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Mute swans are once again a topic ofheated debate in Oakland County.Controversy is not new to the debate, onethat has featured many disputedquestions over the years: Native or non-

native? Aggressive or peaceful? Beauty or beast? To bekilled or not to be killed? Now a national organizationis jumping into the fray at the behest of a countyresident who hopes to bring an end to efforts todrastically reduce Michigan's mute swan population.

Just last year, the state's Natural ResourcesCommission (NRC) adopted a wildlife conservationorder amendment prohibiting the release of muteswans back into the wild after being removed from theenvironment for rehabilitation.

That did not sit well with mute swan advocates."I think it's pathetic (that) for the amount of swans

that the rehabbers take in per year — all partiesagreed 40 was the magic number — that they couldn'tallow them to continue their rehab efforts," said KarenStamper, a Walled Lake resident who has been fightingon behalf of mute swans for years.

The state's revised conservation order promptedStamper to contact the Humane Society of the UnitedStates — which is not affiliated with the MichiganHumane Society — with her concerns.

According to Stamper, the society got involved inApril after being separately alerted by Stamper and aMuskegon woman about the issues surrounding muteswans in Michigan.

The Humane Society of the United States sent aletter to the state Department of Natural Resources(DNR) last month outlining several proposals on howto address mute swan population issues, including amoratorium on the killing of the swans.

Stamper said she believes the having the society getinvolved will help raise awareness of mute swan issuesin Michigan.

The mute swan is considered an exotic, invasive,non-native species in the United States, according tostate and federal wildlife officials. A native of Europeand some parts of Asia, the species is believed to havebeen introduced to North America from the mid-1800sthrough the early 1900s for its ornamental value.

According to Cornell University's Lab of Ornithology,individual mute swans were imported to many areas ofNorth America, including Chicago and New York, asadornments at city parks, zoos, large estates, andaviculture collections. And it's believed that the releaseor escape of individual birds from these early captiveflocks resulted in the current feral mute swanpopulations of today.

However, since then, mute swans have been able tooutcompete native waterfowl for breeding habitats andcontinue to reproduce at a high rate. According to DNRstatistics, the population has risen from an estimated5,400 birds in 2000 to an estimated 15,500 in 2010.

Yet, there have been doubts and questions raisedabout the mute swan population numbers reported bythe DNR.

According to DNR Waterfowl Specialist BarbaraAvers, population estimates were gleaned from theDNR's spring breeding waterfowl survey, an aerialsurvey conducted every year by trained observerscomprised of wildlife biologists and technicians.

As a non-native species, the mute swan is notprotected under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act.Therefore, the regulation of mute swans is theexclusive jurisdiction of states.

Contrary to state and federal officials' claims, muteswan advocates argue that the species is actually anative species — and even if they are not, that theyhave at least become "naturalized citizens."

According to the DNR, mute swans pose threats tonative wildlife, humans, and wetland habitats.

The first threat is the impact on the submergedaquatic vegetation that grows in lakes.

"Basically, they eat a tremendous amount," Averssaid. "A bigger group of swans can destroy a wholebed of vegetation easily and then there are not thesame resources left for the native waterfowl species."

A vers also said there are studies suggesting thatthe amount of submered aquatic vegetation thatmute swans consume has had negative impacts

on aquatic ecosystems. Swan advocates are skeptical about such studies

since they have come from Maryland — not fromMichigan.

The second threat is that mute swans can displacenative waterfowl — including the native trumpeter

swan the DNR has been trying to reintroduce — bycompeting for breeding habitat. Mute swans have atendency to become "exceptionally aggressive" duringbreeding and the rearing of their cygnets.

This territorial aggression poses a third threat whenit is directed toward humans. Avers said the DNR hasreceived numerous reports of mute swan aggressiontowards kayakers, people in canoes, and even peopleon shore.

The DNR has a Mute Swan Management andControl Program Policy outlining short- and long-termstate population goals, which include reducingMichigan's mute swan population growth to zero by2016 and bringing the overall population to less than2,000 by 2030.

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Permits are issued for the following reasons:• To stabilize or reduce mute swan population levels

or to prevent new populations of feral mute swansfrom being established;

• To prevent mute swan interference with theestablishment, re-establishment or reproductivesuccess of endangered, threatened or native wildlifespecies; and with the establishment or re-establishmentof native vegetation; and

• To protect public health, safety, or welfare.Permits must be obtained in order to take mute

swans or their nests and eggs.

