Second Annual NYC Wildflower Week a Success

The 2nd annual NYC Wildflower Week drew interest from around the world! Since February 2009, the website has had over 9,500 visitors from every continent and 46 U.S. states. May 2-9, 2009 celebrated the hundreds of native flowers, trees, shrubs and grasses in the Big...

NY Emerald Ash Borer Biosurveillance Training

As you are most likely aware, emerald ash borer (EAB) presents one of the biggest threats to our trees in New York and the northeast. It has already been found in Randolph, NY and may be located elsewhere, undetected. Currently the purple prism traps hung in ash...

Utica Marsh BioBlitz Results

The first BioBlitz at Utica Marsh was held on Saturday, June 27, 2009. Congratulations to all participants! What is a BioBlitz? It’s a one-day intensive survey of all living organisms in a designated area. Why run a BioBlitz? (1) to document which species live...