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Notes From The Field, October 2025
Early Detection and Rapid Response Written by Melody Cerniglia After a long field season filled with many new and old projects to explore and manage, LIISMA is finally seeing things

Field Work in Focus, September 2025
Conservation Areas Kassidy Robinson After a packed summer, LIISMA’s projects to protect conservation areas began cooling down in September. For this season’s second visit to Sears Bellows County Park, Libby

Fieldwork in Focus, September 2024
The month of September brought into focus several of LIISMA’s important projects in conservation areas and emerging invasive species– from the beaches of Fire Island to the ponds of Suffolk

Notes From the Field, August 2024
From emerging invasive species surveys to pulling aquatic plants, the LIISMA Team has been busy in the field at the peak of summer. In late July, Abby and Kassidy took

Fieldwork in Focus, July 2024
The LIISMA team has been hard at work this month with many upcoming projects underway, many of which are still in development, but stay tuned! One of LIISMA’s field highlights

Fieldwork in Focus, June 2024
From invasive plant surveying to water chestnut pulls, the field season gets into full swing in June at LIISMA. We started the month with a return to a familiar site:
How we work
Long Island Metro Aquatic Invasive Species (LIMAIS)
With this task force, we're teaming up to stop aquatic invaders.
Invasive Species Prevention Zones (ISPZ)
A formal LIISMA designation for a natural area supporting exceptional biodiversity dominated by native species.
The Tier List
A resource that ranks New York's invasive species, so that together we can manage them.