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Spring Beetle Collection
Posted below is contact information for Purple Loosestrife Project cooperators who have agreed to host beetle collections in their counties. The redistribution of beetles from one loosestrife patch to another is a great way to contribute to controlling this invasive plant.

Emmet County
Nearest Town: Petoskey
Contact: Jennifer Gelb
Affiliation: Tip of the Mitt
Phone: (231) 347-1181 x 112
E-mail: jen@watershedcouncil.org

Livingston County
Nearest Town: Howell
Contact: Irene McDonnell Cahill
Phone: (517) 483-4205
E-mail: icahill@comcast.net

Washtenaw County
Nearest Town: Ann Arbor
Contact: Linda Coughenour
Affiliation: Washtenaw Audubon Society
Phone: (734) 622-7487
E-mail: linda.coughenour@pfizer.com 

Also See:
Regional Cooperative Biological Control (CBC) Network
How to Collect Beetles

• Purple Loosestrife ID Card

• Contacts
  
• Join the PLP mailing list
• Cooperator's Handbook
  

• K-12 Learning Activities
• Photos and illustrations
  

Cooperators please use the standardized Spring & Fall Sampling methods and sampling forms and send them to the Purple Loosestrife Project office.