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Rochester Public Forum on Invasive Species on Nov. 16th.
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ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½APP’s Effort to Map Invasive Species
A consortium has formed to develop, support and maintain an on-line, GIS-based, all-taxa invasive species mapping tool, iMapInvasives, focused on serving the needs of land managers, regional planners and others working to prevent, control or manage invasive species. A...
ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½APP Invasive Species Clearinghouse. Your Website for Invasive Species in ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½APP.
If you want to know everything that is happening with invasive species, both plant and animal in ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½APP, this website is your gateway to the most comprehensive information available. For the Clearinghouse website CLICK HERE.
What To Do With Too Many White-tailed Deer? A New Publication.
This is an article written by Thomas P. Rooney in ActionBioscience, "What Do We Do with Too Many White-tailed Deer?" It is a succinct and current overview of the deer overabundance problem - required reading for anyone working to mitigate negative deer impacts. The...
Invasive Honeysuckles Linked to Lyme Disease Risk
The Albany Times Union published an article about this on Tuesday, October 12 with quotes from NYFA board member Troy Weldy. To see the article CLICK HERE.
Help the Hempstead Plains Grassland on November 13.
Join the Walk the Plains event. Click on the image below for a larger size.
Great Website for the Systematics and ID of Moonworts, Botrychium subgenus Botrychium
Dr. Donald Farrar from Iowa State University has a website with detailed information and factsheets on the moonworts. This is a valuable resource for anyone that comes across these botanical gems in the field. For the website CLICK HERE.
Phragmites Eliminates Rare Plants
From Steve Y0ung, NY Natural Heritage Program. On October 12th I went to the TNC preserve called Big Woods on the South Fork of Long Island to update 5 rare plants growing in the high salt marsh there. They were last documented there in 1995 and were thriving in a...
Interested in Pulling Kudzu in Rockland County? Here’s Your Chance.
For anyone interested in volunteering for the kudzu pull in late fall in Rockland County, NY we are awaiting landowner permission and should have a date specified soon. Thank you, Jessica Rohloff Cancelliere Assistant Entomologist Division of Lands and Forests NYS...
South Bay Task Force Blog (near City of Hudson)
Tim O'Connor has put up some nice photos of the plants and natural areas of South Bay near the City of Hudson in Columbia County. You can see them HERE.
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