well-established history in the Hawaiian Islands, with a documented introduction in 1929 to the island of Oahu and natural colonization of the other main islands by 1997. We sampled 143 Japanese Bush-Warblers from 5 of the main Hawaiian Islands and amplified 12 microsatellite loci (9 were variable) and sequenced portions of the cytochrome b and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) genes to assess the genetic structure and potential original source of these populations. As predicted, genetic diversity, measured by allelic richness and private alleles, was greatest on Oahu (the original introduction site) and was significantly lower in birds on the islands farthest from Oahu. Accordingly, there was a clear isolation-by-distance effect, with highest FST values between island pairs farthest apart. The population on the westernmost island of Kauai appears to be diverging from the easternmost populations on the islands of Maui, Molokai, and Hawaii. The results provide a unique opportunity to document the microevolutionary process of genetic drift in action, and we speculate on the potential role of behavior in diversification. |
| Link | journalArticle | Great Lakes; colonial waterbirds; colony; double-crested cormorant; island threats; | 2010 | Wires, Linda R.; Cuthbert, Francesca J. | Characteristics of double-crested cormorant colonies in the U.S. Great Lakes island landscape | The Great Lakes form the largest freshwater island system in the world and provide breeding habitat for a large proportion of the continental population of double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus). Here, cormorants have a high profile due to conflicts with humans; by 2007, most active (64%) breeding sites in U.S. waters were managed. This study used data from the U.S. Great Lakes Colonial Waterbird Database and The Nature Conservancy's Great Lakes Island GIS database to identify important features of breeding sites in the U.S. Great Lakes and broaden understanding of cormorant presence at the island-landscape scale. Islands 0.5–10 ha were used more frequently than expected, and most sites had remoteness values of ≤3 km. Colony size was positively correlated with years occupied and large colonies (N1000 pairs) developed primarily (95%) on island sites N1.0 ha. Sites supporting large colonies were more remote than those supporting smaller colonies. Presence of other colonial waterbird species, especially Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus), also characterized cormorant sites. Islands used by cormorants comprised a small proportion (n=90, 3%) of the U.S. Great Lakes island resource, and b1% of the total island area. Certain characteristics of breeding sites (e.g., small islands, proximity to mainland) may increase negative attitudes about cormorants. To understand cormorant impacts to island resources (e.g., vegetation; other colonial waterbird species), we suggest cormorant presence in the Great Lakes be considered in the broader context of island science, conservation and known threats, and at a landscape scale. |
| Link | webpage | Great Lakes; coastal wetlands; | 2018 | Local 3 News | Push to fund critical strategy to protect Great Lakes coastline | MICHIGAN -- U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), co-Chair of the Senate Great Lakes Task Force, and U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), member of the Senate Great Lakes Task Force, today led a bipartisan push to provide funding for the Great Lakes Coastline Resiliency Study, a critical strategy to protect coastlines across the state, in the fiscal year 2019 budget. Following recent hurricanes that have caused massive flooding across the country, this study would help Great Lakes states to better assess potential vulnerabilities to coastal communities and evaluate measures to improve coastal resilience. Stabenow and Peters made the funding request in a letter to Trump Administration officials that was signed by Great Lakes Task Force co-Chair Rob Portman (R-OH), Vice Chair Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Members Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Bob Casey (D-PA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Tina Smith (D-MN). “The Great Lakes coastline faces numerous threats, such as lake level fluctuations, erosion, flooding, nutrient runoff, and aging infrastructure. It is important to ensure that the Great Lakes’ 5,200-mile coastline is protected, as 4.2 million people live within two miles of a Great Lakes coastline,” wrote the Senators. “The coastline is also imperative to a robust economy and tourism industry in the Great Lakes, as it includes 60 commercial harbors moving over 123 million tons of cargo annually, a maritime economy valued at $17.3 billion and generating 293,000 jobs, a $14 billion Great Lakes recreation and tourism economy, and a diverse ecosystem of features such as wetlands, bluffs, dunes and beaches and species that are either threatened or endangered.” “The Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study... proposed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) in consultation with the Great Lakes states, would be the first of its kind to coordinate a strategy across the Great Lakes states to most efficiently and effectively manage and protect the Great Lakes coastline,” the Senators continued. “We fully intend for this study to be used to implement projects that will result in a more resilient coastline throughout the Great Lakes and a more strategic expenditure of state and federal funds.” |
