Aquatic ID at Quogue Wildlife Refuge
LIISMA gives a presenation on aquatic plant ID with Quogue staff before heading out to the pond. (l-r) Bill Jacobs, Abby Bezrutscyk, and Melody Penny. Image by Marisa Nelson. At … Read more
from the field
Fieldwork in Focus: Fishers Island
The LIISMA team island hops to monitor for invasive species! To most Long Islanders, the seven mile-long Fishers Island may seem like a remote, untouched location. It sits at the … Read more
Fieldwork in focus: Sears Bellows Phragmites Removal!
By: Abby Bezrutczyk Back in July, we found an unwelcome guest in a coastal plain pond within Sears Bellows County Park. As part of our monitoring for invasive species in … Read more
Notes From the Field: Carmans River AIS Survey, September 2021
As we wrap up our waterbody prioritization surveys for the summer, the LIISMA team took two days this past month surveying the Carmans River. One of Long Island’s largest rivers, … Read more
Phragmites at Long Pond Greenbelt
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
