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City launches Phragmites survey and treatment program with Great Lakes Commission PATH grant

5844373 · July 23, 2025
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Pepper Pike briefed council on a grant-funded pilot to assess and treat Phragmites in a retention basin; a year‑long protocol will use an aquatic‑approved herbicide followed by biomass removal and site recovery with monitoring by Great Lakes Commission PATH program staff.

City staff updated council July 22 on a grant-funded pilot to assess and begin treating invasive Phragmites in a water-retention basin at Shaker and Brainerd.

Staff described a three‑hour field visit by Great Lakes Commission PATH program specialists (Autumn McGowan and Theresa Gruninger) who measured stem density and stem width in…

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