Learn about the new apps being developed to track invasive species. The New York iMap program is developing one for New York.
Smartphone App for Tracking Invasive Species
Posted October 22, 2010 by nyfloraCategories: Field Techniques, Plant Sightings
Fellowship Available at Mohonk Preserve, Ulster County
Posted October 22, 2010 by nyfloraCategories: Funding and Jobs
Mohonk Preserve is once again pleased to announce our 2010-2011 fellowship opportunities under the Loewy-Mohonk Preserve Liaison Fellowship program. Located in the northern Shawangunk Mountains of eastern New York State, the Mohonk Preserve protects nearly 7,000 acres of land. The condition of the Preserve’s forest have degraded due to more than 50 years of fire suppression, white-tailed deer browsing impacts, and the increasing presence of invasive species. The Mohonk Preserve is seeking to restore the viability of natural communities, native species and the ecological processes they depend on. Forest restoration at a landscape scale will require an integrated management approach to abate the multiple threats that have been identified. It will also depend on a shared vision of desired future conditions and commitment to implementation, monitoring and adaptive management. Through the 2010-11 Loewy-Mohonk Preserve Liaison Fellowship, up to $10,000 will be awarded to a project (or projects) that will contribute to the understanding and conservation of this ecologically significant landscape.
The program guidelines and announcement flyer listing some of our highest priority subjects and information about the Daniel Smiley Research Center can be found on our website at http://www.mohonkpreserve.org/index.php?jobs-internship#loewy
Should you be interested in applying for a fellowship, please take a look at the guidelines at the link above or feel free to forward this information to others who may be interested.
Deadline for applications is November 30th 2010.
Our fellowship opportunities are made possible through funding from The Loewy Family Foundation, Inc.
Please contact Paul Huth, Director of Research, or John Thompson, Natural Resources Specialist at the Mohonk Preserve if you have questions or need further information.
Paul Huth – 845-255-5969, fax: 845-255-1018
Rochester Public Forum on Invasive Species on Nov. 16th.
Posted October 20, 2010 by nyfloraCategories: Invasive Species
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New York’s Effort to Map Invasive Species
Posted October 20, 2010 by nyfloraCategories: 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 particular emphasis is placed on functionality designed to aid in Early Detection/Rapid Response (ED/RR) efforts.
The initial consortium is comprised of four partners: the Natural Heritage Program of the state of Florida (Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI), the New York Natural Heritage Program (NYNHP), The Nature Conservancy, and NatureServe.
For New York the iMap staff are housed at the New York Natural Heritage Program Office in the DEC in Albany.
For more information, how you can participate, and the website CLICK HERE.
New York Invasive Species Clearinghouse. Your Website for Invasive Species in New York.
Posted October 20, 2010 by nyfloraCategories: Invasive Species
If you want to know everything that is happening with invasive species, both plant and animal in New York, 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.
Posted October 18, 2010 by nyfloraCategories: Invasive Species, Publications, Apps, and Websites
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 article provides useful statistics and links to major repositories of deer info.
CLICK HERE for the article.
Deer on the dunes. Fire Island. Photo Steve Young.
Invasive Honeysuckles Linked to Lyme Disease Risk
Posted October 18, 2010 by nyfloraCategories: Invasive Species
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.
Posted October 18, 2010 by nyfloraCategories: Happenings
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
Posted October 16, 2010 by nyfloraCategories: Plant Identification, Taxonomy
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.
The rare Botrychium minganense near Syracuse. Photo Steve Young.
Phragmites Eliminates Rare Plants
Posted October 14, 2010 by nyfloraCategories: Invasive Species
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 beautiful and diverse salt marsh. With three other people we searched the shoreline but were met again and again with the scene below.
In the last 15 years Phragmites australis had taken over the entire high marsh and eliminated the Iris prismatica, Salicornia bigelovii, Lilaeopsis chinensis, Sabatia stellaris and Plantago maritima. Many of the high salt marsh areas on Long Island are now changing to Phragmites monocultures and these saltmarsh rare plants will disappear completely in the years to come. We hope to survey more marshes next year to get an idea of how quickly this process is happening and what we will actually lose.
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