Funded by the Fund for Lake Michigan and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Energy Transition Community Grant Program, the Lake Plain Strike Team will provide Lake Plain landowners a means to effectively and efficiently control a suite of 18 priority invasive plant species across 350 populations within 6000 acres of high quality coastal natural areas in Kenosha County, Wisconsin and Lake County, Illinois, complementing ongoing habitat restoration work and expanding the reach of a regional Early Detection and Rapid Response (EDRR) strategy in northeast Illinois and southeast Wisconsin.  Working on an hourly basis, the Contractors shall provide invasive plant management control for one year with the majority of the work occurring during the growing season.