Partner Spotlight: Town of Brookhaven
The Town of Brookhaven is expansive – touching both shores and hosting a diversity of habitats such as woodland forests, rivers, coastal islands, and saltmarshes – all of which require … Read more
Partner Spotlight
Partner Spotlight: Friends of Hempstead Plains
The Friends of Hempstead Plains at Nassau Community College is committed to safeguarding, conserving, and restoring approximately 24 acres of the globally rare ecological community known as the Hempstead Plains. … Read more
Partner Spotlight: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
When LIISMA staff visited the Sayville subunit of Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge this month with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), interns jumped at the chance to identify the … Read more
Partner Spotlight: The Sisters of Saint Joseph
LIISMA is fortunate to be housed at the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, where ecological stewardship is a top priority on the 212-acre property. Lately, projects underway to remove tree … Read more
Partner Spotlight: Long Island-Metro Aquatic Invasive Species (LIMAIS) Task Force
By Abby Bezrutczyk Anyone who works in ecology knows that collaborations are key to getting things done, and aquatic invasive species management is no exception. With the Long Island-Metro Aquatic … Read more
Partner Spotlight: Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center
By: Abby Bezrutczyk Restoring an ecosystem for native plants, insects, frogs, and birds is not an easy task–but Joyann Cirigliano of the Four Harbors Audubon Society and director of the … Read more
Partner Spotlight: Third House Nature Center
Third House Nature Center is a 501c3 environmental education organization located in Montauk’s historic Third House. Third House Nature Center volunteers provide the eyes and ears for invasive species on … Read more
Partner Spotlight: NYSDEC Region 1 Fisheries
From pulling water chestnut (Trapa natans), to preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species through the Watercraft Inspection Steward Program, NYSDEC Region 1 Fisheries covers a lot of water to … Read more
Partner Spotlight: Central Pine Barrens Commission
The work of LIISMA is made possible by the support and cooperation of our many partners. LIISMA recognizes the tremendous efforts of our partners to prevent and rapidly respond to … Read more
Partner Spotlight: NYS Parks Invasive Species Strike Team
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