Invasive Species

North Country Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area

North Country Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (NCCISMA) acts as an umbrella organization, bringing together a diverse group of partners to collaborate on programs and projects designed to combat invasive species. NCCISMA empowers people to address invasive species on their own property through:

  • Assistance in identifying invasive species

  • Guidance on treating invasive species and buying herbicides

  • Invasive species treatment demonstrations

  • Strike Team for hire to control high-priority invasive species on private property

  • Outreach and educational events 

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How you can help

  • Invasive phragmites tall grasses

    Learn the characteristics of the High Priority Invasive Species

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    Utilize the Midwestern Invasive Species Network to document your discoveries

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    Learn options and techniques to remove invasives from your land

Strike Team for Hire

North Country CISMA staff will visit your property to assess your invasive species infestation and provide you with a quote for treatment.

Treatments are performed at cost, depending on the size, plant species, and equipment used.

This service is designed to target regional high-priority species and can be utilized by landowners that do not wish to carry out treatment on their own, or have a small infestation where it would be cost prohibitive to hire a contractor.

North Country CISMA's at-cost Strike Team For Hire program is intended to assist property owners dealing with small to medium size invasive species infestations that would typically be cost prohibitive for local contractors to treat.

* Requests for Strike Team For Hire control at sites requiring specialized equipment for location access, or large sites beyond the scope of the program, will be referred to a private contractor.

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Invasives Species Technician:

Emily Fredricks

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