In order to get a permit to remove mute swans ortheir nests and eggs from a waterway, a petitionwith signatures from 70 percent of the lakeshore

property owners must be submitted; or a resolutionfrom an elected local government representing theproperty owners that approves mute swan control forthe site must be obtained.

Once a permit is in hand, people are authorized toconduct mute swan population control activitiesthemselves or contract a licensed nuisance animalcontrol firm. If those who have obtained a permitchoose to conduct the activities themselves, DNR staffmust oversee the removal of mute swans during thefirst year of population control efforts.

More information on the state's Mute SwanManagement and Control Program Policy can be foundat www.michigan.gov/dnr.

While the DNR's mute swan population reductionplans are endorsed by several conservation groups —including the National Audubon Society, MichiganAudubon Society, the American Bird Conservancy, andDucks Unlimited — the Humane Society of the UnitedStates believes it needs some work.

According to the Humane Society letter to the DNRsent by Dr. John Grandy, the society's senior vicepresident of wildlife and habitat protection, the DNR'sprogram policy document is inadequate.

"Neither document provides more than summaryassertions as to the presumably negative activities orbehaviors attributed to free-ranging mute swans thatcould justify killing individual swans, much less thewholesale destruction of (tens) of thousands envisionedin the Order or Program Policy," Grandy wrote.

He also wrote that there is a lack of supporting dataand case studies that support the need for mass muteswan killing.

"There seem to be no concrete objectives short ofunjustified lethal population reduction," Grandy wrote."Taken together, the two documents are not aprofessional management plan at all — they are just ablueprint for large scale killing of mute swans."

The Humane Society of the United States outlinedseveral proposals after previously meeting with

representatives of the DNR and included them in theJuly letter to the DNR. The society states the DNRshould:

• Immediately suspend the Wildlife Division MuteSwan Management and Control Program Policy andProcedures and begin to immediately revise and updatethe document;

• Immediately appoint local mute swan advisorycommittees and a statewide committee, consisting of

representatives of the Michigan Humane Society, theMichigan Save Our Swans Committee, and the HumaneSociety of the United States, along with others toadvise the department on non-lethal populationmanagement options and to liaise with the DNR in thedevelopment of a comprehensive mute swanstewardship and management plan; and

• Declare a voluntary moratorium on the lethalcontrol of free ranging mute swans, except inemergency situations, that would last until a newcomprehensive plan is completed.

DNR officials are currently reviewing thoseproposals.

"We just received it (in early July)," Avers said of theproposal. "We will be reviewing that and thenpreparing a response to the proposal."

"Hopefully, they will look at the proposal, and thepublic will get involved so that a moratorium will beput on the killings until we can work out a better planbetween the various groups and the (HumaneSociety)," Stamper said.

Meanwhile, Stamper is continuing to addinformation on the Save Our Swans ofMichigan Facebook page. There is also a

Michigan petition drive started atchange.org/petitions/stop-the-killing-of-mute-swans. Asof press time, the petition had 3,411 signatures.

A few communities in Oakland County recently hadthe mute swan population issue brought before them— with one voting against population control, one for,and one township even doing both.

In February, the Waterford Township Board ofTrustees was united in refusing to pass a resolutionthat would allow the removal and destruction of muteswan eggs and nests in the township, as well as theeuthanasia of captured mute swans.

The proposed resolution aligned with DNR guidelines.Waterford Township Treasurer Margaret Birch

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"It's one thing moving the eggs, but to outrightshoot and kill them? The only time they threaten iswhen they feel their young is being threatened," shesaid. "We didn't like the way the resolution waswritten."

W aterford resident Nick Valente submitted theresolution for the township's considerationafter learning of the DNR's focus on

decreasing the mute swan population."I didn't know these swans were invasive and

unwanted, and I was just going along with the DNRrecommendation," Valente said. "It's just one option —to get a resolution rolling."

Meanwhile, the Wolverine Lake Village Councilapproved a resolution that calls for the DNR, inconjunction with the state Department of Agricultureand Rural Development, to carry out the village's muteswan nest and egg destruction efforts on municipalproperty.

Wolverine Lake's mute swan management programwas revised about four years ago to eradicate swannests and destroy eggs on public property.

