LAND CONSERVATION
Brent Tessmer, County Conservationist

Klayton Kree, Engineering Technician
Pamela Holz, Conservation Program Specialist
925 Donald St, Medford, WI 54451   |   (P) 715.748.1469   |   (F) 715.748.1415

INVASIVE SPECIES

Taylor County is part of the Upper Chippewa Invasive Species Partnership which also incorporates Price, Rusk, and Sawyer Counties. The partnership includes private citizens, private businesses, the USFS, other County Conservation Departments and the DNR. In addition, the LCD works with Golden Sands RC&D to inventory, control, and eradicate aquatic invasives.

 Projects include:
  • Mapping of invasive species in Taylor, Price, Rusk and Sawyer Counties
  • Buckthorn Bash with Medford 5th graders
  • Purple Loosestrife Biocontrol program
  • Education programs – school groups, lake associations, etc.
  • Landowner assistance with identification and eradication
  • Control efforts of select invasive species including Wild Parsnip, Japanese Knotweed, Garlic Mustard, and Leafy Spurge 
Aquatic Species Survey

Golden Sands RC&D has been surveying Taylor County’s waters and inventorying native and invasive species. Click below to see the most recent results.

Species mapped in Taylor County include:

Other species mapped: Bishops Goutweed, Creeping Bellwort, European Marsh Thistle, Eurasian Bush, Everlasting Pea, Garden Yellow Loosestrife, Hound’s Tongue, Russian Knapweed, and Wormwood.