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You'll come for the view, PHRAGMITES ... COMING TO A it was the appropriate time
but you'll be back for the food... TOWN NEAR YOU... CONTIN- on the day of Jobbie Nooner
UED FROM PAGE 24 since we had no wind and the
Sunset Bay help provide multiple stress- fire staff anticipated the smoke
Waterfront Restaurant es on the plants, but also will would lift well and wouldn’t
prepare the site for subsequent be an issue.
NOW OPEN YEAR ROUND! years’ herbicide treatments. Mechanical methods
Remodeled ...AND, new 2nd Floor Addition to host Creating stresses through a (mowing & cutting) must be
series of multiple treatments is used carefully to avoid stim-
your party! New Management! New Menu!! the most effective way to con- ulating growth of phragmites.
trol phragmites. Mowing alone leaves the
In - House Smoked BBQ Like thousands of plants’ rhizomes behind (un-
us witnessed over Lake St. derground root systems) and
SeafoodB◆urSgaenrsdw◆ iNchaecsho◆sChicken Clair June 27, 2014, accord- regeneration from those rhi-
ing to the DNR, a controlled zomes may cause an increase
Enjoy our daily prescribed fire is recommend- in stand density.
Food & Happy Hour Specials ed where phragmites exist Over $1.3 in grants
in large dense stands. Use of have been supplied to us by
Call for Carry Outs or Delivery to prescribed fire without first the National Coastal Wetland
your Boat while @ Munchies Bay! treating with herbicides does Conservation Group and the
Phone: 586-648-6970 not control phragmites, and in- Great Lakes Restoration Ini-
stead may encourage rhizome tiative in the last recent years
By Boat: Lots of dockage! growth (the roots underground as well as local city and town-
that are as deep as 6’ down) ship spending. Local Water-
Look for our bright yellow seawall and cause phragmites’ popu- fowl Groups, including Ducks
on Bouvier Bay - N. Anchor Bay lations to become more vigor- Unlimited, the St. Clair Flats
ous. Prescribed fire should be Waterfowlers, and Harsen’s
By Car: 7479 Dyke Road (M29) conducted the year following Island Waterfowlers are also
herbicide treatment, either in supporters of this effort.
Clay Township, MI - only 15 Minutes
off I-94/23 Mile Road Exit late summer or winter Helicopter Spraying the St. John’s
prior to spring green- Marsh in Fair Haven & Clay Twp.
up. Both options are
very effective in con-
trolling phragmites
and encouraging na-
tive plant growth.
Prescribed fire con-
ducted in late sum-
mer as a second-year
treatment following
SWmealclloBmoea!ts Boat Wells an herbicide treatment is pre- HOW TO GET THE
Starting at $600 ferred. A prescribed fire in late RIGHT CHEMICALS &
summer destroys seed heads, TRAINING SEMCOG - The
and Winter removes dead stems, and helps Southeast Michigan Council
Storage kill any phragmites plants that of Governments and
$1.25/ft.2 survived the initial herbicide Continued on Next Page ....
treatment. The DNR claimed
Keep your boat at the "calm" end of Lake St. Clair... These dead phragmites need to be
Great area for family watersports including tubing & burned or cut down to make way
swimming in the clear warm fresh waters of Bouvier
Bay. Home port of the new "Sunset Bay" restaurant. for our native growth.
20 Guest Wells ■ 40 Annual Slips Available up to 30'
Shore Power & Water ■ Restrooms / Showers
Fenced/Secure Outside Storage ■ Hoist Services ■ Boat Repair
Phone: 586-949-8122
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