Phragmites – CICA

Keeping up the fight

By admin Posted on July 30, 2018 Posted in In the News, Ipperwash Phrag Phighters Tagged with Phragmites

Bev Cloud, left, with Green Stream Lawn and Vegetation Management, hauls out phragmites as Chad McKeown, also with Green Stream, goes back for more. They were among 50-60 people taking part in an appreciation barbecue hosted by the Lambton Shores Phragmites Community Group Saturday at the Lambton Centre. Tyler Kula/Sarnia Observer/Postmedia Network

Phragmites group thanked its partners and volunteers Saturday with an appreciation barbecue

A stretch of open beach at the Lambton Centre in Lambton Shores simply didn’t exist two years ago.

Reminder: Dune Spading Day

By admin Posted on June 22, 2018 Posted in Community Event, Invasive Species, Ipperwash Phrag Phighters Tagged with Phragmites

From the Ipperwash Phrag Phighters: Volunteers are needed and welcome to participate in our Ipperwash Beach and Dunes Spading Event. Come out for a short fun event to improve and protect our community from the invasive species, Phragmites! When: Sunday, …

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Ipperwash Beach and Dunes Spading Event

By admin Posted on June 12, 2018 Posted in Community Event, Ipperwash Phrag Phighters, Ipperwash Phrag Phighters Tagged with Phragmites

When: Sunday, June 24, 2018 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Where: Meet at MNRF Area 1 parking lot East Parkway Drive Bring: sturdy shoes garden gloves sunscreen, bug spray water Provided: spades paper lawn waste bags Learn how to recognize …

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Ipperwash management, are you ready?

By admin Posted on April 24, 2018 Posted in Invasive Species Tagged with Phragmites

Summer is just around the corner, and that means Phragmites management is soon to be in full swing for many anti-Phrag groups! Check out our local resource for news and publication pages for more info! http://lspcg.com/news/ http://lspcg.com/resources/ Also don’t for …

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Phragmites burn near Walpole

By admin Posted on March 23, 2017 Posted in In the News Tagged with Phragmites

Phragmites burn near Walpole Island bridge, Chatham Kent Fire Dept at the scene. (@SydenhamCurrent | Twitter)

PHRAGMITES BURN NEAR WALPOLE ISLAND BRIDGE (VIDEO) Wallaceburg firefighters were at the scene along the Snye River, on the Chatham-Kent side, near the Walpole Island bridge on Thursday afternoon battling large brush fires. It appears the phragmites were ignited along …

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Controlling Phragmites

By admin Posted on August 25, 2015 Posted in In the News Tagged with Phragmites

Phrag fighters. From left to right: Dr. Janice Gilbert, Nature Conservancy Canada and Ontario Phragmites Working Group; Kate Monk, Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority; Al Williamson, Williamson Farms; Don McCabe, President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture; Ken Vegh, Municipal Drainage & Inspection Supervisor, Town of Kingsville; Mayor Bill Weber, Lambton Shores; Nette Pachlarz, Director, Lambton Shores Phragmites Community Group; Nancy Vidler, Chair, LSPCG. One stem of Phragmites can grow to more than three metres in height and send out several new runners from its stem. (photo – Bill MacDonald)

Controlling Phragmites in drains and roadside ditches The Lambton Shores Phragmites Community Group (LSPCG) has spent the past several years controlling the invasive grass Phragmites australis in the coastal wetlands and is now taking the fight upstream from Port Franks …

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Phragmites Session in Grand Bend

By B. Shea Posted on August 6, 2015 Posted in In the News Tagged with Phragmites

Farmers and other property owners in Lambton Shores can arm themselves with information on how to deal with an invasive plant that chokes out native species and can cause flooding in extreme cases.

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