New York’s Invasive Species Awareness Week 2025
New York’s Invasive Species Awareness Week (#NYISAW) is June 9th- 15th!
The mission of the New York Invasive Species Awareness Week (NYISAW) is to promote knowledge and understanding of invasive species and the harm they can cause. We want to empower YOU to stop the spread of invasive species!
Organizations across all of New York State are offering a variety of engaging events, such as interpretive hikes, volunteer days, webinars, movie screenings, and fun family activities! By participating in NYISAW, you can help protect your community’s natural spaces, learn about the emerging invasive species, meet your neighbors, get outdoors, and even win prizes!
We hope you join us! Find an event near you below. Hosting an event? Contact your local PRISM to get on the events calendar.
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Letchworth Stewardship Day
June 14, 2025
| Letchworth State Park
9:00 am
- 11:30 am
Help protect our lands from invasive species! Join WNY PRISM and the Friends of Letchworth State Park for our 8th Annual Letchworth Stewardship Day where we we’ll work together to remove slender false brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum), an invasive grass, from the park. Meeting location: Inspiration Point parking lot. Registration is required.
Invasive Species Workday: Help Remove Invasive at Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge
June 14, 2025
- June 14, 2025
| Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge
9:00 am
- 12:00 pm
Join LIISMA’s partner, U.S Fish and Wildlife for an invasive species removal event and help protect your local ecosystems! This is a great opportunity to learn about the importance of invasive species management while making a tangible difference in your community. No pre-registration for this event is needed.
Get Outdoors & Get Together Day
June 14, 2025
- June 14, 2025
| Catskill Visitor Center
12:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
The Catskill Center is thrilled to partner with NYSDEC and NYSParks to celebrate Get Outdoors & Get Together Day, a statewide event that welcomes people of all abilities, ages, identities, and backgrounds to enjoy the outdoors together. Join us on Friday, June 14th from 12-3 PM at the Catskills Visitor Center for a day full...
Meet a Boat Steward
June 15, 2025
| Varies - See list of boat launches at website below
7:00 am
- 5:30 pm
Visit one of your local boat launches to meet one of WNY PRISM’s Boat Stewards! Learn about what they do and how you can help prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species through practices like Clean Drain Dry. See our list of boat launches at https://www.wnyprism.org/new-york-invasive-species-awareness-week-2025/.
Alien Invaders! Invasive Species scavenger Hunt
June 15, 2025
- June 15, 2025
| Southwick Beach State Park trail head
10:00 am
- 11:00 am
Swallow-wort, Round Goby, Spotted Lanternfly, Oh My! Join Southwick Beach State Park Nature Center in a Alien Invaders scavenger Hunt! We will be taking a walk looking for these wanted creatures. This fun informative hike is for all ages. Please dress in long pants and closed toed shoes for tick protection. Please meet at the...
Last Volunteer Day for the Ashokan Rail Trail Habitat Restoration
June 15, 2025
- June 15, 2025
| Ashokan Station Trailhead
9:00 am
- 12:00 pm
June 15th is the last Volunteer Day for the Ashokan Rail Trail Habitat Restoration! Come out and help the Catskill Regional Invasive Species Partnership team plant native saplings! Whether it’s your first time or third time volunteering, or you’re a seasoned volunteer, your time and effort will get us one step closer to our goal...
Sustainable Bethel Forum
June 15, 2025
- June 15, 2025
| Duggan School Gym
12:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
Come join CRISP in helping the Town of Bethel in Sullivan County NY celebrate sustainability! Learn how you can help reduce energy usage, protect water quality, ID and remove invasive species, and much more! https://townofbethelny.us/sustainable-bethel
Fourteen Years with LH PRISM, Fourteen Invasives: Focus on Black Jetbead
June 15, 2025
- June 15, 2025
| Jay Heritage Center
9:30 am
- 12:00 pm
This year 2025 represents a 14-year mark and important cornerstone regarding JHC’s work on environmental conservation. To celebrate this important cornerstone, along with our partnership with LH PRISM, we are setting a new goal for this year: “Fourteen years, fourteen invasives” where 14 invasive species management projects will be built into 14 workshops in the...
Hilltop Hanover Farm's Invasive Species Walk
June 21, 2025
- June 21, 2025
| Hilltop Hanover Farm
1:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
Join Hilltop Hanover’s Native Plants Program Curator on a walk around the farm to identify invasive species and the threat they pose to our ecosystems. All ages are welcome, but participants younger than 11 will need to be accompanied by an adult. Please note that we will be walking on uneven surfaces.
Volunteer Event: Water Chestnut Pull!
June 27, 2025
- June 27, 2025
| Massapequa Lake
9:30 am
- 11:00 am
Friday, June 27th, 2025 starting at 9:30 am Massapequa Lake (Merrick Rd, Massapequa, NY 11758 ) and Mill pond (2935 Merrick Rd, Wantagh, NY 11793) Volunteer with us to remove invasive water chestnut and preserve Long Island’s lakes! This aggressive species wreaks havoc on our lakes’ delicate balance, crowding out native species and disrupting ecosystems....