| Link | journalArticle | Lake St. Clair; lake sturgeon; spawning; | 2011 | Boase, J. C.; Diana, J. S.; Thomas, M. V.; Chiotti, J. A. | Movements and distribution of adult Lake Sturgeon from their spawning site in the St. Clair River, Michigan | |
| Link | report | Great Lakes; lake sturgeon; | Hill, Tracy D.; McClain, Jerry R. | Activities of the Central Great Lakes Binational Lake Sturgeon Group | In 1995, resource personnel from federal, state, and provincial agencies agreed to a collaborative effort to better define the population status of lake sturgeon in Lakes Huron and Erie and their connecting waterways. These efforts resulted in the creation of the Central Great Lakes Bi-National Lake Sturgeon Group (CGLBLSG). The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Alpena FRO has agreed to compile an annual report summarizing activities of agencies and organizations participating in the CGLBLSG. Following is a summary of 2001 activities. This report details information on 1,138 lake sturgeon encountered during the 2001 field season. A total of 60 lake sturgeon that were handled during 2001 were tagged in previous years. The total number of lake sturgeon tagged in the central Great Lakes is approaching 5,500 fish. Information from the St. Marys River is included in this report for the first time. Previous years’ reports for this group can be found on the Alpena FRO home page (midwest.fws.gov/alpena/index.htm) under “Reports”. | |
| Link | journalArticle | St. Mary's River; lake sturgeon; | 2011 | Gerig, Brandon; Moerke, Ashley; Greil, Roger; Koproski, Scott | Movement patterns and habitat characteristics of Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) in the St. Marys River, Michigan, 2007–2008 | Historically, the St. Marys River (SMR), Michigan, provided suitable habitat for lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) but their population declined dramatically during the past century due to overharvest and habitat alteration. Since 2000, the Lake Superior State University Aquatic Research Lab has monitored a remnant population of lake sturgeon in the SMR. During 2007 and 2008, lake sturgeon were implanted with sonic transponders to determine spatial extent, movement patterns, and habitat use in the SMR. Telemetry observations indicated that lake sturgeon inhabit a 40 km river reach, representing approximately one-third of the total area of the SMR. Lake sturgeon movement in the SMR was confined to an area between the North Channel of Sugar Island to the southern end of East Neebish Island, with the majority centered around the north end of Lake George. Additionally, lake sturgeon were not observed in the main shipping channel which suggests that they may actively avoid areas with high shipping traffic. During this study, individual weekly movement rates of lake sturgeon varied from under 100 m to over 25 km. Lake sturgeon used transition areas between lotic and lentic waters extensively. These areas create depositional habitats that may be essential foraging areas for lake sturgeon in the SMR. Telemetry results to date have not confirmed the spawning location of lake sturgeon within the SMR. However, two females with partially mature eggs were tagged in 2007 and may spawn within the next 2 years. Their movements could lead to the positive identification of the spawning location which would provide essential information for fisheries managers in the SMR. |
| Link | webpage | invasive species; watchlist; | 2018 | Bohling, Mary | Despite conservation efforts, the red swamp crayfish has established a foothold in Michigan | Today’s article brings an update on the invasive red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii). Prior to July 14, 2017, no live red swamp crayfish had been found in Michigan although carcasses were found at a popular fishing site on the Grand River and Lake Macatawa in 2013 and 2015, respectively. However, in July 2017 red swamp crayfish were confirmed living in large numbers in a storm water retention pond in Oakland County as well as in Sunset Lake in Kalamazoo County. |
