From Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County Read up on the latest information on the current extent of these invaders, tools to report and resources for managing infestations. Thanks to … Read more
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
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
By Abby Bezrutczyk, Invasive Species Field Project and Outreach Coordinator It was the ideal humid and overcast conditions for ticks on the day that a Gulf Coast Tick (Amblyomma maculatum) … Read more
By Luke Gervase, Project Ecologist at GEI Consultants, Inc In July 2021, GEI Consultants, Inc. (GEI) licensed pesticide applicators conducted a site visit at the Town of Brookhaven West Meadow … Read more
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
When: June 26-July 3 A bioblitz is a community science effort to record as many species as possible within a designated location and time period. The Long Island Coastal Bioblitz … Read more
The Sisters of St. Joseph will be holding an Invasive Species Awareness Week event to work on a forest restoration project. This project is reclaiming a 4 acre forest by … Read more
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Native and Invasive Plants at Red Cote Preserve Comprised of an inviting mixture of woodlands and meadows that supports a wide variety of … Read more
Join this statewide webinar hosted by the Long Island Invasive Species Management Area (LIISMA) to hear stories about some of our most interesting aquatic invasive species, and simple ways that … Read more
