The Mid-Michigan Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (MM-CISMA) was established in April 2016 by the Ingham Conservation District through funding from the Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program (MISGP) which is a collaborative effort of the Michigan Departments of Natural Resources, Environmental Quality, & Agriculture and Rural Development. This CISMA covers Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, & Ionia counties and creates a partnership between the four county conservation districts and over 35 local organizations.

The MM-CISMA increases our ability to work together across jurisdictional lines by coordinating prevention, early detection and rapid response to invasive species both on land and in our lakes and streams. The MM-CISMA priority species are lesser celandine, black swallow-wort, Japanese knotweed, and European frogbit. Through education and outreach, identification and reporting, and treatment of invasive species, we hope to spread the word, not the species, in Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, and Ionia counties.