| Link | webpage | invasive species; watchlist; | Borowy, Stephen | Two species added to Michigan's invasive watch list | An insect from China and India and a plant from East Asia have been added to Michigan’s invasive species watch list. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said the spotted lanternfly and the Japanese chaff flower pose a threat to agriculture and the environment. The lanternfly is known to suck sap out of more than 70 plants including grapes, apples, hops, walnuts, and other hardwood trees. The insect has been spotted in Delaware, New Jersey, and Virginia. It's now spreading through eastern Pennsylvania. “If you’re visiting areas known to be infested with spotted lantern fly, just be sure to thoroughly inspect vehicles or anything left outside before returning to Michigan,” said Joanne Foreman, invasive species communications coordinator with the DNR. The DNR said the lanternfly cannot fly long distances and lays eggs on almost any smooth surface. This includes cars, trailers, and outdoor furniture. The chaff flower displaces native plants by forming large and dense stands in floodplains, forested wetlands, and distributed habitat, the DNR said. The plant is along the Ohio and Big Sandy rivers and is reaching counties in nine states including Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Seeds spread by latching on to animals and clothing. “Spotted lanternfly and Japanese chaff flower aren’t known to be in Michigan, but because they’re confirmed in nearby states and because of the potential damage they can cause, early detection is vital,” Foreman said. | |
| Link | webpage | tribe; | 2019 | Lafond, Kaye | Cornered by invasives, tribal fishermen chase whitefish to ‘crowded’ Lake Superior | A decline in lake whitefish is pushing some tribal commercial fishermen out of Lakes Michigan and Huron. They’re spending more time in Lake Superior, the only place they say they can still make a living. This has fishermen and scientists worried about whether whitefish populations there can withstand the extra pressure. The 1836 Treaty of Washington reserves fishing rights for the Bay Mills Indian Community in parts of Lakes Michigan, Huron, and Superior. But invasive mussels have changed the food web so much that whitefish populations are starving in Lakes Michigan and Huron. That’s pushing Bay Mills fishermen to Lake Superior, the one place they still have success. This worries Paul Ripple, head of Biological Services for the Bay Mills tribe. “In the past ... if the fishing's not good, they go somewhere else, they try something different, they move around,” he says. “But, there's really not many places for them to go anymore. They're kinda stuck with what they have, and that makes us uneasy.” |
| Link | journalArticle | Great Lakes; colonial waterbirds; Great Lakes Colonial Waterbird Survey; colony; common tern; Caspian tern; | 2010 | Morris, Ralph D.; Weseloh, D. Vaughn; Cuthbert, Francesca J.; Pekarik, Cynthia; Wires, Linda R.; Harper, L. | Distribution and abundance of nesting common and Caspian terns on the North American Great Lakes, 1976 to 1999 | Canadian and US federal wildlife agencies completed three surveys (1976–1980, 1989–1991, and 1997– 2000) to census colonial waterbirds breeding on the Great Lakes. We here summarize and comment on nest numbers and colony site distribution of common terns (Sterna hirundo) and Caspian terns (Hydroprogne caspia). Common terns are in serious trouble on the Great Lakes. Numbers declined with substantial losses in nests (−19.1%) and colony sites (−23.2%) between the first and third censuses. An increase in numbers at US sites (+26.6%) did not compensate for losses (−33.1%) at Canadian sites. Caspian terns increased in nest numbers (+65.9%) and colony sites (+50.0%) over the same period. The increase at US sites (136.5%) was greater than at Canadian sites (11.5%). Most (70.7%, n=186) common tern sites had nests during only one census; 17 sites (6.5%) had nests during all censuses. In contrast, 9 of 33 (27.2%) Caspian tern sites had nests during all censuses and contained a majority of nests (50–82%) in each census. Pairs of both species nested on natural substrates across the Great Lakes. Common terns nested mostly on artificial (human-constructed) substrates on the lower Great Lakes. We identify site characteristics that may have contributed to long-term (three census) occupancy by common terns (small size, artificial substrates, absence of ring-billed gulls) and Caspian terns (natural substrates on large, remote islands). We suggest an urgent need for protection and conservation of common tern colonies and identify specific priority sites for implementation of management protocols. |
| report | Great Lakes; ballast water; | 2015 | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Analysis of Ballast Water Discharges into the Great Lakes from Overseas Vessels from 2010 to 2013 | Ballast water discharges are cited as one of the primary sources or vectors for the spread of aquatic nuisance species (ANS) (National Research Council, 2008). Depending on where ships take on ballast water, virtually all organisms in the water column, either swimming or disturbed from bottom sediments, can be taken into ships’ ballast tanks. These organisms include holoplankton (free-floating), meroplankton (larval stages of bottom dwelling organisms), upper water column nekton (active swimming), and demersal (near bottom dwelling) organisms (California EPA, 2002). When live organisms in ballast tanks are transported between water bodies and discharged, they have the potential to establish new populations and cause physical and behavioral disturbances to the native organisms due to competition for food, space and other valuable resources (Hayes and Landis, 2004). | |
