Jackson Lenawee Washtenaw Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area

06/11/2026

We had a busy day at the native plant expo in Washtenaw county on saturday! We got to see two Go Beyond Beauty nurseries in action (Birtle Bee and Windy Rock)! Thanks for putting on a wonderful event! We also spoke about lesser celandine, and had a fellow cisma coordinator drop by!

06/06/2026

At the end of May, we held our training session in Washtenaw County! We appreciate those of you who made the time to attend! thank you Washtenaw County Conservation District for co-hosting with us!

06/05/2026

Who can name all the native plants?

06/04/2026

Check out the root of this Dame's rocket! You're probably seeing a lot of this plant out and about, it is a biennial so one year it's just a couple of small leaves and the second year it gets to become a big plant!
*accidentally said four flowers instead of petals, apologies 🤦🏾‍♀️

06/04/2026

This is happening this weekend! The place to be if you're interested in conservation and plants!

06/04/2026

🆕️📰🚨NEW MISIN APP!!! 🆕️📰🚨

I just wanted to make folks aware that MISIN has been redone and for folks to download the new app. Make sure you remember your login and password that you will need that. So far I am liking the new app, and everything seamlessly will transfer from the old app to the new one! Please check it out. For those using Apple products you might have to wait a couple more days before you see it in your Apple store.

I know using a new app can be a little bit daunting but I have added a note to one of the photos that shows which is the actual button to click to report the species of interest.

06/01/2026

Last week we had a great crew that pulled both Dames rocket and garlic mustard at Haehnle bird sanctuary! We pulled 37.5 lbs total, and saw less garlic mustard in previously managed areas!

05/27/2026

We're going to do a garlic mustard pull at 9:00 a.m. at this beautiful Haehnle bird sanctuary site! Please join us!

Hoping folks get this on their calendar! We will be working with Jackson Audubon to manage garlic mustard (on May 28th) and spotted knapweed (August 20th). No experience is necessary, bring your gardening gloves (if you have them) and some drinking water. *Registration is required so we can notifiy folks of delays or cancelations due to weather.

05/26/2026

We absolutely love it when folks share our posts and contents! Sometimes we have our own pictues snd memes that we create, and we ask that you share our entire post rather than download or cut and paste and create your own post/ ~ JLW CISMA

05/26/2026

As you know six species were listed as restricted/prohibited. Species were considered as prohibited if the organism is not native, not naturalized and if naturalized is not widely distributed. It was considered restricted if the organism is not native, naturalized and widely distributed in the state.

For prohibited species, prohibition will begin 30 days after the order was signed. It was signed May 20th, 2026. For restricted species, sale and cultivation of these species will be allowed in 2026 and 2027. Restriction begins January 1st 2028.

Prohibited species include water Hyacinth and water lettuce. Restricted species include Japanese barberry, glossy buckthorn, callery pear, and common buckthorn.