Notes From The Field, October 2025
Early Detection and Rapid Response Written by Melody Cerniglia After a long field season filled with many new and old projects to explore and manage, LIISMA is finally seeing things … Read more
From the Field
Field Work in Focus, September 2025
Conservation Areas Kassidy Robinson After a packed summer, LIISMA’s projects to protect conservation areas began cooling down in September. For this season’s second visit to Sears Bellows County Park, Libby … Read more
Fieldwork in Focus, September 2024
The month of September brought into focus several of LIISMA’s important projects in conservation areas and emerging invasive species– from the beaches of Fire Island to the ponds of Suffolk … Read more
Notes From the Field, August 2024
From emerging invasive species surveys to pulling aquatic plants, the LIISMA Team has been busy in the field at the peak of summer. In late July, Abby and Kassidy took … Read more
Fieldwork in Focus, July 2024
The LIISMA team has been hard at work this month with many upcoming projects underway, many of which are still in development, but stay tuned! One of LIISMA’s field highlights … Read more
Fieldwork in Focus, June 2024
From invasive plant surveying to water chestnut pulls, the field season gets into full swing in June at LIISMA. We started the month with a return to a familiar site: … Read more
Fieldwork in Focus, May 2024
By Melody Cerniglia On May 6, 2024, the LIISMA team of Melody Cerniglia (EDRR Manager), Abby Marino (CA Manager), and Kassidy Robinson (EO Manager) set out on the first trip … Read more
2023 Season Highlights: LIISMA Early Detection and Rapid Response
LIISMA has been hard at work with an eventful first year with a newly introduced Early Detection and Rapid Response (EDRR) team. We prioritize our work in two ways: by … Read more
Notes from the Field, October 2023
From the shores of coastal plain ponds to vine-covered hillsides, the LIISMA team continued the field season into October with phragmites removal and kudzu monitoring. When the LIISMA team returned … Read more
Notes from the Field, September 2023
In September, the LIISMA Team hit the ground running with many early detection and rapid response projects, made possible with the help of partners. First, the team visited Caumsett State … Read more