The West Michigan Conservation Network, formerly the West Michigan Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (CISMA), covers Allegan, Kent, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, and Ottawa Counties. This organization is a volunteer organization composed of environmental groups, governmental organizations, non-profit organizations, and private citizens all working together to address invasive species on a local scale. The goal of this group is provide outreach on invasive species and their impacts as well conducting invasive species management on both public and private land.
This project was funded in part with funds from the Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program through the Departments of Natural Resources, Environmental Quality, and Agriculture and Rural Development.
Heading outdoors?
Take 10 to check trees for invasive Asian longhorned beetle: http://bit.ly/3OQlbmO
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August is #TreeCheckMonth! Take 10 minutes to check your trees for signs of Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB).
The invasive beetle hasn’t been found in Michigan, but if introduced, could threaten the one billion maple trees in our state.