Lower Chippewa Invasives Partnership, Inc. is an organization that reaches goals toward invasive species awareness and control to educate and organize our community partners.  The mission statement of the partnership is to control invasive plants by fostering partner cooperation and community action.

The partnership communicates and cooperates with conservation and environmental organizations whose goal is to do the same.  As various projects arise the organization seeks funding from local, state, and federal sources to accomplish such projects.  Our LCIP By Laws 4-25-2019  guide our activities.  The Partnership is an IRS 501(c)(3) organization, therefore, membership may be tax-deductible. We do not have a membership that requires monetary donations but is always grateful for any tax-deductible donations.

2022-2025 LCIP Strategic Plan

LCIP Goals:

• Sustain yearly community projects, presentations, and exhibitions that show the latest success and failures of invasive species control methods, maintenance, and outreach/education
• Maintain working relationships and information sharing with Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, and Pierce County Highway  Departments & Townships to slow the spread of commonly found Wild Chervil, Wild Parsnip, Spotted Knapweed, and Phragmites
• Expand outreach and educational materials within the five-county area through media articles/news alerts, newsletters, the LCIP website that will allow citizens to make educated decisions on their property and public lands
• Encourage alternative uses for invasive shrubs and trees for fine art, lumber, furniture, and funding to support other organizations
• Expand into Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) through Beaver Creek Reserve-Citizen Science Center AIS program and Coordinator

2019 LCIP Annual Meeting where 28 people participated from many of our partners!