| report | Great Lakes; ballast water; vectors; | 2016 | Great Lakes Commission | Status of Ballast Water Discharge Regulations in the Great Lakes Region | This document summarizes the current state of international, national and state rules in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River region for regulation of ballast water discharge from commercial vessels in order to prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species. It is intended is to provide information to support ongoing policy and management discussions by outlining the primary regulatory vehicles and approaches used by different jurisdictions, as well as key commonalities and differences. | |
| report | Great Lakes; ballast water; | 2017 | Balast Water Working Group | 2016 Summary of Great Lakes Seaway Ballast Water Working Group | The Great Lakes Seaway Ballast Water Working Group (BWWG), comprised of representatives from the United States Coast Guard (USCG), the U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC), Transport Canada - Marine Safety & Security (TCMSS), and the Canadian St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC), compiled the 2016 Summary of Great Lakes Seaway Ballast Management report. The group’s mandate is to develop, enhance, and coordinate binational compliance and enforcement efforts to reduce the introduction of aquatic invasive species via ballast water and residuals. The BWWG is actively engaged in providing an energetic response to calls for tougher ballast water regulation of ocean-going vessels transiting the Seaway. | |
| Link | webpage | Great Lakes; aquatic invasive species; aquatic invasive species dispersal; vectors; lakers; bloody red shrimp; | 2018 | Alliance for the Great Lakes | Great Lakes Need Protection from Ocean and Freshwater Ships | A new report released today by the Great Waters Research Collaborative has found that lakers — ships that transit solely within Great Lakes waterways — contribute to the spread of aquatic invasive species among the lakes. Ocean-going cargo vessels have introduced numerous destructive aquatic invasive species, such as zebra mussels and round gobies, into the Great Lakes. Aquatic invasive species have irreparably harmed the Great Lakes ecosystem and cost the region billions of dollars since the late 1980s. Although lakers don’t play a role in bringing aquatic invasive species into the Great Lakes, advocates have long questioned their impact on the spread of these harmful critters. In February, researchers announced the discovery of bloody red shrimp in the Duluth-Superior harbor on Lake Superior. Bloody red shrimp were brought into the Great Lakes via the ballast tanks of ocean-going vessels and first discovered in 2006 in Lakes Michigan and Ontario but had not yet been detected in Lake Superior. The study documented five non-native species not yet established in western Lake Superior, including “bloody red shrimp” (Hemimysis anomala), in laker ballast water discharged there. It also detected, in uptake water, a species of zooplankton (Paraleptastacus wilsoni) that had not previously been recorded in the Great Lakes. Some of the species found live in harbor sediment and may have escaped routine surveillance. The study did not examine whether or not the collected non-native species might be able to survive or become established in western Lake Superior. |
| document | islands; funding; | 1999 | Coastal Zone Management | CZM funded island projects Query results | ||
| Link | webpage | aquatic invasive species; mobility; funding; | 2018 | U.S. Army Core of Engineers | USACE Awards Contract to Reduce Probability of Aquatic Nuisance Species Movement | The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) awarded a $1.9 million contract to SAF, Inc. of Akron, Ohio for the construction of several structural measures to reduce the probability of aquatic nuisance species (ANS), including Asian carp, from moving into the Great Lakes at Ohio-Erie Canal located in Summit County, Ohio. |
| report | Bois Blanc Island; Drummond Island; Harbor Island; Burnt Island; islands; rare species; Potagannissing Bay; | 2001 | Penskar, Michael R.; Hyde, Daria A.; Olson, Jennifer A.; Kost, Michael A.; Higman, Phyllis J.; Paskus, John J.; Boehm, Rebecca L.; Fashoway, Michael T. | Biological Inventory for Conservation of Great Lakes Islands: Year 2000 Progress Report | ||
| Link | book | invasive plants; | 2009 | Higman, Phyllis J.; Campbell, Suzan | A Field Identification Guide to Invasive Plants in Michigan's Natural Communities | |
