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What is the Council currently working on? Here is a little overview:
- Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2012 Invader Crusader Awards. This is a great way to recognize individuals or groups who have done an outstanding job controlling, eradicating, or educating about invasive species!
- Planning for Invasive Species Awareness Month (ISAM) has started. This year, 4th and 5th grade students have the opportunity to receive statewide recognition of their art skills and their passion for learning about invasive species. The Wisconsin Council on Invasive Species, in partnership with the Department of Natural Resources and Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin (IPAW), is conducting a Poster Contest, and is challenging children to create full color or black and white, original posters of invasive species. The goal of the Poster Contest is to increase awareness of shoreline and wetland invasive species and to teach people how to prevent the spread of invasive species in these habitats. People enjoy wetlands by canoe, while hunting, by walking from trails to shorelines, and much more. With these enjoyments comes a responsibility to protect our natural areas from invasive species. Find out more on the Awareness page and e-mail us at: isam_wi@yahoo.com to let us know what you think!
- Conducting strategic planning to develop a statewide plan for combating invasive species.
- Providing input to draft Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Commercial Minnow Importation.
- Providing comments on Asian Carp related control efforts.
- Round 2 of the Wisconsin Invasive Species Identification, Classification, and Control Rule (Chapter NR 40) is in the beginning stages. This means that a species list, mostly containing plants at this point, is being developed by the Wisconsin DNR and literature reviews are in the development stage. Some of the plant species that will be under review include those that are currently used as ornamentals, for forage, and also for erosion control.
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