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Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) in New York State What is Known, Predictable, and Expected in Western New York The news is not good! EAB Update and Informational Meeting August 31st 2010 - 2:00 pm Woodlawn Beach State Park 3580 Lake Shore Road (Rt. 5) at Rt. 179 Interchange, Blasdell NY Sponsored by Western New York Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (WNY PRISM) Presenters will address EAB identification, physiology, habitat, surveillance and monitoring, known occurrences, EAB damage visual keys and descriptors followed by a question and answer period. Co-Sponsors and Presenters include: • NYS Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation • NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Region 9 • NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets • USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) • Erie County Environmental Education Institute (ECEEI) EAB is on the move across NYS. How will this impact the eight county region of WNY? Can’t attend this meeting and meet...

Invasive Species Survey Discovers First European Marine Shrimp to Invade North America From Judith Pederson, Ph.D. MIT Sea Grant College Program Cambridge, Mass. ~ The first European shrimp to invade North America has been found in Salem, Massachusetts, 17 miles north of Boston, according to scientists participating in a "rapid assessment" survey of invasive species along the New England coast. The shrimp was discovered on July 31 while scientists were searching for another invader, an Asian shrimp recently discovered in Long Island Sound. The new European shrimp, known as Palaemon elegans , which is edible, can reach 2½ inches in length. The shrimp was found in Salem's Hawthorne Cove Marina. A team of scientists returned on August 9 to Salem and found a large population, collecting over 70 shrimp at Hawthorne and at near-by Palmer's Cove Yacht Club. The shrimp's identity was confirmed by Dr. Sammy De Grave of Oxford University's (Oxford, England) Museum...

TREE-KILLING BEETLE DETECTED IN THE CATSKILL FOREST PRESERVE Separate Detection in Livingston County; Firewood Outreach Planned for Watkins Glen Race Week New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Pete Grannis announced the discovery of a well-established Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) infestation in northern Ulster County that includes land within the Catskill Park’s Forest Preserve. EAB is a small but destructive beetle that infests and kills North American ash tree species, including green, white, black and blue ash . The discovery comes as a result of surveying efforts by DEC, the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (DAM) and the federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) after the initial discovery of an adult EAB specimen in Saugerties on July 15. “This latest discovery of EAB is particularly troubling because it occurred within the boundaries of one of the state’s two constitutionally protected forest preserves,” Commissioner ...