Woody Invasives Update
/By Dan Engstrom, MIWP Forest Management Committee
The Madeline Island Wilderness Preserve has been battling the spread of woody invasive plants — buckthorn, barberry, and Eurasian honeysuckle — on our Island for more than 15 years. That effort, initially carried out by volunteers and seasonal interns, took a quantum leap in 2018 when we hired Nile Merton and his company, Chequamegon Environmental LLC (formerly Bay Area Environmental Consulting) to develop a systematic, island-wide plan to control the invasion and the threat it poses to the health of our Island forests. Now in its 6th year, the program has made remarkable strides…