Invasive species management plan: European Frog-bit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) in Green Bay coastal areas
Author: Wisconsin's Adaptive Management Team
Year: 2024
Shareability: Credit Required
Type: Plan
Topic: Control, Dispersal, Identification, Management, Monitoring/ Sampling, Outreach, Prevention, Response
European frog-bit (EFB) remains an NR40 Prohibited species in all 72 Wisconsin counties. The NR40 Prohibited classification means it is only in a few places within the state, likely to cause environmental and/or economic harm, eradication and prevention is feasible, and control is required. As of Fall 2023, the Green Bay EFB Response Team has deemed that portions of the Green Bay population are beyond eradication and control actions to the extent originally planned are not practical or in the best interest of the resource given the limited knowledge available for this species.
This document serves as the revised 3-year plan and is meant to be succinct for the sake of usability in order to effectively inform and implement management. It will provide a status report of what has been accomplished from 2021-2023, discuss what has been learned thus far in the response effort, how the Adaptive Management Team has agreed to adapt, and a plan for implementation.