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Our 2025 Annual Report is Now Available!
2025 Annual Report The 2025 year brought many new changes to the Finger Lakes PRISM, with the announcement of a new contract that brought updates to staffing, strucuture, programming, and more. This year, four full-time staff positions were funded in addition to the coordinator. Some significant programmatic shifts included centralizing citizen science programs as well […]
2025 Trail Survey Program – Season Recap
The 2025 Trail Survey Program Has Concluded! We cannot thank everyone enough for your hard work! Even with a delayed start, you delivered an outstanding volume of observations from trails across the Finger Lakes. Your commitment as community scientists plays a crucial role in advancing invasive species research and management. The information gathered through the Trail […]
Citizen Science At Its Finest: Scraping Spotted Lanternfly Egg Masses to Protect the FLX
The Finger Lakes Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (PRISM) hosted a Spotted Lanternfly Egg Mass Scraping Workshop on November 15th, 2025, yielding a robust turnout of over thirty eager participants. Attendees of the workshop were able to get up close with the invasive spotted lanternfly (SLF) and its egg masses, gaining insight into one […]
2023-24 Annual Report
Full report available here: 2023-2024 Annual PRISM Report 240627 2023-2024 Summary The 2023-2024 year has brought dramatic changes to the Finger Lakes PRISM. Between a new coordinator, new staff, and new programming, the last year has produced new changes within the Finger Lakes PRISM that will help shape its direction for years to come. In […]
New York Invasive Species Awareness Week! (June 3rd-June 9th)
Invasive Species Awareness Week 2024 in the Finger Lakes Join us in celebrating NY Invasive Species Awareness Week! Invasive Species Awareness Week is back and better than ever! See our lineup of events below to find out what is going on in your area and how you can participate! Email gallo@hws.edu with any questions. […]
Hiring for summer 2024!
We are hiring for the upcoming 2024 field season! If you’re looking for a hands-on work experience this summer, the Finger Lakes PRISM would love to have you join us! We are now hiring technicians for our Aquatic, Terrestrial, and Giant Hogweed Teams, as well as Watercraft Inspection Stewards. All of these positions offer great […]
2022-23 Annual Report
Full report available here: 2022-2023 Annual PRISM Report Final 230710 2022-2023 Summary The 2022-2023 year has brought dramatic changes to the Finger Lakes PRISM. Between a new coordinator, new staff, and new programming, the last year has produced new changes within the Finger Lakes PRISM that will help shape its direction for years to come. […]
New York Invasive Species Awareness Week! (June 5th-June11th)
Invasive species are our specialty, so we have a few events going on to help you celebrate this year’s NY Invasive Species Awareness Week! Taking place from Monday, June 5th to Sunday, June 11th, this is the perfect opportunity to get outside and look at invasive species threatening ecosystems in the Finger Lakes region. Whether […]
Announcing Request for Bids: Hydrilla Control
Request for Bids: Aquatic herbicide control of Hydrilla verticillata in Finger Lakes and Great Lakes Region Release Date: Thursday, February 9, 2023 Due date and time: Monday, March 13, 2023 at 5:00 PM Download here: RFB 2023 – Hydrilla Cayuga Lake Herbicide Treatment Project TitleAquatic herbicide control of Hydrilla verticillatain Finger Lakes and Great Lakes Region. […]
End of Year Partner Meeting
It is that time of the year again! We are excited to announce that the Finger Lakes PRISM will be holding its End of Year Partner Meeting on Thursday, December 15th from 2:30pm – 4:00pm. This will be a virtual meeting, where in addition to guest presentations, this meeting will allow our staff and partners […]
