by admin | Jul 8, 2010 | Field Trips
From Steve Young – NY Natural Heritage Program Earlier in June I travelled down to the South Fork of Long Island where, with funding from The Nature Conservancy, I explored various natural areas in search of rare plant populations that have not been seen in 20...
by admin | Jul 7, 2010 | Taxonomy
The 2010 Rare Plant Status Lists contain some scientific name changes that are listed here, old name first then new name. To see further explanations of why they were changed you can type the new name into the NY Flora Atlas. www.atlas.nyflora.org. Some of the...
by admin | Jul 7, 2010 | Happenings
From a DEC press release: City of Rochester, State Preserve Last Two Undeveloped Finger Lakes in New York (Thursday, July 1, 2010) – Rochester Mayor Robert J. Duffy and State Environmental Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today that New York State has completed the...
by admin | Jul 7, 2010 | Invasive Species
The following is from a DEC press release: Report Identifies New Process to Categorize Non-Native Invasive Species The New York State Invasive Species Council today (July 6) submitted its final report to Governor David A. Paterson and the State Legislature. The...
by admin | Jul 4, 2010 | Field Techniques
There have been many times in the field when I have seen botanists look across a large marsh or up a high cliff and say, “I wish I had a jetpack to fly out there and take a look.” Well, the day has come and the first commercially available jetpack, the...
