A shout-out to the SLELO Team, our partners, and volunteers for another excellent year in program delivery. Together we made tremendous progress on our conservation initiatives!
A Word From Our Director: 2024 Winter Newsletter
February 13, 2024
Protector’s Activity: Take a Nature Date
January 30, 2024
Take a date with nature this February! Spending time outdoors encourages stewardship and offers many fun opportunities to engage with your community and spend time with loved ones!
Protector’s Activity: Become a Volunteer
January 11, 2024
Looking for an impactful New Year’s resolution? Join our volunteer network and take action to protect vital ecosystems in your region!
3500 Plantings Help Restore Native Habitat
November 2, 2023
Our partners with the NYS Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation planted over 3,500 native species to restore habitat on Wellesley Island.
Updates From the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets
November 2, 2023
Hear from our partners with the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets for the latest updates on spotted lanternfly and box tree moth.
Birds as a Habitat Health Indicator
November 2, 2023
In addition to being extraordinarily wonderful ambassadors for North American wildlife, as biological indicators birds are relatively quick to respond to changes in ecosystem composition, structure, and function; this includes those changes brought by both the invasion and management of invasive species.
2023 Autumn Aquatic Updates
November 2, 2023
Get the latest updates from our Aquatic Restoration and Resiliency Coordinator, Brittney Rogers.
2023 Autumn Terrestrial Updates
November 2, 2023
The latest updates from our Terrestrial Restoration and Resiliency Coordinator, Robert Smith.
Protector’s Activity: Check Your Property for Invasive Plants
November 2, 2023
This fall and winter keep an eye out for bittersweet and porcelain berry which are easily identified by their distinctive berries that appear this time of year. These invasive woody vines grow over understory vegetation and strangle trees. Check out this Protector’s blog to learn to recognize these invasive plants and steps you can take now to get a head start on controlling them before the next growing season.
eDNA Update for Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Detection
October 31, 2023
This spring, SLELO’s Conservation and GIS Analyst collected hemlock branch samples from 18 locations in the PRISM to be analyzed by the New York State Hemlock Initiative (NYSHI) for the presence of eDNA.