The village doesn't advocate the culling oreuthanization of mute swans.

"We do nest destruction and egg collection so wewouldn't have to do culling or killing," said VillageCouncil President John Magee.

According to Magee, there has been a surge in themute swan pairings on village property. The village'sWater Management Board conducts a waterfowl countonce a year.

"The nesting pairs have increased from 6 or 7 to 10or 11," he said. "As the state population increasessignificantly, we also get a larger number of nests onthe lake."

Magee also noted that he is seeing a number ofnon-nesting transitory swans around the lake.

"Both the mute swans and transitory swans are thetwo groups the DNR wants to decrease the populations(of)," Magee said.

Egg collection and nest destruction in the villagehistorically has been conducted by an outsidecontractor. Now the DNR, at no cost to the village, willbe taking over that task.

"The only thing that changes is now the DNR hasfunding to do this service for us," Magee said.

The West Bloomfield Township Board of Trusteesalso recently wrestled with the mute swan issue.

In June, the township board unanimously approveda resolution authorizing the removal of mute swans,and their nests and eggs, from township lakefronthomes after Michael Mankvitz, a board member of theMiddle Straits Lake Association, wrote a letter totownship Clerk Cathy Shaughnessy on behalf of theresidents of Middle Straits Lake regarding issues withaggressive swans in the area.

Mankvitz stated that incidents with swans have

included attacks on small boats, watercraft, kayaks,waterskiers, and wakeboarders that have resulted ininjuries and erratic boating to avoid swans.

However, following the resolution's initial approval,the township received feedback from other residentsprotesting the removal of the swans, which would havebeen handled by the DNR.

Township Supervisor Michele Economou Ureste saidshe met with members of the Michigan HumaneSociety, who told her that the DNR's process of swanremoval involves euthanasia and that the societyconsiders that to be inhumane.

"I don't believe it's the health and safety risk that itwas made out to be," Ureste said. "Mute swans are nodifferent than trumpeter swans."

Trumpeter swans are considered to be native toNorth America, unlike the mute swan, according tostate and federal wildlife officials.

At a July 16 board meeting, the West BloomfieldBoard of Trustees unanimously approved rescinding itsprevious resolution. Shaughnessy said that thetownship will not be taking any more action regardingthe controversial issue.

"We won't have our swans killed," she said.The board received feedback from township

residents at the July meeting regarding the removal ofmute swans.

"We received a great deal of public outcry, as well asmore details on the DNR program," said West BloomfieldTreasurer Teri Weingarden of the board's reversal on the

issue. "Extermination of swans was not made clear to usat first. I thought it would be more like a gooseroundup, which is more humane. We want to allowresidents to remove swans in a humane way. The DNRcan destroy the eggs and the nest before the swans."

T he DNR was expected to kill any swans roundedup and removed from the township, according toWest Bloomfield officials.

The rescinded resolution would have applied to theentire township, but lake associations would have hadthe option to opt out if they didn't want the DNR tocome in and remove swans.

Those in favor of the swan removal effort arguedthat mute swans are not a species native to the stateand that their population growth has led to damage ofthe lakes' natural habitats and ecosystems. Argumentswere also made that ducks, herons, and otherwaterfowl species are being chased away by the muteswans. ❏

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"I think a great part of Oakland County's success hasbeen due to the natural amenities (of the area), thebeautiful lakes and rivers we have," he said. "In order tocontinue that success, we have to balance growth withmaintaining those jewels. A big part of our job isensuring the quality of the lakes."

Initially elected to his current post when it was knownas the Oakland County drain commissioner, McCullochhas been in his current role in county government for thepast 12 years. Before that he served for 10 years as an

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— which in some cases are already low — and thosewho use the county's lakes.

"From August into September we are looking to beabove normal in temperatures and still below normal inrainfall," said Danny Costello, a meteorologist andhydrologist working at the National Weather Servicestation in White Lake Township.

The lack of precipitation and higher temperatureshave caused a moderate drought in Oakland County.And with that comes brown grass and lower lake levels.

"Mild winter conditions with lower than normalsnowfall along with little rain have resulted in lowerlake levels throughout the county, which poses a seriousconcern for boat owners," saidOakland County Water ResourcesCommissioner John P. McCulloch.

Lower water levels have been seenacross the state, affecting water levelsin Lake St. Clair and the Great Lakes.

