Fieldwork in Focus: Fishers Island
The LIISMA team island hops to monitor for invasive species! To most Long Islanders, the seven mile-long Fishers Island may seem like a remote, untouched location. It sits at the … Read more
From the Field
Ludwigia at Artist Lake
By Bill Jacobs, LIISMA Program Manager In late October, Region 1 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) fisheries staff member Francis McParland discovered an infestation of creeping water … Read more
Fieldwork in focus: Sears Bellows Phragmites Removal!
By: Abby Bezrutczyk Back in July, we found an unwelcome guest in a coastal plain pond within Sears Bellows County Park. As part of our monitoring for invasive species in … Read more
Fieldwork in Focus: September 2021
The month of September is still prime field season for the LIISMA team! We continued to survey and monitor for emerging invasive species, such as Arthraxon hispidus in Westhampton. This … Read more
Notes From the Field: Carmans River AIS Survey, September 2021
As we wrap up our waterbody prioritization surveys for the summer, the LIISMA team took two days this past month surveying the Carmans River. One of Long Island’s largest rivers, … Read more
Phragmites at Long Pond Greenbelt
The LIISMA team recently took a trip to Long Pond Greenbelt in Southampton, NY and spent the day kayaking and surveying for invasive species in this invasive species prevention zone (ISPZ). This ISPZ is found within a chain of coastal plain ponds that have a number of rare species — in fact it has one of the highest concentrations of rare plant species within
Field Work in Focus, August 2021
By Bill Jacobs, Program Manager The LIISMA team continues to survey and manage priority conservation areas and waterbodies. We have prioritized hundreds of waterbodies with the Long Island-Metro Aquatic Invasive … Read more
Sears-Bellows County Park AIS Surveys
Just before Long Island was hit with the rain and thunder brought on by Tropical Storm Elsa, the LIISMA team made it to four priority waterbodies at Sears-Bellows County Park … Read more
