SLELO PRISM

Save The River's Educator Training
2018-08-20 09:00 - 14:00 UTC | Minna Anthony Common Nature Center, 4927 Cross Island Road, Fineview, NY 13640
8/20 from 9-2pm at the Minna Anthony Common Nature Center. Please Register by 8/17/2018.

Four CTLE credits are available if you need them for professional development. We will participate in Project Wet curriculum training (https://www.projectwet.org/), discuss PBL resources and opportunities available in our area, and network and plan for the 2018-2019 school year and field trips.

Please pass along information about this training to your colleagues.

Patricia Shulenburg
Program Manager
Save The River / Upper St. Lawrence Riverkeeper
(315) 686-2010

TILT's Swallow-Wort Workshop
2018-08-09 17:30 - 19:00 | TILT’s Office, 135 John Street Clayton, NY
Join a presentation on the work of the Thousand Islands Land Trust (TILT) is undertaking to manage Pale Swallow-wort on Carleton Island.
This workshop will feature presentations by Brandon Hollis (TILT’s Stewardship Director), Susan Gwise (Cornell Cooperative Extension), and members of the Carleton Island Swallow-wort Working Group.
Learn about Pale Swallow-wort biology and ecology, the history of TILT’s efforts managing this invasive species, and the process of getting landowners on board with invasive species management practices.
Please let us know you are coming by sending an email to bhollis@tilandtrust.org, or by calling our office at 315-686-5345.

Great Lakes Ecosystem Education Exchange Workshops
2018-08-08 09:00
EVENT FLYER
August 8th & 9th – 9:00AM – 4:00PM
Lake Ontario’s Ecology and Current Issues
Classroom materials and lunch are included. Limited to 20 educators.
Participants will receive a $200 stipend and educational materials, with the opportunity to earn an additional $100 stipend during the 2018-2019 school year for conducting a Great Lakes stewardship project with your students.
Workshop Meeting Location: Rice Creek Field Station, Brownell Road, Oswego, NY 13126
Interact with scientists and naturalists at the Rice Creek Field Station, NYS Parks, and other unique areas. Learn about the exciting educational opportunities provided through the new Great Lakes Ecosystem Education Exchange.
Workshop Partners: NY Great Lakes Ecosystem Education Exchange, Center for Great Lakes Literacy, New York Sea Grant – Cornell University, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation and New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation, Rice Creek Nature Preserve, SUNY Oswego.
To register, email your name, school name, grade you teach, number of students you teach each year, summer email (in case you do not monitor your school email), phone number (that you use during the summer) and indicate that you accept the cancellation fee of $25 if you register and do not give 48-hour cancellation notice. Registration for this workshop should be sent to: New York Sea Grant, (315)312-3042, SGoswego@cornell.edu

Monitoring and Managing Ash Training Workshop workshop
2018-08-02 13:00 - 16:00 | Nicandri Nature Center, 19 Robinson Bay Rd, Massena, NY 13662
Monitoring and Managing Ash Training Workshop workshop on Thursday, August 2, from 1:00-4:00 PM at the Nicandri Nature Center.
Contact: Paul Hetzler, Horticulture and Natural Resources Educator, Cornell Cooperative Extension of St. Lawrence County, phone (315) 379-9192 ext. 232

The emerald ash borer (EAB), an invasive beetle which is lethal to native ash trees, has been confirmed in Franklin and St. Lawrence Counties, as well as very near the southern border of Jefferson County. While the news is generally bad, a program called Monitoring and Managing Ash (MaMA) offers a ray of hope. Developed by the Poughkeepsie-based Ecological Research Institute in cooperation with the US Forest Service, MaMA offers tools to help citizens identify ash that may show some natural resistance to EAB. It is believed that these so-called “lingering ash” may hold a genetic key to finding resistant strains of ash, thus saving them from extinction.

Cornell Cooperative Extension of St. Lawrence County, in cooperation with the Nicandri Nature Center in Massena, is pleased to announce that the Ecological Research Institute will present a MaMA workshop on Thursday, August 2, from 1:00-4:00 PM at the Nicandri Nature Center. Attendees will get hands-on field training in using MaMA’s citizen-science and land-manager tools to identify lingering ash, those trees that remain healthy while others around them succumb to EAB. Propagating these potentially EAB-resistant trees is the best hope for ash conservation.

