ST. LAWRENCE EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO PARTNERSHIP FOR REGIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT
Taking the Pledge-To-Protect’ your lands and waters is the first step in preventing the spread of invasive plants and animals.
Upon taking the ‘Pledge,’ you will be given specific but simple actions you can practice and educational resources that will help you to protect your favorite outdoor spaces, backyard, and community.
Specialized relationships between plants and insects are vital to the lifecycle of many pollinators. Invasive plants can easily overtake pollinator habitats. You can help by planting pollinator host plants and by removing invasive plants on your property. Learn more in this Protector’s Blog!
Attention travelers, spotted lanternfly (SLF) can easily hitchhike on your vehicles. Be sure to check the grill and wheel wells of your vehicle for SLF adults and eggs while doing end of season traveling.
While you’re enjoying the outdoors in your own backyard or on your favorite trail, keep an eye out for noxious invasive plants that could really hinder your outdoor experience!
Use the premade social media graphics in this toolbox to celebrate becoming a protector and to encourage your family and friends to join you!
The St. Lawrence Eastern Lake Ontario (SLELO) region holds immense beauty. The region spans over 7 thousand square miles of land and 1.61 million acres of surface water all of which offer rich recreational opportunities, world-class fisheries, and unique habitats for rare birds and other wildlife.
The waters of northeastern Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River hold the Thousand Islands region- a North American archipelago of 1,864 islands that span 50 miles between US and Canadian borders. Stretching over 17 miles along the eastern Lake Ontario shoreline is New York’s largest freshwater dune system that provides habitat for rare and endangered birds. Anglers from around the nation and the world travel to fish in water bodies throughout the region, including the famous Salmon River.
The gem of the SLELO region is the Tug Hill plateau which spans over one million acres of land between Lake Ontario and the Adirondacks. Within the Tug Hill plateau is 150,000 acres of unfragmented forested land which comprises one of the most rural and remote sections of New York State and the Northeast.
