SLELO Partners have been implementing strategies that serve to maintain the integrity and resilience of our lands by restoring areas disturbed by invasive species, or treatment thereof. Once a response effort has been completed, it is sometimes necessary to restore disturbed areas to their natural ecological character and function. Restoration efforts may incorporate natural succession or intentional restoration measures using species native to the particular ecosystem in question to help restore resilience and guard against re-infestations. Read more about our efforts. Read More about “Ecological Restoration / Healthy Lands”…

SLELO PRISM Partners have been implementing 5 key strategies that serve to protect our forests, parks and community street trees and help communities prepare for the onset of forest pests such as the Emerald Ash Borer Read More about “Healthy Forests and Community Preparedness”…

SLELO Partners have been implementing strategies that serve to protect our regions freshwater resources. From small scale (ponds) to large scale (Lake Ontario) systems, our partners continue to protect our regions freshwater resources from the ecological imbalance posed by aquatic invasive species (AIS). Check out some of our highlights inside this story. Read More about “Healthy Freshwater Resources”…

The first release of an approved biological control for swallow-wort has occurred in the SLELO PRISM Region. Hypena opulenta, a moth native to the Ukraine, that feeds exclusively on swallow-wort was released at two locations. Read More about “Releasing Biological Controls”…

That is the message that SLELO Partners will be promoting this summer in the Delta Lake and Oneida Lake areas. Last summer adult rusty crayfish were confirmed in Oneida Lake. It is believed that they have been in Oneida Lake for some time. Another discovery occurred in the Delta Lake Reservoir where only juvenile crayfish were found. It is believed that rusty crayfish are spread from one waterbody to another from improper bait disposal. Read More about “Don’t Dump Bait”…

In the Eastern Lake Ontario Region the SLELO PRISM partners in cooperation with The Nature Conservancy, the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Cornell University and NYS Department of Environmental Conservation have implemented a project to assess the feasibility of using environmental DNA or eDNA as an early detection tool for aquatic invasive species. A newly published Citizen Science Reference Guide is now available on this website under the Resources/Download menu option. Read More about “Innovative Early Detection”…