The Region 5 Tribal Wetland Working Group (TWWG) held a Wetland Vegetation Identification Training in the summer of 2024. The training included online interactive sessions to review the basics of plant identification, followed by a four one-day field training sessions held in Michigan, Wisconsin, northern Minnesota, and southern Minnesota.
The wetland vegetation identification field training sessions are summarized below:
| Field Training Session | Trainers | Date | Location | |||||||||||||
| Michigan Wetland Plant Identification Field Training and Demonstration of EGLE's Wetland Vegetation Monitoring Protocols |
Katie Fairchild, EGLE | August 1, 2024 | Hosted by the Sault Tribe in the St. Ignace, MI area | |||||||||||||
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Wisconsin Wetland Plant Identification and Rapid FQA Field Training
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Sally Jarosz and Allison Willman, WI DNR |
July 17, 2024
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Lac du Flambeau Reservation | |||||||||||||
| Northern Minnesota Wetland Plant Identification Field Training |
Mike Bourdaghs, MPCA; Rhett Johnson and Rebecca Holmstrom, MNDNR | July 1, 2024 |
Fond du Lac Reservation / UM Cloquet Forestry Center, Cloquet, MN | |||||||||||||
| Southern Minnesota Wetland Plant Identification Field Training | Mike Bourdaghs, MPCA; Megan Benage and Dustin Graham, MN DNR | July 2, 2024 | Schaefer Prairie, McLeod County, MN |
The online training sessions provided an Introduction to Plant Identification, covering the basics of plant identification and setting attendees up for success in future field plant identification classes. Recordings of the training sessions are available to view below. The training was divided into two sessions:
- Module 1: Nomenclature, Resources, and Types (PRESENTATION PDF)
- Module 2: Plant Parts (Buds, Leaves, Flowers, and Bark) (PRESENTATION PDF)
Module 1: Project Trainer: Jeff Lapp, National Assocation of Wetland Managers
Module 2: Project Trainer: Jeff Lapp, National Association of Wetland Managers
