What’s Working Success stories for improving wetland restoration

1. What’s Working Success stories for improving wetland restoration

2. “What’s Working”

3. “What’s Working” • Goal: improving how we restore and • manage landscapes • Practitioner Focus • Planning, Promotion, Site • Preparation, Installation, Maintenance • Updated spring 2011 www.bwsr.state.mn.us/grants/WhatsWorking.htm

4. The Following are A Few Key Themes, as well as topics where we need more information: “What’s Working”

5. “What’s Working” • Reed Canary grass is a significant hurdle, though a variety • of techniques are proving useful. • What’s Worked • for You?

6. “What’s Working” • Around 1.5 years of reed canary grass control before planting is recommended • Often: • Late Summer Mow • Fall Spray • Late Winter Burn • Spring Spray • Follow-up Spray or till • Grass Specific • Herbicides?

7. “What’s Working” • Narrow-leaf and hybrid cattail are influencing • diversity levels

8. “What’s Working” • Planting emergent plants that will spread can provide competition for cattails • river bulrush • sweet flag • giant burreed • lake sedge • broad-leaved arrowhead • What’s Worked • for You?

9. “What’s Working” • The ability to manage water levels can aid all stages of a project (site preparation, installation, maintenance.)

10. “What’s Working” • Shallow slopes often promote high diversity levels

11. “What’s Working” • Using agriculture for site preparation

12. “What’s Working” • Using buffer species that fill niches • Black-eyed Susan • Yellow Coneflower • Bergamot • Cool-season Grasses

13. “What’s Working” • Using temporary cover crops: -Soil stabilization • -Weed competition • -Time for control Control • What species • have worked • for you?

14. “What’s Working” • Maximizing seedbank

15. “What’s Working” • Combining management techniques

16. “What’s Working” • Spotting weeds before they spread Avoid Contact! • Info is needed for a variety of species

17. State Seed Mixes • State Seed Mix Goals • Combine Agency Mixes • - Meeting Project/Ecological Needs • Use of Ecologically Appropriate Species • Promote Data Collection

18. Planting Regions Wetland Mixes Woodland Mixes Grassland Mixes

20. State Seed Mixes • Next Update Likely in 2004 • We Need Information on How they are Working

21. Restoring Minnesota Project • Ecological Restoration Training Cooperative • LCCMR Funded • U of M Continuing Education • Online Courses • Discussion Forum • Webinars • Virtual Library • http://restoringminnesota.ning.com/

22. Restoring Minnesota Project • Recent Webinar (video) Available on Developing Site Specific Seed Mixes • http://restoringminnesota.ning.com/

23. dan.shaw@state.mn.us