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ST. LAWRENCE EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO PARTNERSHIP FOR REGIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT

Urban forests are vital to the health of people and nature. It is easy to take for granted the trees that line our streets and shade our homes, or the areas that we enjoy spending time outdoors in our community. 
In our highly urbanized world, urban forests are often the only habitat available for local wildlife and migrating birds.Invasive tree pests threaten the health of our urban forests. 
Help protect your uban forests and adopt a tree to monitor ofr signs of invasive pests threatning our region. 

Monitor for Signs of These Invasive Pests

If the tree you adopt shows any of the signs described below, please take a photo of the suspected sign, note the location of the tree, and email  mdemarco@watertown-ny.gov with the subject of (adopt a tree).

Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB)
ALB are invasvie wood-borring insects that threaten many tree species such as maple, elm, willow, and horsechestnut.
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Spotted Lanternfly (SLF)
The spotted lanternfly(SLF), is an invasive plant hopper that threatens a wide variety of plants such as hops, grapevine, walnut, fruit trees, maple trees.
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Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)
EAB is an invasvie wood-boring insect that kills ash tree species.
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Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA)
HWA is an invasive forest pest that kills hemlock trees.
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SLELO TEAM

Rob Williams rwilliams@tnc.org 
PRISM Coordinator

Megan Pistolese megan.pistolese@tnc.org 
Outreach and Education

Brittney Rogers brittney.rogers@tnc.org 
Aquatic Invasive Species

Robert Smith robert.l.smith@tnc.org 
Terrestrial Invasive Species

During this time the best way to contact our team is via email.

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