KISMA's summer 2023 crew!
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.
November 4, 2023 - Native Phragmites Fights Back! Survey crew reports new sightings - Daily Mining Gazette
October 7, 2023 - How the Midwest Invasive Species Network can help you - Daily Mining Gazette
August 19, 2023 - Galerucella beetles and purple loosestrife: KISMA’s tiny ally against wetland invader - Daily Mining Gazette
July 29, 2023 - Wild parsnip: food or foe? - Daily Mining Gazette
July 14, 2023 - Goats graze at Swedetown Trails to help control spread of invasive species - WJMN TV3, UPMatters
July 12, 2023 - Invasive species get their goat - Daily Mining Gazette
July 10, 2023 - Goat-crowded Glossy Buckthorn Control Project underway at Swedetown Recreation Area - TV6 Upper Michigan's Source
July 9, 2023 - KISMA preserves lakes with free boat washes - TV6 Upper Michigan's Source
July 1, 2023 - Love our lakes, rivers, and wetlands? Stop aquatic hitchhikers - Daily Mining Gazette
June 17, 2023 - Spongy moth caterpillars are already out and about - Daily Mining Gazette
June 3, 2023 - Proper disposal of invasive plants - Daily Mining Gazette
May 20, 2023 - Keep on the lookout this summer for spotted lanternfly - Daily Mining Gazette
May 6, 2023 - Meet the invasive buckthorns near you - Daily Mining Gazette
April 22, 2023 - On the lookout for invasive garlic mustard and potential bio-control aphids - Daily Mining Gazette
April 8, 2023 - Bad bunnies: don’t release house pets in the outdoors - Daily Mining Gazette
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
