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

About ISN

Identify Invasive Species

Habitat Matters

Go Beyond Beauty

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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By donating to the Northwest Michigan Invasive Species Network,
you are supporting environmental stewardship ​in your community
and taking an active role in protecting habitat in northwest lower Michigan. 

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