"I know lakefront property ownersand boat owners get angry andfrustrated when low lake levels affecttheir use and enjoyment of the water,"McCulloch said. "But unfortunately weare at the mercy of the weather. If wedon't get significant rainfall and adequate runoff fromsnow melt, low lake levels will continue to be a problemwe have to deal with."

Most problems for boaters stem from boat motorshitting the bottoms of sand bars and needing to extenddocks out farther into deeper water so boats aren'tresting on the bottom.

Another concern is aquatic vegetation which,according to Costello, will grow more due to receivingmore direct sunlight because of the lower water levels.

According to Steve Korth of the Oakland CountyWater Resources Commissioner's Office, this often posesproblems for people on canals.

"The water in canals aren't deep enough to beginwith and losing several inches causes a problem withincreased weed growth, which cause problems withgetting boats out of the canal," he said.

Without any kind of lake management device,whether it's a dam or augmentation well, lake levels areleft to rise and fall at the mercy of weather conditions.

In fact, evaporation and dry weather spells accountfor the two biggest difficulties when trying to maintainlake levels in the summer, which is all related to thehydrologic cycle.

In the winter, the ground is frozen, so anyprecipitation that falls doesn't enter into a lake. Butwhen the snow begins to melt, a lot of water is goinginto adjacent waterways and lakes, resulting in risingwater levels — especially since in early spring, prior tothe grass growing and tree leaves blooming, the wateris sucked out of the ground at a much slower pace.

When the tree leaves and grass begin to grow, theytake more water from the ground. That water isreplenished by large sources of surface water, or lakes,and put back into the ground.

Thus, lake levels have a tendency to drop all summerlong since the water that should be feeding a lake isbeing used by growing plants. That water won't returnto a lake unless there is precipitation, which comes

from evaporation of waterways andthe transpiration of plants. If there isno precipitation, lake levels go down,only returning after a rain event. Asthe summer continues, the cyclerepeats itself, resulting in fluctuatinglake levels.

There are a few means that canbe used to attempt to control lakelevels, such as the use of controlstructures.

A control structure is an artificialbarrier used to regulate the level of the lake, such as adam, a weir, a pipe or any other similar type of barrier.The level of a lake can also be controlled by using anaugmentation well to put additional water into a lake,or a pump can be used to lower a lake level.

The Water Resources Commissioner's Office operatesand maintains 36 lake level control structures and eightlake level augmentation well pumps in the county. Insome cases, the level of more than one lake iscontrolled by a single control structure. The office hascourt-ordered responsibility for maintaining normalwater levels for 54 Oakland County lakes.

A lake's legal level represents a lake's surface waterlevel as compared to sea level. Legal levels areestablished by Oakland County Circuit Court judgesunder state statute, but Part 307 of Public Act (PA) 59of 1995 delegates the responsibility of participating inthe legal proceedings to establish and maintain normallake levels to the county's Water ResourcesCommissioner's Office.

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Following are the waterway level readings for lakes and rivers across Oakland County, as compiled by personnel in Oakland County Water ResourcesCommissioner John P. McCulloch’s office. Legal levels are denoted by elevation in feet from sea level. Current (one month prior to press time) levels are denotedboth in elevation from sea level and as plus or minus the legal level in hundredths feet. Prior year elevation from sea level is provided as a comparison. Riverdepths are measured from the river bottom, at the point of measurement.

Angelus 950.00 949.65 –.35 949.98

Bevins 910.40 910.09 –.31 910.67

Big 1017.30 1016.71 –.59 1017.24 Winter Lvl: 1016.70

Bunny Run 965.95 966.22 +.27 966.15 Winter Lvl: 965.45

Bush Lake 913.60 912.98 –.62 913.57

Cass 929.22 929.22 Legal 929.44 Winter Lvl: 927.87

Cedar Island 934.00 934.35 +.35 934.40

Cemetery-Dollar 968.50 968.41 –.09 968.63 2)

Clinton River 2.10 1.88 –.22 2.16

Commerce 906.80 906.98 +.18 907.02

Crystal 917.50 917.18 –.32 916.19 7) Winter Lvl: 917.00

Dawson Mill Pond 928.60 928.54 –.06 928.80 6) Winter Lvl: 927.25

Duck 1016.63 1016.50 –.13 1016.70

Fox 930.00 929.90 –.10 930.08

Huron River 1.08 0.90 –.18 1.06 5)

