Claire Peterson

As a reminder, please take a look at the species alerts you are currently signed up to receive. If you need to receive alerts for the state's watch list species and those species deemed a "priority", please reach out to me. These species alerts cannot be set up through the website. Alerts: https://www.misin.msu.edu/alerts/ Species: Asian giant hornet Asian longhorned beetle Balsam woolly adelgid Beech leaf disease Bighead carp Black carp Box tree moth Brazilian elodea Calligraphy sedge Chaff flower Cinnamon vine European frog-bit European waterclover Giant hogweed Grass carp Hemlock woolly adelgid Hydrilla Kudzu Marbled crayfish Mile-a-minute weed Mountain pine beetle New Zealand mudsnail Northern snakehead Nutria Parrot feather watermilfoil Purple jewelweed Red swamp crayfish Silver carp Spotted lanternfly Stiltgrass Tree of Heaven Water chestnut Water hyacinth Water lettuce Water soldier Water-primrose Wels catfish Yellow floating heart

The Delta Conservation District is seeking qualified applicants to serve as their Conservation Technician Assistance Initiative (CTAI) Conservationist in the area of agriculture/environmental stewardship. The CTAI Conservationist position provides information and technical assistance to private landowners to implement conservation practices funded under the 2018 Farm Bill. Please see attached job announcement or visit: https://www.deltacd.org/employment-opportunities.html for more details. Delta CTAI Conservationist_FY25.pdf

I wanted to share this write-up with those of you who utilize the location sharing in Field Maps, whether it be for the CISMA Survey layers or Treatment Tracker. Android: https://doc.arcgis.com/en/field-maps/android/help/track.htm iOS: https://doc.arcgis.com/en/field-maps/ios/help/track.htm

Andrew Laws, who some of you might remember was involved with the BCK CISMA way back in 2016 has been working on a project as a GIS student at Southeast Community College in Lincoln, NE. He has developed a mapping application using MISIN data. From Andrew: The purpose of the application is to show invasive species sampling densities, highlight areas of need, and to encourage CISMAs in Michigan to work with school districts on getting students involved in invasive species mapping. It involves analysis on census tracts and normalizes them by population and economics. His aim is to identify areas that may be under represented by sampling so far and create maps for the CISMAs to inform them of these areas. Furthermore, Andrew wishes to focus in under sampled and economically lower census tracts to identify the school districts in those areas. With this information, Andrew would like to identify opportunities for the local CISMA to engage with these schools in some citizen science by having students in combination with CISMA staff do surveys for invasive species. The project can be found here: https://andrewroylaws.github.io/cisma_planning_app/ Any feedback you may have, please feel free to contact Andrew directly (andrewroylaws@gmail.com)

Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus) Beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens) Chicory (Cichorium intybus) Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense) Creeping yellowcress (Rorippa sylvestris) Large-flower primrose-willow (Ludwigia grandiflora) Oak-leaved goosefoot (Chenopodium glaucum) Oriental ladys thumb (Polygonum cespitosum) Rough bugleweed (Lycopus asper) Silktree (Albizia julibrissin) Spotted ladysthumb (Polygonum persicaria) Water mint (Mentha aquatica) Weeping alkaligrass (Puccinellia distans) Winter vetch (Vicia villosa) In order to see these species within the smartphone app, go to More > Settings > Reload Species Catalog.

Below is the link to download versions of the MISIN android app for devices running older version of the Android operating system. Please note that Google sets these target requirements for new apps and app updates. https://www.misin.msu.edu/0/webservice/android/installer/index.html If you have any questions or need any help - please contact me!

Hi all, The MISIN smartphone training app has been completed and can be found at the following URL: https://www.misin.msu.edu/media/video/misin_appVideo_final.mp4

Links to new training modules as well as most recent species training module: http://www.misin.msu.edu/train/MISIN/datacollection/index.html http://www.misin.msu.edu/train/MISIN/treatmenttracker/index.html https://www.misin.msu.edu/train/species/SpottedLanternfly Help Page with additional documentation: https://www.misin.msu.edu/help/

Quick google image search identified it as Winged sumac but I wanted to see if anyone had any other opinions as to what it might be. Currently growing my parents yard in CT...

I am certainly not a plant expert but maybe mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) or Wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris) ? I am sure our CISMA coordinators will be able to properly identify this species! @Katie Grzesiak

@Christina Baugher - Thank you for the assistance.

@Christina Baugher - would the scat be small, like the size of sprinkles on a donut?

Thank you Christina! I will let her know.

Hi everyone, a Facebook user sent us these images of an unknown substance in her yard - eggs maybe? She had never seen something like before and was unsure what it could be.

Just in case you are looking for more information on wild parsnip - I wanted to share with you some articles written by David Eagan, Honorary Fellow, Department of Botany, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison. https://dnr.wi.gov/wnrmag/html/stories/1999/jun99/parsnip.htm https://dnr.wi.gov/wnrmag/2017/06/Burn.PDF https://dnr.wi.gov/wnrmag/html/stories/2000/jun00/parsnip.htm