Lower Hudson Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (LH PRISM) is hosted by the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference and is dedicated to protecting the Lower Hudson region's biodiversity and ecosystems with a focus on controlling the harmful impacts of invasive species.

Stewardship Newsletter | January

In this Newsletter:
• Friendly Reminder: Don't Move Firewood
• Request for Invasive Species Control Projects
• Become a Volunteer Stewardship Educational Content Creator
• Upcoming Events

Friendly Reminder: Don't Move Firewood

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🔥 Heed the God of Firewood this winter and beyond!️‍

Every ecosystem has its own unique combination of organisms, including invasive pests and diseases.

🪲 Moving untreated firewood from one ecosystem and/or geographic region to another is one of the main ways invasive pests and diseases spread to new areas.

🚗 Transporting infested firewood allows invasives to spread further and faster than they would have on their own.

🪵 Buy treated or gather wood locally to avoid accidentally introducing anything harmful into the local ecosystem.

Learn more at: dontmovefirewood.org

Request for Invasive Species Control Projects

Do you have an invasive species project idea that could use the help of our Invasives Strike Force (ISF) Crew? Then good news! We have just released our call for project proposals to engage our ISF Crew this 2025 field season.

Each year, the Invasives Strike Force takes on invasive species control projects of local and regional importance, using the best management practices available to address approved priority projects at no cost to the landowner. The ISF Crew is a boots-on-the-ground early detection, rapid response crew that travels throughout the Lower Hudson Valley to manage priority invasive species populations.

Priorities are outlined in the application, but in general, the ISF prioritizes management of invasive species with low regional abundance and high invasiveness potential (Tier 2), as well as projects that protect conservation targets and/or have notable social and recreational value.

Projects taken on by the ISF must occur within the Lower Hudson PRISM boundaries in New York.

The due date for this application is Monday, February 10, 2025 at 5pm.

Click here for more information on applying!

Help educate the public on topics including responsible recreation, native plant factoids, pollinator-friendly gardening, invasive species identification and prevention, and more! We are looking for contributions to our social media education and outreach efforts (as seen here). If you have an interest in fact-based research and writing we would love to hear from you + bonus points for photo/video content!

This volunteer commitment requires one contribution per month of either text or multimedia content. For more information, please fill out the below form.

We look forward to working with you!

Volunteer with us!

Upcoming Partner Events

CCE Westchester Certified Tree Steward Training 2025

Tuesday, Apr 22 - Friday, May 2, 2025
CCE of Westchester County, Elmsford, NY

The Tree Steward Program is a comprehensive workshop dealing with arboriculture. Through both classroom learning and outdoor exercises, the participants will learn all about tree biology, identification, pruning, planting, rigging and much more. Personal protection as well as tree protection will be emphasized.

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