Indianwood 992.62 992.78 +.16 992.80 Winter Lvl: 992.12

Lakeville 952.30 952.20 –.10 952.33

Long (Commerce Twp.) 933.00 933.12 +.12 933.00

Loon 949.30 949.10 –.20 949.43 2), 3)

Louise-Huff 962.27 962.14 –.13 962.42 8)

Middle & Lower Straits 930.70 930.25 –.45 930.68

Mohawk 949.30 949.14 –.16 949.42 2), 3)

Oakland-Woodhull 957.50 957.54 +.04 957.63

Orchard 930.50 929.97 –.53 930.53

Oxbow 942.75 942.40 –.35 942.80

Oxford-Multi 1017.80 1017.90 +.10 1018.00 1)

Pontiac 962.83 962.49 –.34 963.22

Schoolhouse 949.30 949.12 –.18 949.44 2), 3)

Scott 951.00 949.60 –1.40 949.62

Sylvan-Otter 928.60 928.63 +.03 928.90 6) Winter Lvl: 927.25

Tipsico 1015.39 1,015.39 –.69 1015.14

Union 927.07 927.04 –.03 927.23

Upper Straits 930.80 930.42 –.38 930.83

Van Norman 966.70 966.52 –.18 966.78 2), 4)

Walled & Shawood 932.80 932.20 –.60 932.92 Winter Lvl: 932.10

Watkins 950.00 949.98 –.02 949.72

Waumegah 1049.90 1049.64 –.26 1049.62

White 1019.10 1018.92 –.18 1019.15

Williams 965.42 964.93 –.49 965.70 2)

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NOTES:1) Oxford-Multi includes: Cedar, Clear, Long, Squaw, Mickelson & Tan Lakes.2) Waterford-Multi (WML) includes: Cemetery (Middle), Dollar, Greens, Maceday, Lotus, Lester, Van Norman,

Williams, Mohawk, Wormer, Schoolhouse, Silver, Upper Silver and Loon Lakes.3) The Loon Lake control structure also controls Mohawk, Wormer, Schoolhouse, Silver and Upper Silver Lakes.4) The Van Norman control structure also controls Greens, Maceday, Lotus and Lester Lakes.5) Lake Angelus, Huron River and Clinton River levels not under the jurisdiction of this office.6) The Dawson Mill Pond and Sylvan-Otter Lakes are controlled by the Price Dam.7) Crystal Lake is controlled by the Walter Moore Dam.8) Lake Louise and Huff Lake are controlled by the Ruth Johnson Dam.

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A normal level is considered by state law as the levelor levels of the water of an inland lake that provide themost benefit to the public; that best protect the publichealth, safety and welfare; that best preserve thenatural resources of the state; and that best preserveand protect the value of the property around a lake,according to the Water Resources Commissioner's Officewebsite.

In order to establish a legal lake level, at least two-thirds of lakefront property owners who have propertythat actually abuts a lake must sign a petition to acounty board of commissioners. Action is then initiatedto determine the normal level of the lake. The resultingaction is generally a feasibility study conducted by alicensed professional engineer.

The feasibility study determines what the lake levelshould be, based on research culled from historical lakelevels and seasonal fluctuations; thelocation of septic tanks, sea walls,docks and other physical features;downstream impacts; fisheries andwildlife habitat protection; andwatershed hydrology.

The board of commissioners hasthe authority to require a paymentfrom the property owners, collectively,of $10,000 or the total cost of thefeasibility study, whichever is thelesser of the two amounts.

Once a legal lake level is set by thecircuit court, the Water Resources Commissioner'sOffice takes responsibility for monitoring andmaintaining a lake's legal level.

Six bodies of water in the county with legal levelsmonitored and maintained by the office don't have awinter level set by the Oakland County Circuit Court.Those bodies of water are the Huron River, Scott Lakein Waterford Township, Lake Angelus, Bush Lake inHolly Township, the Clinton River, and Upper StraitsLake in Orchard Lake Village and West BloomfieldTownship.

When the level of a lake is measured at lower thanits legal level, the Water Resources Commissioner'sOffice has a few remedies available, such as anaugmentation well, which is sometimes used to raiselake levels if they're too low and circumstances call forit. Other than an augmentation well or a dam, thereisn't much that can be done about low lake levelsbesides hoping for precipitation and moderate airtemperatures.

