SLELO PRISM

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Become a Junior River Keeper. Learn how on August 31st at the Minna Anthony Common Nature Center from 2pm-3pm. Contact Patricia Shulenburg for details. Kids and youth in grades k-12 will learn about the St.lawrence River including endangered species, invasive species, pollution and ways you can report the health of the River. The program is […]

The program will feature a 1-hour training session and a 2-hour kayaking excursion. Attendees will learn to monitor and report changes found in River Health including: Pollution, harmful algal blooms, signs […]

On Thursday, September 20, the Oswego County Soil and Water Conservation District will be hosting the 30th annual Conservation Field Day at Selkirk Shores State Park. The program run from 9:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., with presenters giving five sessions at twenty minutes each. The event is open to 5th-grade students in Oswego County.     […]

Environmental Awareness Days will be held on September 25th -26th 8am-2pm. This an annual event held for 6th-grade classes in Jefferson County hosted by the Cornell Cooperative Extension 4-H Club. It is  intended to pique the interest of Jefferson County’s youth to explore the natural environment by exposing them to a variety of environmental topics. […]

Calling middle school educators! Join us for an invasive species curriculum workshop on Friday, September 28th in Albany, NY. The workshop will include the following: an introduction to invasive species, […]

SLELO PRISM in coordination with the St. Lawrence County Emerald Ash Borer Task Force will be presenting and exhibiting at the upcoming Potsdam Local Government Conference on Tuesday, October 9th. The presentation will be held during session 1 from 8:15am-9:45am. For more information and to register for the conference CLICK HERE 

Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is in  St. Lawrence County. To reduce liability issues and costs associated with EAB, the Village of Canton is undergoing an ash tree removal and alternative tree […]