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The NY ISRI works closely with other partners in New York State’s invasive species initiatives, including Cornell Cooperative Extension, the Invasive Species Clearinghouse, the Partnerships for Regional Invasive Species Management (PRISMs), and the NY Natural Heritage Program.

Check out the Web resources provided by these partners:

NY Invasive Species http://nyis.info/

A joint undertaking of the newly established NY Invasive Species Clearinghouse and the Cornell Cooperative Extension Invasive Species Education Program.  Your source for breaking news about invasive species news and new and innovative tools to prevent, detect, control and eradicate biological invaders in New York.

Partnerships for Regional Invasive Species Management (PRISMs) http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/47433.html

Eight partnerships between NY Department of Environmental Conservation and regional resource managers, non-governmental organizations, industry, resource users, citizens and other state agencies and stakeholders to combat invasive species.  PRISMs will coordinate invasive species management functions including coordinating partner efforts, recruiting and training citizen volunteers, identifying and delivering education and outreach, establishing early detection monitoring networks and implementing direct eradication and control efforts.

·         Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP)

·         Finger Lakes PRISM

·         Capital-Mohawk PRISM

·         Catskills Regional Invasive Species Partnership (CRISP)

·         Long Island Invasive Species Management Initiative (LIISMA)

·         Lower Hudson PRISM

·         Saint Lawrence and Eastern Lake Ontario PRISM (SLELO)

·         Western New York PRISM

iMap Invasives http://imapinvasives.org

An on-line, GIS-based, all-taxa invasive species mapping tool with a focus on serving the needs of invasive species managers.  Led by the New York Natural Heritage Program (NYNHP) in coordination with partners from the Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI), The Nature Conservancy in Oregon, the Global Invasive Species Team of The Nature Conservancy (TNC-GIST), and NatureServe.

Cornell Cooperative Extension http://cce.cornell.edu/Environment/Pages/InvasiveSpecies.aspx

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