Winter is a great time to start planning for your garden. Learn what plants are native to your zipcode with a native plant finder tool, and view native plant lists to help get you started. Choosing to grow native plants helps to stop the spread of invasive plants and supports pollinators!

Be on the lookout! Unfortunately, spotted lanternfly’s range in NYS has expanded over the last year so it’s more important than ever to keep a close eye out for this invasive insect.

The Pennsylvania Governor’s Invasive Species Council recently compiled an online ArcGIS StoryMap highlighting 25 unique stories, each featuring a specific project by an agency, non-governmental organization, or academic institution relating to invasive species research, management, or education and outreach.

An overview of 2021 Early Detection field surveys and Bark & Ambrosia Beetle Survey Results along with HWA surveys underway for 2022.

An overview of eDNA sample analysis that is underway. Team SLELO is utilizing underwater remote operated vehicles to enhance our aquatic surveys!

From Feb 12 – March 12, NY iMapInvasives and the NYS Hemlock Initiative are hosting NY’s first statewide Winter Mapping Challenge. Join the challenge to help monitor this invasive species and compete to win a prize!

The work of our PRISM and partners has a far greater impact than just within our own regional footprint. By protecting and promoting native species we are creating more resilient landscapes. Resilient to changes in climate, along with stresses caused by non-native species, and human encroachment.

View a summary of our terrestrial fieldwork this season. Get updates about our hypena opulenta releases, the results of the Black River Feasibility Study, control work, and surveys.

Long-time SLELO volunteer, Frank Williams, shares some phone applications he uses while conducting field surveys.

Biological diversity is a vital factor in the ability of an ecosystem to be resilient against stressors including invasive species and climate change.  If we genuinely seek to keep our lands and waters healthy and resilient to future stressors, then we must go beyond the management of invasives and make restoration and resiliency a top priority in our invasive species work.