Webinar: Investigating the habitat suitability of European frog-bit in the upper Great Lakes.

Webinar: Investigating the habitat suitability of European frog-bit in the upper Great Lakes.

This presentation will describe how drone-enabled sensing of European frog-bit and other invasive aquatic plants can help with identifying the presence and extent of these non-native taxa in the Great Lakes region. This project is being led by the Great Lakes Commission, in collaboration with research scientists from the Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI), who have been working with drones since 2011 for a variety of applications. Based on field data collected in 2024 in Ohio, we will show how natural color and multispectral drone imaging, when combined with appropriate image analysis tools, can create useful, high accuracy maps of European frog-bit and other invasive aquatic plants of concern to the region. Results so far will be shown for two Ohio sites with European frog-bit, and the analysis methods based on ArcGIS will be described.

Frog-bit Forum: April-June 2025

The Frog-bit Forum is a quarterly newsletter designed to deliver the most recent European frog-bit (EFB) related news, publications, and updates to your inbox four times a year. Check out our spring 2025 newsletter summary.

Webinar: Investigating the habitat suitability of European frog-bit in the upper Great Lakes.

Webinar: Demonstration of high-resolution drone-enabled mapping of European frog-bit and other invasive aquatic plants in the Great Lakes region

This presentation will describe how drone-enabled sensing of European frog-bit and other invasive aquatic plants can help with identifying the presence and extent of these non-native taxa in the Great Lakes region. This project is being led by the Great Lakes Commission, in collaboration with research scientists from the Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI), who have been working with drones since 2011 for a variety of applications. Based on field data collected in 2024 in Ohio, we will show how natural color and multispectral drone imaging, when combined with appropriate image analysis tools, can create useful, high accuracy maps of European frog-bit and other invasive aquatic plants of concern to the region. Results so far will be shown for two Ohio sites with European frog-bit, and the analysis methods based on ArcGIS will be described.

Holiday Newsletter 2024

Seasons Greetings from the European frog-bit Collaborative! Check out our 2024 holiday newsletter for a year end recap and a special holiday gift from Collaborative staff to you!

Frog-bit Forum: April-June 2024

The Frog-bit Forum is a quarterly newsletter designed to deliver the most recent European frog-bit (EFB) related news, publications, and updates to your inbox four times a year. Check out our spring 2024 newsletter summary.