Keweenaw landscape from top of Mt Baldy
KISMA provides education and outreach to property owners and managers to help identify and treat priority invasive species.
Invasive species are biological species that are not native to the ecosystem in question and are likely to harm the environment, economy, or human health.
KISMA works in Baraga, Houghton, and Keweenaw Counties.
March 25, 2023 - Keep an eye out for early detection of this Michigan watch list invader (Himalayan balsam) - Daily Mining Gazette
March 11, 2023 - Keep your garden (and our planet) healthy with native flowers - Daily Mining Gazette
February 25, 2023 - Keep hemlocks safe: look out for hemlock woolly adelgid - Daily Mining Gazette
February 11, 2023 - What inspires KISMA? Linking the impacts of invasive species with native species and ecosystem services - Daily Mining Gazette
January 14, 2023 - Cancel jumping worms: wrangling those wrigglers - Daily Mining Gazette
December 17, 2022 - Prevent infestations, avoid invasive holiday decorations - Daily Mining Gazette
December 3, 2022 - Prevent oak wilt: trim your trees this winter - Daily Mining Gazette
November 19, 2022 - Japanese Barberry: a prickly, tickly topic - Daily Mining Gazette
November 5, 2022 - Invasive Knotweed Alert for Baraga, Houghton, and Keweenaw Counties - Daily Mining Gazette
October 14, 2022 - Waterfowl hunters take watch: European frog-bit and invasive Phragmites article - Daily Mining Gazette
July 9, 2022 - Stopping European Frog-bit article - Copper Beacon
July 9, 2022 -Surveying for Phragmites article - Daily Mining Gazette
June 15, 2022 - Aquatic Invasive Species interview - Keweenaw Report
February 10, 2022 - Don't Plant That, Plant This: A Guide to Choosing Good Garden Plants and Avoiding the Troublemakers video - Wild Ones Keweenaw YouTube
October 8, 2021 - Tree planting on the Tolkien Trails article - The Daily Mining Gazette
August 29, 2021 - KISMA interview - Copper Country Today
August 11, 2021 - Managing Invasive Species in the Keweenaw Peninsula interview - abc 10 News
August 6, 2021 - KISMA Holds Free Boat Washes interview - TV6
May 18, 2021 - Cooperative Invasive Species Management Areas spread information about invasive species interview - UP Matters
September 18, 2019 - Invasive knotweed poses danger in area article - The L’Anse Sentinel. Due to accessibility issues, we cannot post this article. Email KISMA.up@gmail.com if you would like a copy.
July 24, 2019 - Helping reclaim a local woodland environment article - The Daily Mining Gazette