Jonathan Rosenthal, Director of the Ecological Research Institute, and senior scientist Dr. Radka Wildova, both experts in EAB ecology and management, will teach the workshop. The event is free and open to the the public, but class size is limited, so pre-registration is required. To pre-register or for workshop information, call (315) 379-9192 extension 232 or send an email to Paul Hetzler at ph59@cornell.edu.

Pollinator Pathway Project Workshop
2018-07-30 18:30 - 20:00 | Williamstown Library, 2877 County Rte 17, Williamstown, NY 13493
Event sponsored by Ricard Grange and the Friends of Literacy, Knowledge, and Service (FOLKS). There will be kids activities, an outdoor moth ID session, and a workshop to learn about the benefits of choosing native plants over exotic non-native species and help promote pollinator habitat through the SLELO PRISM Pollinator Pathway Project. Native plants will be available for purchase.
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Lewis Point Pull
2018-07-14 09:00 - 15:00
Help pull water chestnuts at Lewis Point.
Saturday, July 14th 9am-12pm. Take Rt. 31 to Lewis Point Road in Canastota, NY 13032, meet at the north end of Lewis Point Road through a black iron fence. There may be extra boats if requested. To register contact Carol Ford cford113@yahoo.com, 315-289-9506.

Annual Port Ontario Pull
2018-07-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Pine Grove Boat Launch, 7101 State Route #3, Pulaski, NY, 13142, United States
SLELO PRISM Water Chestnut Pulls: Volunteers are encouraged to wear appropriate clothing and footwear and a life preserver for the activity and to bring their own canoes or kayaks and safety equipment. Food and drinks also recommended. If you register early enough a seat in a canoe may be reserved for you.
Annual Port Ontario Pull: Thursday, July 12th 10am-12pm at the Pine Grove Boat Launch located on Pine Grove Road off Route #3 Pulaski, NY 13142.
To Register email: joe.chairvolotti@oswegosoilandwater.com.

Nature up North Workshop-What's in Your Wood? EAB and Other Forest Pests
2018-07-11 19:00 - 20:00
July 12, 2018 – 7:00 PM to July 12, 2018 – 8:00 PM

What’s in your wood? Why shouldn’t you transport firewood? Invasive insects live in your firewood and transporting it could kill the forests you love. Join us at Jacques Cartier State Park for an interactive program to learn more about your firewood and what invasive pests are currently threatening North Country forests.
Event Details

Email
info@natureupnorth.org

Telephone
315-229-5704

Location
Google Maps

Contact person

Jessica LaMay

Annual DEC Lakeview Pull
2018-07-10 09:00 - 14:00 | South Sandy Creek Canoe/Kayak Launch, 2234 NY-3, Mannsville, New York, 13661, United States
SLELO PRISM Water Chestnut Pulls: Volunteers are encouraged to wear appropriate clothing and footwear and a life preserver for the activity and to bring their own canoes or kayaks and safety equipment. Food and drinks also recommended. If you register early enough a seat in a canoe may be reserved for you.
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. At South Sandy Creek canoe/kayak launch, NYS Route 3. Participants will paddle into Lakeview Marsh WMA (Map).
To Register email: information.R6@dec.ny.gov

Annual Grindstone Marsh Pull
2018-07-09 09:00 - 2018-07-12 15:00 | Selkirk Shores State Park, 7101 New York 3, Pulaski, NY 13142
Help remove invasive water chestnuts from Grindstone Marsh at Selkirk Shores State Park starting Monday, July 9th through Thursday, July 12th. Pulling will start from 8am-3pm except for Monday, July 9th it won’t start until noon.
Bring your own kayaks or canoe, life vest, drinks and snacks, hand sanitizer, sunscreen and anything else you think you will need for a day on the water. A space on a canoe may be available upon request.

Save the River's Riverkeeper Workshop
2018-06-30 10:00 - 13:00
Riverkeeper volunteers will learn how to monitor and report changes on the St. Lawrence River for pollution, harmful algal blooms, signs of invasive species, threatened and endangered species and wildlife die-offs. The program will feature a one-hour training session and a two-hour kayaking excursion.
RSVP required: 315-686-2010 or patricia@savetheriver.org. $10 registration fee (waived for Save the River members). Rain date July 1st. Map and directions to the meeting will be provided upon registration.
