Save the date! Our Eastern Lake Ontario Invasive Species Symposium will be held on June 12th, 2025 at SUNY Oswego’s Sheldon Ballroom in Oswego, NY. In conjunction with the symposium, we’re offering two workshops at the SUNY Oswego Rice Creek Field Station on June 11th, 2025.
Eastern Lake Ontario Invasive Species Symposium
November 21, 2024
Virtual Hike Challenge
October 30, 2024
SLELO PRISM holds our annual Virtual Hike Challenge (VHC). The challenge, happening November through March, pairs winter hiking with simple instructions to help keep an eye out for hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA). HWA is an invasive forest pest that is confirmed to be present in Oswego County and is spreading along the Eastern Lake Ontario shoreline.
Volunteer Opportunities
October 20, 2023
Join upcoming restoration plantings, guided hikes and other volunteer opportunties.
New York Invasive Species Awareness Week
June 5, 2023
Join guided hikes, paddles, webinars and other events happening across the state for New York’s Invasive Species Awareness Week from June 5th-11th!
NYISAW 2021
June 2, 2021
Learn how you can protect your lands and waters from the impacts of invasive species during the 8th annual New York Invasive Species Awareness Week. June 6th through the 12th virtual engagements, COVID compliant events, social media challenges and a family friendly scavenger hunt will be held across NYS.
New York Invasive Species Awareness Week
Celebrate New York Invasive Species Awareness Week with us on Facebook for games, prizes, challenges, webinars, and a movie night! Learn how you can help stop the spread of invasive species.
Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week
May 17, 2020
May marks the beginning of the mating season for the emerald ash borer, an invasive wood-boring beetle that kills ash trees.
National Invasive Species Awareness Week
February 25, 2020
Participate in the largest invasive species awareness effort in the U.S. Raise awareness and identify solutions to invasive species issues at local, state, tribal, regional and international and national scales.