A New Survey of Purple Loosestrife Distribution

The Wisconsin Wetlands Association (WWA) is working with the Department of Natural Resources and the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission to update Wisconsin's purple loosestrife distribution map, which can be viewed at www.glifwc-maps.org. WWA is recruiting volunteers who will be trained next summer before they are sent out to the highways and waterways to gather data on the distribution of purple loosestrife. WWA anticipates funding to implement the project in counties adjacent to the Great Lakes in 2002, and in the rest of the state in years to follow. If you may be interested in participating in the survey, assisting in volunteer recruitment and training, or any other aspect of this important project, please call Derek Strohl, WWA program director, at (608) 250-9971 or e-mail derek@wiscwetlands.org.