Photography for Nature Lovers

Virtual (webinar)

Join the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program for a free workshop on photography and invasive species. The event is being held as part of New York’s Invasive Species Awareness Week. This webinar is for anyone who is looking to get into or increase their existing knowledge of photography. The material is excellent for beginners who […]

Free

Ask a Naturalist – Wild Parsnip & Spotted Wing Drosophila

Potsdam Public Library 2 Park St. #1, Potsdam, NY

Come learn about wild parsnip, Spotted Wing Drosophila, and get a chance to ask a naturalist or Master Gardener Volunteer with Ken Kogut (MGV) and Nick Hamilton-Honey. WHERE: Potsdam Public Library, Mezzanine Classroom, 2 Park St. #1, Potsdam, NY 13676 More info: https://stlawrence.cce.cornell.edu/events/2023/06/09/invasive-species-awareness-week-june-9

State of the Science Webinar: Ecological Restoration and the Northeast Seed Network

Join the New York Invasive Species Research Institute and Ecological Health Network for a State of the Science webinar around the topic of native plant restoration in the Northeast. Featured speakers will include James Aronson and Eve Allen of the Ecological Health Network. James Aronson is a long-time restoration practitioner with four decades of experience in […]

Rensselaer Lake Invasive Species

Six Mile Waterworks 135 Fuller Rd, Albany, NY

Join botanist Steve Young and take part in Invasive Species Awareness Week with a walk along the trails of Rensselaer Lake and Six Mile Water Works Park and into the Albany Pine Bush to identify the invasive species there and see how the native species are holding up. Easy hike. The parking lot is off […]

Walk, Talk, Art

City Hall 245 Washington St, Watertown, NY 13601 245 Washington St, Watertown, NY

In observance of New York Invasive Species Awareness Week (NYISAW), there will be a special two-part event held in downtown Watertown. The event will begin out front of City Hall for a guided walk and talk through the city’s Urban Arboretum. The arboretum has over 35 different species of trees and is located between Sterling […]

Free

Water Chestnut Pull: Massapequa Preserve

We will be pulling a population of invasive European water chestnut from the Massapequa preserve in the pond north of Clark blvd. Non-motorized boats are encouraged but work can be done in waders or boots as well. Please contact Heidi.ORiordan@dec.ny.gov to sign up.

Invasive Species Tabling at Elizabeth A. Morton NWR

Elizabeth A. Morton NWR 2595 Noyack Rd, Sag Harbor, NY 11963

Learn how to identify invasive species and prevent their spread at Elizabeth A. Morton NWR. Stop by our booth near the trailhead for more information!

Invasive Species Integrated Pest Management Demo

Woodlawn Preserve 441 Gifford Rd, Schenctady, NY

Join the Capital Region PRISM at Woodlawn Preserve for a discussion on how to identify local invasive species, their impacts on native ecosystems and a demonstration of how to manage them! This demo is free and open to the public! Contact Sam Schultz at 22986@cornell.edu for more information

Invasive Species Tabling at Wertheim NWR

Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge 340 Smith Rd, Shirley, NY 11967

Learn how to identify invasive species and prevent their spread at Wertheim NWR. Stop by our booth near the White Oak and Black Tupelo trailheads for more information!

MARSH! (Montezuma Alliance to Restore Species and Habitats)

Montezuma Audubon Center, 2295 NY-89, Savannah, NY 13146 Montezuma Audubon Center, 2295 NY-89, Savannah, NY

Join us as we map invasive species in uplands on the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge. We will meet at 9:00 at the Montezuma Audubon Center to review the mapping protocol and plant identification then carpool to the monitoring site on the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge. We will work until about 12:30 and then the Friends […]

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