| Link | book | aquatic invasive species; invasive plants; wetlands; | 2010 | Campbell, Suzan; Higman, Phyllis; Slaughter, Brad; Schools, Ed | A Field Guide to Invasive Plants of Aquatic and Wetland Habitats for Michigan | |
| report | Great Lakes; coastal zone; coastal environment; | 1979 | Owens, E.H. | The Canadian Great Lakes: Coastal Environments and the Cleanup of Oil Spills | From Henson et al 2010: The term coastal environment was coined by Owens (1979), and was used to further subdivide the Great Lake basin regions into 33 coastal environments in Ontario. These coastal environments are based on shore-zone sediment transport systems which are generally influenced by relief and geology, coastal zone characteristics (shore-zone character and beach character), fetch, wave exposure and ice, sediment availability and transport (Owens, 1979). | |
| bookSection | Biodiversity Investment Areas; | 2001 | Reid, R.; Rodgrigues, K.; Potter, H.; DePhilip, M. | Section 5: Biodiversity Investment Areas | From Henson et al 2010: In the United States, islands were grouped according to their coastal reach based on the integrated Biodiversity Investment Areas (BIAs) (Reid et al., 2001). These BIAs are areas having clusters of biodiversity values: species or communities of special interest, a diversity of habitats, communities and species, and productivity and integrity. Seventy coastal reaches were identified through this process to address nearshore zones (terrestrial, coastal wetlands, aquatic). | |
| journalArticle | climate change; invasive species; | 2013 | Bellard, C.; Thuiller, W.; Leroy, B.; Genovesi, P.; Bakkenes, M.; Courchamp, F. | Will climate change promote future invasions? | ||
| Link | webpage | islands; | United Nations Environmmental Programme | Islands | ||
| report | 2018 | Dingman, Sandra; Abella, Scott R.; Frey, Mark; Budde, Peter; Hogan, Terri | Invasive plant management planning: Technical considerations | |||
| Link | journalArticle | hot spots; waterbird; | 2019 | Sussman, Allison L.; Gardner, Beth; Adams, Evan M.; Salas, Leo; Kenow, Kevin P.; Luukkonen, David R.; Monfils, Michael J.; Mueller, William P.; Williams, Kathryn A.; Leduc-Lapierre, Michele; Zipkin, Elise F. | A comparative analysis of common methods to identify waterbird hotspots | Hotspot analysis is a commonly used method in ecology and conservation to identify areas of high biodiversity or conservation concern. However, delineating and mapping hotspots is subjective and various approaches can lead to different conclusions with regard to the classification of particular areas as hotspots, complicating long-term conservation planning. We present a comparative analysis of recent approaches for identifying waterbird hotspots, with the goal of developing insights about the appropriate use of these methods. We selected four commonly used measures to identify persistent areas of high use: kernel density estimation, Getis-Ord Gi*, hotspot persistence and hotspots conditional on presence, which represent the range of quantitative hotspot estimation approaches used in waterbird analyses. We applied each of the methods to aerial survey waterbird count data collected in the Great Lakes from 2012–2014. For each approach, we identified areas of high use for seven species/species groups and then compared the results across all methods and to mean effort-corrected counts. Our results indicate that formal hotspot analysis frameworks do not always lead to the same conclusions. The kernel density and Getis-Ord Gi* methods yielded the most similar results across all species analysed and were generally correlated with mean effort-corrected count data. We found that these two models can differ substantially from the hotspot persistence and hotspots conditional on presence estimation approaches, which were not consistently similar to one another. The hotspot persistence approach differed most significantly from the other methods but is the only method to explicitly account for temporal variation. We recommend considering the ecological question and scale of conservation or management activities prior to designing survey methodologies. Deciding the appropriate definition and scale for analysis is critical for interpretation of hotspot analysis results as is inclusion of important covariates. Combining hotspot analysis methods using an integrative approach, either within a single analysis or post hoc, could lead to greater consistency in the identification of waterbird hotspots |
| Link | report | 2013 | U.S. Department of Agriculture | Forest Service National Strategic Framework for Invasive Species Management | ||
| report | 2001 | Wires, Linda R.; Cuthbert, Francesca J. | Identification and prioritization of colonial waterbird nest sites for conservation in the US Great Lakes | |||
| Link | report | CISMA; strategic plan; | 2017 | North Country CISMA | North Country CISMA Strategic Plan | |
| Link | report | CISMA; strategic plan; | CM-CISMA | Central Michigan Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (CM-CISMA) Strategic Plan | ||
