Left to right: Invasive species technicians Katrina Hanley, Samantha Nicholson-Sarmiento (center foreground), Marisa Vanasco (back left), Amber Pavek and Biologist Yuriy Litvinenko (back right). In reminiscing on this year’s eventful … Read more
Pre-treatment kudzu monoculture at the Science Museum of Long Island in Plandome Manor, NY. You may have heard of kudzu as “the vine that ate the south”– but it’s not … Read more
On August 24, LIISMA staff Abby Bezrutczyk, Bill Jacobs, and Melody Penny surveyed Conscience Bay in Setauket by kayak for perennial pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium) and saltcedar (Tamarix spp.). Conscience Bay … Read more
This is a mockup of how the new sign may look at its chosen location in the park, with LIISMA staff Abby Bezrutczyk (left) at the virtual sign and former … Read more
On August 17, LIISMA staff Bill Jacobs, Abby Bezrutczyk, Haley Gladitsch, Melody Penny, and Katharine Stirber kayaked Lily Lake (a.k.a. Lower Lake) and the Carmans River section to the north of … Read more
Haley Gladitsch After a successful and eventful field season, the LIISMA teams bid a farewell to Invasive Species Specialist II Haley Gladitsch and Invasive Species Technician Katharine Stirber as they … Read more
Aerial map of Broad Cove courtesy of the Peconic Land Trust. On August 2, the LIISMA team of Bill Jacobs, Abby Bezrutczyk, Haley Gladitsch, Melody Penny, and Katharine Stirber conducted … Read more
Abby Bezrutczyk, Melody Penny, Haley Gladitsch, and Katharine Stirber controlling phragmites at a coastal plain pond. These ponds have one of the highest concentrations of rare species and communities in … Read more
This past month the LIISMA team monitored Artist Lake in Middle Island to follow-up on the manual control of Ludwigia peploides that was begun by NYSDEC, Town of Brookhaven, and LIISMA in December 2021.
The LIISMA team ventures out to Long Island’s easternmost point to monitor for invasive species! To many Long Islanders, Montauk is a summer vacation destination located in the town of … Read more
