Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
17. Ball, J. P. 1985. Marsh management by water level manipulation or other natural
techniques: a community approach. Pages 261-277 in H. H. Prince and F. M.
D'Itri, eds. Coastal wetlands. Lewis Publ., Inc. Chelsea, MI.
A community multi-species approach to marsh management will both minimize human conflicts and maximize benefits for most plants and animals in Great Lakes and other marshes. Natural techniques are particularly appropriate for this community approach. Alone or in conjunction with fire or muskrat activity (real or simulated by mowing), water level manipulation is an ideal way to manage marshes. Dikes can be used to create or restore marshes, but a community approach is required to maximize benefits for all species. Long-term, experimental, interdisciplinary studies are needed both to understand the natural dynamics that should be duplicated and to understand the effects of natural management techniques, many of which are indirect. [From author's abstract]
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