| Link | report | CISMA; strategic plan; | 2016 | Northwest Michigan ISN | Northwest Michigan Invasive Species Network Strategic Plan | |
| Link | report | CISMA; strategic plan; | 2017 | Mid-Michigan CISMA | Mid-Michigan Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area: Strategic Plan 2017-2021 | |
| Link | report | CISMA; strategic plan; | 2018 | JLW CISMA | Jackson-Lenawee-Washtenaw Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area: Strategic Plan 2018-2022 | |
| report | 2017 | May, Liana; Higman, Phyllis J. | Little Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Terrestrial Invasive Species Plan - Draft | |||
| Link | report | 2009 | Higman, Phyllis J.; Campbell, Suzan | Meeting the Challenge of Invasive Plants: A Framework for Action | ||
| report | 2016 | National Invasive Species Council | Management Plan: 2016–2018 | |||
| Link | bill | 2009 | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | Invasive Species Identification, Classification and Control | The purpose of this chapter is to identify, classify and control invasive species in Wisconsin as part of the department’s statewide program required by s. 23.22 (2) (a), Stats | |
| Link | report | black-crowned night-heron; black tern; common tern; priority site; | 2019 | Audubon | Priority Colonies for Great Lakes Waterbirds Black-crowned Night-Heron, Black Tern, Common Tern | |
| Link | journalArticle | Great Lakes; islands; double-crested cormorant; Phalacrocorax auritus; | 2015 | Ayers, Christopher R.; Hanson-Dorr, Katie C.; O'Dell, Sadie; Lovell, Charles D.; Jones, Michael L.; Suckow, Jason R.; Dorr, Brian S. | Impacts of colonial waterbirds on vegetation and potential restoration of island habitats: Vegetation damage by waterbirds | |
| Link | journalArticle | colonial waterbirds; aerial survey; Manitoba; | 2014 | Wilson, Scott; Bazin, Ron; Calvert, Wendy; Doyle, Terry J.; Earsom, Stephen D.; Oswald, Stephen A.; Arnold, Jennifer M. | Abundance and Trends of Colonial Waterbirds on the Large Lakes of Southern Manitoba | |
| Link | report | 2018 | Lipton, Douglas; Carter, Shawn L.; Peterson, Jay; Crozier, Lisa G.; Fogarty, Michael; Gaichas, Sarah; Hyde, Kimberly J.W.; Morelli, Toni Lyn; Morisette, Jeffrey; Moustahfid, Hassan; Muñoz, Roldan; Poudel, Rajendra; Rubenstein, Madeleine; Staudinger, Michelle D.; Stock, Charles A.; Thompson, Laura M.; Waples, Robin; Weiskopf, Sarah R.; Weltzin, Jake F. | Chapter 7: Ecosystems, Ecosystem Services, and Biodiversity. Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: The Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II | National Climate Assessment section on ecosystem risks and resilience – mostly broad based information, not specific to islands. Invasive species in general are expected to be more adaptable to changing climates, may migrate better than specialist species, may have lengthened reproduction periods, and generally be more fit for changing conditions. Resiliency should focus on EDRR, strengthening native ecosystems, using strategies that are flexible and coordinated at a landscape scale, and use new technologies as possible.
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| Link | report | 2019 | Environment and Climate Change Canada; U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 2018 Annual Climate Trends and Impacts Summary for the Great Lakes Region | ||
| Link | journalArticle | dispersal; climate change; | 2009 | Walther, Gian-Reto; Roques, Alain; Hulme, Philip E.; Sykes, Martin T.; Pyšek, Petr; Kühn, Ingolf; Zobel, Martin; Bacher, Sven; Botta-Dukát, Zoltán; Bugmann, Harald | Alien species in a warmer world: risks and opportunities | Interactions between climate change and invasions, but not specific to islands and nothing on resilience:
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| Link | journalArticle | invasive species; islands; eradication; biosecurity; SIDS; introduced species; | 2017 | Russell, James C.; Meyer, Jean-Yves; Holmes, Nick D.; Pagad, Shyama | Invasive alien species on islands: impacts, distribution, interactions and management | SUMMARY Invasive alien species (IASs) on islands have broad impacts across biodiversity, agriculture, economy, health and culture, which tend to be stronger than on continents. Across small-island developing states (SIDSs), although only a small number of IASs are widely distributed, many more, including those with greatest impact, are found on only a small number of islands. Patterns of island invasion are not consistent across SIDS geographic regions, with differences attributable to correlated patterns in island biogeography and human development. We identify 15 of the most globally prevalent IASs on islands. IAS impacts on islands are exacerbated through interactions with a number of other global change threats, including over-exploitation, agricultural intensification, urban development and climate change. Biosecurity is critical in preventing IAS invasion of islands. Eradication of IASs on islands is possible at early stages of invasion, but otherwise is largely restricted to invasive mammals, or otherwise control is the only option. Future directions in IAS management and research on islands must consider IASs within a broader portfolio of threats to species, ecosystems and people's livelihoods on islands. We advocate for stronger collaborations among island countries and territories faced with the same IASs in similar socio-ecological environments. |