"There's not much we can do," Korth said. "These

brief rain showers help, but we are getting to thehottest and driest part of summer. We are just hopingfor some relief."

Thunderstorms can help, Costello said, but even thenthere are issues because some areas will get "dumpedupon while some others don't."

"During this part of the summer even when it doesrain, a lot of it doesn't make it to the lakes," he said. "Allthe thirsty plants get to it first. So the lakes are down,but they don't seem to be terribly down. I've seenworse. We are holding our own, and right now we areat the peak climatologically of the warmest part of theyear. Average temperatures will start to go down soon.In my opinion, from the hydrologic side of things, Idon't see things getting worse."

With a few exceptions, most of the lakes monitoredby the Water Resources Commissioner's Office showed

decreases in lake levels for the weekof July 20. Nevertheless, most lakeswere able to stay close to their legallevels overall.

As of July 20, Cass Lake in WestBloomfield, Waterford, Orchard LakeVillage, and Keego Harbor was 0.03feet above its summer legal level,while Cedar Island Lake in WhiteLake Township was 0.32 feet aboveits summer legal level. North andSouth Commerce lakes in CommerceTownship were listed at being 0.10

feet above their summer legal level.Loon Lake in Waterford was measured at 0.05 feet

below its legal level on April 15.Orchard Lake was listed as 0.38 below its legal level

on July 20, and Oxbow Lake in White Lake Townshipwas 0.22 feet below its summer legal level.Schoolhouse Lake in Waterford was measured at 0.03feet above its summer legal level.

Union Lake in Commerce and West Bloomfield waslisted at 0.03 feet above its summer legal level on July20, while Walled Lake and Shawood Lake in the citiesof Walled Lake and Novi were 0.48 feet below theirsummer legal level. White Lake was 0.13 below itssummer legal mark.

Indianwood Lake in Orion Township was 0.14 feetabove its summer legal level on July 20, while LakevilleLake in Addison Township was 0.05 below its summerlegal level.

Waumegah Lake in Springfield Township was 0.21feet below its summer legal level, and Sylvan-Otter Lakewas 0.05 above its summer legal level. ❏


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"One of our family friends has a life-threatening andchronic disease that requires medication that theorganization pays for," Leach said. "If they didn't (pay forit), she said she would be out on the streets."

The Caring Voice Coalition's mission to is empowerpatients who live with a life-threatening chronic diseasethrough comprehensive outreach programs and servicesaimed at financial, emotional, and educational support.

This will be Leach's fourth time swimming for acause. Over the last four years, she has committed toswimming the length of Walled Lake to raise money forfire department needs or charity.

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Leach is no novice in the water. She has beenswimming her whole life and has worked as a lifeguardand swim instructor.

Spectators are encouraged to attend the event.Donations or pledges will be accepted. Checks, payableto Caring Voice Coalition, can be dropped off or mailedto the Walled Lake Fire Station at 1499 E. West MapleRoad, Walled Lake, 48390.

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In fact, if it's not in flower, recognition becomesvery difficult because flowering rush closely resemblesmany native emergent aquatic plants, such as thecommon bulrush, according to the Midwest InvasivePlant Network (MIPN).

Now is the time of year lakefront denizens candetect the presence of flowering rush, which is locallyabundant in Oakland County.

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment (MDARD) has flowering rush listed aRestricted Plant Species in the state.

According to the Agriculture Department,restricted plant species are those that may occurwithin the state and are generally considered asnuisances or economically detrimental; and as such,targeted plants, and their fragments, seeds or ahybrid or genetically engineered variant are restricted.

Flowering rush is found throughout the northernUnited States and Canada, according to the U.S.Department of Agriculture. It's observed throughoutMinnesota, Iowa, Michigan, and southern Ontario, aswell as in northern Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.

Flowering rush has been found in the southeastMichigan counties of Macomb, Wayne, Monroe,Washtenaw, and Oakland.

It's easiest to identify when flowering. Flowersgrow in umbrella-shaped clusters and each individualflower has three white or pink petals. They form adistinctive flat-topped spray atop the stalk. Flowersare only produced when the plant is in very shallowwater or on dry sites.

The flowering rush also has green stems thatresemble bulrushes but are triangular in the crosssection.

