Wisconsin Regional and County Weed Groups

This is a list of informal groups and contacts for people working on invasive issues in different parts of Wisconsin. These are not formal organizations, but groups of people working together on issues in their region. Some of them meet on a regular basis and have active projects, others are just getting started.

• North Woods CWMA ( Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron) –Dara Olson, GLIFWC, dolson@glifwc.org, (715) 682-6619 x 129 Northwoods CWMA
• Giant Hogweed CWMA (Iron and Gogebic, MI) – Ian Shackleford, Ottawa National Forest, ishackleford@fs.fed.us, (906) 932-1330 ext. 508
• CWMA (Sawyer, Price, Rusk and Taylor)* - Marjy Brzeskiewicz, Chequamegon/Nicolet National Forest, mbrzeskiewicz@fs.fed.us, 715-762-5199.
• Vilas/Oneida CWMA (very beginning stages) - Marjy  Brzeskiewicz, Chequamegon/Nicolet National Forest, mbrzeskiewicz@fs.fed.us, willow@pctcnet.net, 715-762-5199.
  • Vilas Co. Aquatic Invasive Species Initiative – Ted Ritter, Vilas Co. Land Conservation Dept., teritt@co.vilas.wi.us, (715) 479-3738
  • Oneida Co.Aquatic Invasives coordinator – 715-369-7836
• Presque Isle Garlic Mustard Group - Merrill Horswill, nirvanas3@yahoo.com
• Wild Rivers CWMA (Forest/Florence) Counties – Chantelle DeLay, wildriverscwma@gmail.com  715-528-4464, Jamie Remme, Jamie.remme@wisconsin.gov  715-528-440 ext 109
• Forest/Florence/(Oconto) Counties - (very beginning stages) - Marjy  Brzeskiewicz, Chequamegon/Nicolet National Forest, mbrzeskiewicz@fs.fed.us, willow@pctcnet.net, 715-762-5199.
• Door Co. Invasive Species Team – Bob Bultman, Door Co. Land Conservation Dept., dcist1@gmail.com, (920) 746-2214
• Brown Co. Invasive Plant Group – Vijai Pandian, UW Extension Horticulture Agent, Brown Co. vijai.pandian@ces.uwex.edu, (920) 391-4611
• Greater Sauk Co. Invasive Plant Team – John Exo, UW Extension Basin Educator, john.exo@ces.uwex.edu, (608) 355-3554, and Jen Stewart, Sauk County Land Conservation Department, jstewart@co.sauk.wi.us, (608) 355-3245
• Monroe Co. Invasive Plant Team, david.beckmann1@us.army.mil, 608-388-5374
• Madison Area Weed Warriors – Tammy Bieberstein, jybolybey@yahoo.com, (608) 257-1329
• Friends of Fitchburg Parks Volunteers – Susan Elias, sjaneelias@charter.net,  608-695-6590
• South-Eastern Wisconsin Invasives Species Cooperative (SEWISC) – Jill Hapner, Washington County Land Conservation Dept. jill.hapner@co.washington.wi.us, 262-335-4802 Brochure (PDF, 2.5 MB)
  • Ozaukee/Washington Invasives Group - Mark Feider, OW Land Trust, feider@wi.rr.com
  • Milwaukee Co. – Jim Goulee, Executive Director-Park People, jim@parkpeoplemke.org, (414) 273-PARK
  • Racine/Kenosha Invasive Plant Group* - Lori Artiomow, artiomow@tds.net
  • Waukesha Co. – Waukesha Land Conservancy, wclc@wi.rr.com, 608-996-2135
• NE Rock County - Linda Yunker, linda.yunker@tallgrassrestoration.com,  (847) 925-9830

The following are contacts for anyone interested in helping to start a regional group. No formal groups have been developed for these areas, but the following people are interested in doing so:

• Military Ridge Heritage Area Group* - Cathy Bleser, Catherine.bleser@wisconsin.gov, 608-275-3308 and Amy Staffen,
• Manitowoc Co. – Tom Ward, TomWard@co.manitowoc.wi.us, 920-683-4184
• Southwestern WI – Jesse Bennett, jesse@driftlesslandstewardship.com, 608-996-2135
• W. Dane/E. Iowa Co. – Bob Wernerehl, Blue Mounds Project, wernerehl@wisc.edu, 608-577-8672
• The Prairie Enthusiasts(several regional chapters), astaffen@tds.net
  TPE has chapters covering much of the state who are interested in working with others on invasives concerns