Featured Invasive- Oak wilt Common name: Oak wilt Scientific name: Bretziella fagacearum Origin: Unknown, first detected in Wisconsin in the 1940s. Description Oak wilt is a fungal disease of oak trees that usually kills infected trees. Oak wilt spreads through two pathways. The aboveground pathway occurs when nitidulid beetles carry oak wilt spores from […]
Flyer here: FLPrism-Invasives webinar series (copy and paste links to join meetings) PAST: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 12-1 P.M.: Newly Launched Invasive Species Activity Guide for Educators Nadia Harvieux and Patty Wakefield-Brown, Finger Lakes Institute at Hobart and William Smith Colleges; and a representative from Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District Activity guide available here: […]
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Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Disposal Station Instructions AIS Disposal Station Instructions 3.17.20 (pdf) In order to provide an easy place for boaters to dispose of invasive species at a boat launch, and to spread knowledge about the Clean, Drain, Dry message at boat launches, a number of access sites have AIS Disposal Stations installed on […]
Full proposal is available here: FLPRISM_RFP_2020_10Feb2020_final 2020 Request for Proposals Finger Lakes Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (FL-PRISM) Subcontract Deadline for Receipt of Proposals: 03/10/2020 Background and Purpose The Finger Lakes Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (Finger Lakes-PRISM) is a network of partners in 17 counties in the Finger Lakes region of New […]
Request for Bid (full package RFB_Facilitation_FingerLakesPRISM) Facilitation of the Finger Lakes PRISM 5-year strategic plan Finger Lakes Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (FL-PRISM) Subcontract Deadline for receipt of Proposals: 02/21/20 Background and Purpose The Finger Lakes Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (Finger Lakes-PRISM) is a network of partners in 17 counties in the […]
Request for Bid (RFB) Aquatic herbicide control of Hydrilla verticillata in Finger Lakes and Great Lakes Region. Release Date: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 Due date and time: Friday, March 6, 2020 at 5:00 PM Download here: FLMS Hydrilla RFB 2020 Project Title Aquatic herbicide control of Hydrilla verticillata in Finger Lakes and Great Lakes Region. Project […]
Our Fall Partners Meeting was a success. Thanks to everyone who attended. The presentations are included in this post.
Japanese angelica tree (Aralia elata), a fast-growing invasive tree that poses a serious threat to native plants and ecosystems, has, for the first time, been confirmed in the Finger Lakes, growing in a park in Monroe county. First introduced as an ornamental landscaping plant, the species has escaped into and wreaked havoc upon natural areas […]
Detection dogs are now being trained to hunt down invasive species.
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