A Successful Symposium
By Melody Penny, Invasive Species Technician 1, LIISMA On April 7, 2022, the Long Island Invasive Species Management Area (LIISMA) and the Long Island Native Plant Initiative (LINPI) hosted their … Read more
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Watch the March 2022 recorded webinars today!
March was a great month at the LIISMA PRISM! We worked with our partners at Peconic Land Trust, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, and iMapInvasives in presenting educational webinars … Read more
LIISMA Subcontracts: Friends of Hempstead Plains
By Cara Fernandes LIISMA has approved five invasive species subcontracts with funding from the New York State Environmental Protection Fund (EPF). EPF is administered by the New York State Department … Read more
LIISMA Subcontracts: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County
By Cara Fernandes LIISMA has approved five invasive species subcontracts with funding from the New York State Environmental Protection Fund (EPF). EPF is administered by the New York State Department … Read more
LIISMA Subcontracts: Third House Nature Center
By Abby Bezrutczyk LIISMA has approved five invasive species subcontracts with funding from the New York State Environmental Protection Fund (EPF). EPF is administered by the New York State Department … Read more
Looking for invasive species is for LIFE!
Wherever you are on your naturalist journey, we are looking for people who want to be LIFERs — LIISMA Invasive Finders and Early Reporters, that is. We are hoping to cultivate a community of folks who want to assist in looking for invasive species throughout the LIISMA region; not only to add knowledge to our existing database of invasive species, but to also connect like minded invasive species spotters to LIISMA and to each other.
Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata)
In late November through early December, as most insects and plants head into a period of dormancy, the aptly named winter moth (Operophtera brumata) awakens from the soil. Native to Northern and Central Europe, they have been accidentally introduced several times to eastern North America since the 1930’s, where their larvae have been found defoliating our deciduous trees, preferentially oaks, maples and cherries.
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
LIISMA Subcontracts: The Sisters of Saint Joseph
Knowing that almost 40% of the invasive plants now in the US were brought in initially as horticultural plants, it’s no surprise that LIISMA has an astonishing number of tier 5 invasive plants (460 according to our records). If you’re not familiar with the New York State PRISM tier ranking system for invasive species prioritization, a tier 5 invasive species is one that is already found in a given area, but requires more information on its spread and ecological impact. Two such plants on this section of the tier list are tea Viburnum (Viburnum setigerum) and linden viburnum (Viburnum dilatatum).
The brand-new LIISMA website is finally here!
Our staff were amused that “updating the LIISMA website” has been an item on our checklist for the past 5 years. Each year we made a little progress, but this time we took that update a step (or more like a leap) farther; we completely redesigned the site from top to bottom, in-house, with visitors like you in mind.
