Partners
Purpose
PRISMs are intended to coordinate invasive species management functions including coordinating partner efforts, recruiting and training citizen volunteers, identifying and delivering education and outreach, establishing early detection monitoring networks and implementing direct eradication and control efforts.
To facilitate communication within and among PRISMs, eight e-mail “listserves” or e-lists have been established, one for each of the eight PRISMs. The PRISM listserves are managed by the New York Sea Grant. Note: only members of a listserve can post message to that list.
Adirondack Region: APPIP
The Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP) serves as the Adirondack Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (PRISM), one of eight PRISMs across New York. APIPP is a partnership program founded in 1998 by The Nature Conservancy, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), New York State Department of Transportation and New York State Adirondack Park Agency, and it is housed under the Adirondack Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. Funding is provided via five-year contracts from the New York State Environmental Protection Fund as administered by NYSDEC. Since APIPP’s founding, the program has grown to include more than 30 partner organizations and hundreds of volunteers.
APIPP’s mission is to work in partnership to minimize the impact of invasive species on the Adirondack region’s communities, lands, and waters.
Capital Region PRISM
The Capital Region Partnership for Invasive Species Management (CR-PRISM) is a collaborative organization created to address the threat of invasive species. CR-PRISM is a not-for-profit quasi-governmental agency hosted by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga County. The CR-PRISM strategically operates across eleven counties and is financially supported by the Environmental Protection Fund as administered by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC). The Capital Region PRISM is one of eight Partnerships for Regional Invasive Species Management or PRISMs in New York State. New York State.
The CR-PRISM works in collaboration with partner groups to promote prevention, education, and outreach strategies, create early detection and response networks, and execute best management practices for invasive species control including post-treatment monitoring and restoration actions. In addition, we support research involving studies pertaining to the ecological impact and effective control of invasive species. Work is also conducted to help train volunteers and community scientists in these measures. The goal of these efforts is to protect conservation targets within our communities and slow the spread of invasive species.
Catskill Region: CRISP
CRISP’s resources are geared towards dealing with Early Detection Rapid Response invasive species, as well as certain forest pests (e.g. Hemlock Woolly Adelgid). At this time, CRISP rarely assists in the eradication of some highly abundant invasives–such as multiflora rose–but our staff is more than happy to consult with individuals regarding identification of and control methods available for these species.
Finger Lakes (FL) PRISM
In 2013, the Finger Lakes Institute (FLI) at Hobart and William Smith Colleges secured funding through the NYS Environmental Protection Fund with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to host the Finger Lakes Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (FL-PRISM). The FLI, having a history of coordinated research, education, and outreach programming, provides the capacity and expertise to combat invasive species in the Finger Lakes Region. The FL-PRISM allows for sharing, supporting, and leveraging of resources to mobilize a highly-visible program that builds community awareness and participation.
Long Island: LIISMA
The Long Island Invasive Species Management Area (LIISMA) is a voluntary partnership of many organizations from Staten Island (Richmond County), Long Island (Kings [Brooklyn], Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties), and eleven additional coastal plain islands. We are one of eight PRISMs (Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management) that cover all of New York State.
Our mission is to conserve LIISMA’s biodiversity, wildlife habitat, recreation resources, scenic quality, and crop production, while protecting human health and safety, by facilitating cooperation and coordination among land owners and managers to reduce the threat of human-introduced invasive species; and to reduce the costs of invasive species management by preventing and eradicating new invasive species infestations before they become established.
Lower Hudson PRISM
The mission of the Lower Hudson Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management is to protect the rich biodiversity and ecosystems of the Lower Hudson region through partnerships and collaborations that focus on controlling the introduction, spread, and harmful impact of invasive species.
One of eight such regional partnerships in New York State, the Lower Hudson PRISM acts as the go-to resource for invasives species issues in an area that stretches from Manhattan through Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess Counties and west through Rockland, Orange and portions of Ulster and Sullivan Counties.
We are funded by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation through the Environmental Protection Fund.
St. Lawrence Eastern Lake Ontario PRISM
Creating resilient lands and waters while protecting biodiversity through invasive species prevention and management.
The St. Lawrence-Eastern Lake Ontario (SLELO) Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (PRISM) is in cooperation with The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and more than twenty-three regional partner organizations. Our mission is to protect native habitats, biodiversity, natural areas, and freshwater resources by using a collaborative and integrated approach to invasive species management with emphasis on prevention, early detection, rapid response, education, and outreach.
Western New York (WNY) PRISM
WNY PRISM (Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management) is one of 8 regional partnerships in New York State created to help prevent or minimize the harm caused by invasive species to New York’s environment, economy and human health.
We work to address invasive species priorities using a coordinated partnership network, for which we provide leadership, technical assistance and opportunities for collaboration. Our goal is to improve, restore and protect local aquatic and terrestrial resources by improving the effectiveness of invasive species management efforts, engaging the public in management actions and increasing awareness of invasive species issues throughout our eight-county region. We are involved in all aspects of invasive species prevention and management and combine and leverage resources to implement the full suite of actions required to address the threat posed by invasive species.
iMapInvasives
Providing invasive species mapping resources in New York, iMapInvasives is a citizen science program where information about location and distribution of invasive species can be submitted and confirmed by experts.
New York Invasive Species Research Institute (NYISRI)