Emergent leaves of the flower rush grow as highas 3-feet-tall, and are stiff and narrow. The leaf tipsmay be spirally twisted. Meanwhile, under water, theleaves are limp.

Flowering rush also has an extensive root systemthat can break into new plants if disturbed.

According to the MIPN, flowering rush blooms inlate summer through early fall. The plant prefers

shallow or slow-moving water.However, according tothe MinnesotaDepartment of NaturalResources, it can growas an emergent plantalong shorelines andas a submersed plantin lakes and rivers.

As with mostaquatic invasive species, the flowering rush can posea problem to native species because it may crowd outnative plants, which in turn could affect fish andother wildlife. And while a single flowering rush plantmay not pose a problem, the plant has the ability toform dense stands that could potentially interferewith recreational lake use.

Flowering rush is just one of over 180 aquaticinvasive species (AIS) from around the world thathave made their home in the Great Lakes Basin.These foreign species range from fish toinvertebrates, from microscopic organisms to aquaticplants.

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According to the Michigan Sea Grant website, it'sestimated that aquatic invasive species continue toarrive in the Great Lakes at a rate of one every eightmonths.

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Other AIS hitchhike along with unsuspectingboaters and freighters.

It's believed that the flowering rush was firstintroduced from Europe as a garden plant. However,the plant is also able to grow well in wet places, suchas marshes, backwaters, lakes, and shorelines.

It was first found in Michigan in 1918, accordingto Indiana's Department of Natural Resources.

While using the exotic plant in gardens has mostlikely been the primary means of dispersal over longdistances, flowering rush can spread on its own onceit reaches a local watershed with the aid of rhizomes.Root pieces can break off and begin to form newplants.

Local wildlife like muskrats may also beinstrumental in the spread of the exotic plant, as theymay use it to build their homes.

Finally, boaters can also contribute to the spread offlowering rush, as the plant may get attached to theirequipment and spread from an infested waterway toa previously uninfested one.

Like most aquatic plants, flowering rushabundance varies within a lake depending on the localsite changes and changes in weather, since annualchanges in temperature and water clarity caninfluence aquatic plant abundance.

Flowering rush is sensitive to changes in waterlevel. As a "pioneer" plant, it easily invades areas that

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Meanwhile, decreases in water level may exposenew sites for flowering rush to make its home.

There are a few methods for controlling the spreadof flowering rush, provided you can accuratelyidentify the plant.

To decrease the abundance of the plant, cutting itbelow the water surface is an effective method ofcontrol, according to the Minnesota DNR. Cuttingdoes not kill the plant but decreases the abundance.As such, multiple cuts may be required throughoutthe summer to keep the plant in check. And to ensurethat cutting the plant doesn't result in new growth, allcut plant parts should be removed from the water.

A method to remove isolated plants is handdigging. However, all root fragments have to beremoved, since any disturbance to the root systemwill cause the small reproductive structures on theroots to break off and spread to other areas of thewaterway to reproduce. For this reason, raking andpulling — two methods that disturb the root systembut do not remove it — are not recommended.

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Stokes began his professional career with theDNR in 1977 and held several leadership positionswithin the department, including service as chief of

the Parks and Recreation Division, legislativeliaison, chief of staff, acting chief of the LawEnforcement Division and chief of the Office ofScience and Policy.

Following Stokes' appointment to his new role,Snyder then appointed state Agriculture DepartmentDirector Keith Creagh as the new DNR director.

"Keith is a natural choice to become our nextDNR director," Snyder said. "He has a strongunderstanding of Michigan's conservation,economic and environmental needs, vast experienceand ability to bring people together, and a love ofour state's great outdoors that will make for aseamless transition."

"I am honored to serve as director of theDepartment of Natural Resources and to work withsuch a dedicated group of professionals," Creaghsaid. "I will strive to uphold the department's greatstandard of excellence and build upon its past

successes. As a lifelong outdoor enthusiast, Iunderstand the importance of the state's

natural resources to Michigancitizens. Hunting, fishing, camping,

hiking and other outdoor pursuitsare not just hobbies in this state.They are a defining part of whowe are as Michiganders."

