Northwest Michigan Invasive Species Network (ISN)
A Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (CISMA)

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2019 Garlic Mustard Dumpster Locations

Bring your double-bagged garlic mustard to the following locations throughout the months of May and June. Please contact ISN Outreach Specialist, Emily Cook, with any questions - ecook@gtcd.org or (231) 941-0960 x 20. This is a free service paid for in part by the host sites! 

Other funding provided in part via the Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program and the Great Lakes Restoration Restoration Initiative.

Registration is now open for this year's
​Japanese Barberry Trade-up Days

The dates have been set, host sites confirmed, and registration has been opened for ISN's 2019 Japanese Barberry Trade-up Days.
Bring us your removed barberry and exchange them for coupons
for a non-invasive alternative plant. Learn more about how
the program works, here:

Friday, June 7 - 2:00pm-6:00pm
Boardman River Nature Center, Traverse City

Saturday, June 22 - 2:00pm-6:00pm
Grow Benzie, Benzonia​​

Register Online

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ISN and Invasive Species in the News

• Stopping a Tree Killer - ISN featured in Nature Change video about hemlock woolly adelgid 
  
• Harmful bugs targeted by environmental officials (The Record Eagle)   
  
• This you should know: the plant that swallows homes (Interlochen Public Radio)                        
• The zoo beneath our feet (The Washington Post)
• The Insect Apocalypse is Here (The New York Times Mag) 
• How native plants sustain our ecosystems (Iowa Public Radio)         
• Winter is a Good Time to Start Removing Invasive Buckthorn (Chicago Tribune)

Photo by: Brenda Jo Anttila

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and taking an active role in protecting habitat in northwest lower Michigan. 

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