GLIFWC Invasive Plant Risk Assessment/Prioritization Models for Ashland, Douglas, Bayfield, and Iron Counties of Northern Wisconsin

摘要

The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) is an organization exercising delegated authority from 11 federally recognized Ojibwe tribes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. These tribes retain hunting, fishing, and gathering rights in the territories ceded to the United States through various treaties. The degradation of native ecosystems by invasive species poses a serious threat to the continued exercise of these rights, and the traditional lifeways they sustain. The purpose of this project was to develop an invasive plant risk assessment/prioritization modeling method to support GLIFWC's ceded territory resource management activities, in conjunction with the Northwoods Cooperative Weed Management Area (NCWMA). It is anticipated that this project will lead to more effective allocation of resources and more efficient completion of invasive plant surveys and control activities.