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Updated 4/23 -------------------------------------------------------- Invasive Species Workshop at ALLEGANY STATE PARK - Thursday May 7th From New York Outdoors Blog Forests, streams, lakes and fields are being degraded or irreparably damaged by alien invasive species. The cost to eliminate or mitigate the effects from these species will be vastly higher the longer we wait. The economic damage suffered by other parts of the country will happen here unless we are vigilant now. Emerald Ash Borer is confirmed just south of Cattaraugus County; Asian Long-Horned beetles have been found in the Long Island Region; Mile-a-Minute Vine and Giant Hogweed are in Cattaraugus County. Learn how to properly identify the invasive species and then what to do in response to help eradicate the problem. This workshop will be covering everything from Rock Snot to Emerald Ash Borer; Mile-a-Minute to Hogweed. The three main topics at the workshop are aquatics, plants and insects. We are unable to provide lunc...

Updated 3/5 Open Letter to The Nature Conservancy #1 By Steve Young, invasives volunteer Arlington County Posted at http://plantwhacker.blogspot.com Attacks on invasives efforts are going on at every level from the global and national down to the local, as here in Arlington. I can't find a public announcement directly from The Nature Conservancy (TNC), but email traffic shows that they have made the internal decision to disband their Global Invasive Species Team effort and fire all those folks in a few months. Arg. Here is the letter I have just finished and will post tomorrow. February 27, 2009 Mark Tercek, President and CEO The Nature Conservancy 4245 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 100 Arlington, VA 22203-1606 Dear Mr. Tercek: I have been a member of The Nature Conservancy since 1981. No, certainly I am not one of your biggest donors, but I have been a faithful member and I have believed in TNC’s work and given what I can. For all this time I have been of the impression that the miss...