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.

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.

Get tips to help you stop the spread of invasive species this holiday season!

Use iMapInvasives’ new tools to find aquatic invasive species distribution in waterbodies, get a bird’s eye view of management efforts, and prioritize terrestrial management sites.

10,199 EAB parasitoid wasps released from 2022-23.
Volunteers find evidence of overwintering, bringing hope to ash tree species.

Partners collaborated on a rapid response and outreach effort for a new population of fanwort in Mexico, NY.

For the third year in a row, students from Belleville Henderson Middle School participated in environmental monitoring activities as part of the Day in the Life of Lake Ontario – St. Lawrence River student summit event, held this year at Westcott Beach State Park on September, 30th.

Tree Watertown serves the community through the development and presentation of educational initiatives, and tree-planting projects throughout the year. The group has been active for over 20 years and is always welcoming new members with an interest and passion for trees.

Piping plovers are important to our ecosystem. As an indicator species, they tell biologists if the beach ecosystem is healthy. Invasive species impact their nesting habitat as plovers do not like nesting in areas of dense vegetation; they prefer wide, expansive stretches of beach to prevent predators from sneaking up on them and their chicks.

The latest updates from our Terrestrial Restoration and Resiliency Coordinator, Robert Smith.