| Link | journalArticle | invasive species; biological invasions; islands; environmental impacts; socioeconomic impacts; | 2007 | Reaser, Jamie K.; Meyerson, Laura A.; Cronk, Quentin; De Poorter, Maj; Eldrege, L.G.; Green, Edmund; Kairo, Moses; Latasi, Pepetua; Mack, Richard N.; Mauremootoo, John; O'Dowd, Dennis; Orapa, Warea; Sastroutomo, Soetikno; Saunders, Alan; Shine, Clare; Thrainsson, Sigurdur; Vaiutu, Leliua | Ecological and socioeconomic impacts of invasive alien species in island ecosystems | Minimizing the impact of invasive alien species (IAS) on islands and elsewhere requires researchers to provide cogent information on the environmental and socioeconomic consequences of IAS to the public and policy makers. Unfortunately, this information has not been readily available owing to a paucity of scientific research and the failure of the scientific community to make their findings readily available to decision makers. This review explores the vulnerability of islands to biological invasion, reports on environmental and socioeconomic impacts of IAS on islands and provides guidance and information on technical resources that can help minimize the effects of IAS in island ecosystems. This assessment is intended to provide a holistic perspective on island-IAS dynamics, enable biologists and social scientists to identify information gaps that warrant further research and serve as a primer for policy makers seeking to minimize the impact of IAS on island systems. Case studies have been selected to reflect the most scientifically-reliable information on the impacts of IAS on islands. Sufficient evidence has emerged to conclude that IAS are the most significant drivers of population declines and species extinctions in island ecosystems worldwide. Clearly, IAS can also have significant socioeconomic impacts directly (for example human health) and indirectly through their effects on ecosystem goods and services. These impacts are manifest at all ecological levels and affect the poorest, as well as richest, island nations. The measures needed to prevent and minimize the impacts of IAS on island ecosystems are generally known. However, many island nations and territories lack the scientific and technical information, infrastructure and human and financial resources necessary to adequately address the problems caused by IAS. Because every nation is an exporter and importer of goods and services, every nation is also a facilitator and victim of the invasion of alien species. Wealthy nations therefore need to help raise the capacity of island nations and territories to minimize the spread and impact of IAS. |
| book | invasive species; | 2000 | Mooney, Harold A.; Hobbs, R.J. | Invasive Species in a Changing World | ||
| Link | journalArticle | climate change; | 2008 | Hellmann, Jessica J.; Byers, James E.; Bierwagen, Britta G.; Dukes, Jeffrey S. | Five Potential Consequences of Climate Change for Invasive Species | |
| Link | journalArticle | islands; biodiversity; extinction; resilient; climate change; functional redundancies; island area; | 2015 | Harter, David E.V.; Irl, Severin D.H.; Seo, Bumsuk; Steinbauer, Manuel J.; Gillespie, Rosemary; Triantis, Kostas A.; Fernández-Palacios, José-María; Beierkuhnlein, Carl | Impacts of global climate change on the floras of oceanic islands – Projections, implications and current knowledge | Generally, this discusses changes in plant biodiversity on islands in the context of climate change, and is not specific to invasive species, but does suggest threat of synergistic interactions between climate change and invasive species:
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| journalArticle | adaptation; resilient; | 2016 | Falk, D.A. | The Resilience Dilemma: Incorporating Global Change into Ecosystem Policy and Management |
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| Link | journalArticle | invasive species; threatened and endangered species; islands; eradication; extinction; | 2014 | Courchamp, Franck; Hoffmann, Benjamin D.; Russell, James C.; Leclerc, Camille; Bellard, Céline | Climate change, sea-level rise, and conservation: keeping island biodiversity afloat |
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| bookSection | invasive species; biological invasions; eradication; | 2002 | Clout, M.N.; Veitch, C.R. | Turning the tide of biological invasion: the potential for eradicating invasive species | ||
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