View a visual survey conducted by the NYS DEC Forest Health and partners in 2021 for a variety of damage causing agents and invasive pests in New York state.
View a visual survey conducted by the NYS DEC Forest Health and partners in 2021 for a variety of damage causing agents and invasive pests in New York state.
13 Priority Conservation Areas and 30 Highly Probable Areas were surveyed for hemlock woolly adelgid in the SLELO region. Of the 30 HPAs searched, HWA was detected at 3 separate sites.
The SLELO region is no longer the only region in NYS to have not found hemlock woolly adelgid.
These species may be spreading in your area. Early Detection and Management can help prevent invasions and reduce the harmful impacts of these species. The maps in the flyer show […]
The NYS DEC has announced that zebra mussels were discovered in Delta Lake in Rome, NY in January of this year. An investigation and water testing confirmed that zebra mussel larvae are present at the Rome Fish Hatchery whose water is supplied by the Lake.
Over the next two summers the partners of the SLELO PRISM will undertake a project to assess the feasibility of using eDNA as an early detection tool for aquatic invasive species.