Save the Date for the 2025 Invasive Species Expo!
Join us on September 14th - 16th, 2025 for the 3rd biennial New York State Invasive Species Expo. This is a fully featured conference all about invasive species that combines indoor and outdoor space within the unique historical architecture of beautiful Saratoga Spa State Park. For more details click here.
Capital Region PRISM Partners
Meeting Conservations Tools and Tips
Capital Region PRISM will be holding our Spring Partner Meeting on May 8th, from 9:30 am to noon at the 4-H Training Center 556 Middleline Rd, Ballston Spa, NY 12020. Following the program Partners are encouraged to stay and network. Feel free to bring lunch. The focus of the Partner Meeting is to provide examples of conservation tools and tips to help the membership with managing their properties. As part of the program, we will hear from Jennifer Selfridge, the NYS OPRHP Restoration Ecologist, Environmental Program Specialist on the ecological management of the Big Bend Preserve at Moreau Lake State Park. Jen will hold a conversation on the management approach to restoring an 880-acre parcel. Jennifer Dean, the Invasive Species Program Coordinator from the NY Natural Heritage Program, will discuss how biodiversity data can be incorporated into invasive species decision making. The PRISM staff will then share follow-up tools on recording data for adaptive management purposes and exploring floristic quality indexing to identify conservation values and restoration actions. Partners will be given an opportunity to share general announcements and updates. Feel free to incorporate a slide if needed. Please RSVP your attendance with a quick note to Kristopher Williams [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.
Role of the PRISM
The Capital Region Partnership for Invasive Species Management (CR-PRISM) is a collaborative organization created to address the threat of invasive species. CR-PRISM is a not-for-profit quasi-governmental agency hosted by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga County. The CR-PRISM strategically operates across eleven counties and is financially supported by the Environmental Protection Fund as administered by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC). The Capital Region PRISM is one of eight Partnerships for Regional Invasive Species Management or PRISMs in New York State. New York State.
The CR-PRISM works in collaboration with partner groups to promote prevention, education, and outreach strategies, create early detection and response networks, and execute best management practices for invasive species control including post-treatment monitoring and restoration actions. In addition, we support research involving studies pertaining to the ecological impact and effective control of invasive species. Work is also conducted to help train volunteers and community scientists in these measures. The goal of these efforts is to protect conservation targets within our communities and slow the spread of invasive species. These initiatives are reflected in the CR-PRISM Strategic Plan 2023-2027.
To promote regional cohesiveness to reduce the spread and impact of invasive species, CR-PRISM collaborates with several dozen Principal and Strategic Partners, including Cooperating Affiliates, in a Partnership. Members belong to academic institutions, government agencies, municipalities, not-for-profit organizations, private preserves and parks, land trusts, conservancies, lake associations, agricultural institutions, local businesses, tribal groups, environmental groups, and community scientists. All are welcome. For more information on our Partnership please check out our Partner Invite and Acknowledgement and contact a coordinator.
The CR-PRISM works in collaboration with partner groups to promote prevention, education, and outreach strategies, create early detection and response networks, and execute best management practices for invasive species control including post-treatment monitoring and restoration actions. In addition, we support research involving studies pertaining to the ecological impact and effective control of invasive species. Work is also conducted to help train volunteers and community scientists in these measures. The goal of these efforts is to protect conservation targets within our communities and slow the spread of invasive species. These initiatives are reflected in the CR-PRISM Strategic Plan 2023-2027.
To promote regional cohesiveness to reduce the spread and impact of invasive species, CR-PRISM collaborates with several dozen Principal and Strategic Partners, including Cooperating Affiliates, in a Partnership. Members belong to academic institutions, government agencies, municipalities, not-for-profit organizations, private preserves and parks, land trusts, conservancies, lake associations, agricultural institutions, local businesses, tribal groups, environmental groups, and community scientists. All are welcome. For more information on our Partnership please check out our Partner Invite and Acknowledgement and contact a coordinator.
What are Invasive Species?
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To learn more about the invasive species of New York, click on the guides below.
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