Gordon Guyer, a formerdirector of both the DNR andthe Agriculture Department,

praised Creagh's appointment asDNR director, calling it

"outstanding.""I've had the privilege of working

with Keith both as agriculture director and asa Neogen board member," Guyer said. "He isuniquely qualified for this position and I can't thinkof a better fit to take the helm at the DNR. He hasa tremendous ability to take a tough issue andbuild consensus. Keith's passion for our naturalresources, tourism and agriculture industries willhelp us revitalize and reinvent Michigan."

C reagh has a vast amount of managementexperience, including policy development,strategic planning, and operational

leadership. He had served as the AgricultureDepartment director since January 2011.

He first began working with the stategovernment in 1974 and has worked in a variety ofcapacities for the Agriculture Department, includingland use deputy director with the DNR andAgriculture Department, where he coordinated amulti-agency implementation plan in response to


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recommendation from the governor-appointedMichigan Land Use Leadership Council.

Creagh also provided leadership for the Farm Billand conservation programs, which broughttogether conservation organizations, state andfederal agencies, and local conservation districts toestablish conservation practices in the state.

T hroughout his tenure with the stategovernment, he has gained experience withinvasive and exotic species, conservation

easements, and environmental stewardship, as wellas working closely with stakeholder groups, federalagencies, the state Legislature, and the U.S.Congress.

Creagh was also director of industry affairs forthe Neogen Corporation, which is a company thatdevelops and provides food and animal safetysolutions to the agri-food industry. During thattime, Creagh established and maintainedrelationships with the scientific community andstate and federal regulatory agencies.

Creagh holds a bachelor's degree in forestryfrom Michigan Technological University. He is alsoan avid outdoorsman, which should serve him wellas the head of an organization such as the DNR, anorganization "committed to the conservation,protection, management, use and enjoyment of thestate's natural and cultural resources for currentand future generations."

And of course the state's natural resourcesincludes lakes.

One of the priorities of the DNR is to encouragefishing among the younger generation and to do soby providing introductory experiences, access toequipment, access to aquatic resources thatsupport fishing, access to a guide or mentor, andsocial support fishing.

The DNR also monitors the health of the state'sfish population by tracking and understanding thepathogens and disease that cause fish mortality,including viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) andbacterial kidney disease.

As part of its efforts to manage fish health, theDNR has employed rearing strategies in itshatcheries to reduce disease outbreak, and has alsoconducted surveillance on wild fish populations fora broad range of pathogens.

The DNR also manages the public boating accesssites that can be found on many lakes throughoutOakland County.

The DNR director serves at the pleasure of thegovernor and receives an annual salary of$140,000, plus benefits. According to DNR

spokesperson Ed Golder, benefits for state workersare 40 percent of the employee's annual salary.

To fill the empty director post within theAgriculture Department, Jamie Clover Adams,previously the state Department of EnvironmentalQuality's (DEQ) Policy and Legislative Affairsdirector, was chosen by the governor to take overfor Creagh.

"Michigan's food and agriculture industry is oneof the most important to our state's economy, andJamie has the experience, knowledge and skills toprovide the necessary leadership to assureMichigan food and agriculture continues to play aprominent role in our state's economic recovery,"Snyder said. "She will be an excellent director for(the Agriculture Department)."

"I am honored to serve the people of Michiganand am anxious to get to work to meet Gov.Snyder's goals for agriculture," Clover Adams said."We will strive to double our exports, work tosignificantly increase farm verifications, and helpgrow the value chain from farm to fork."

Clover Adams has a wealth of experience thatspans decades in working with both the agricultureindustry and legislative policy development.

She has served as the secretary of the Kansasstate Department of Agriculture from 1999 to2003, and was the deputy chief of staff to stateSenate Majority Leader Randy Richardville. Beforethat she served as the director of the SenateMajority Policy Office.

C lover Adams was raised on a farm inMichigan, and holds a master's degree inpublic policy from Georgetown University

and a bachelor's degree in general studies from theUniversity of Michigan.

Creagh said he approves of his successor."Jamie has great vision and leadership capacity," he

said. "Her experience makes her well suited tobecome (the Agriculture Department's) next director."

The Agriculture Department director serves atthe pleasure of the governor and receives anannual salary of $140,000. According todepartment spokesperson Jennifer Holton, CloverAdams has a pension similar to other stateemployees and does not utilize the state healthinsurance benefit.

The Agriculture Department's mission is to"assure the food safety, agricultural, environmental,and economic interests of the people of the Stateof Michigan are met through service, partnership,and collaboration."

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