Items of Interest:

$1.7 Million Dollars in Grants for Lake Erie Research Projects (Oct 25, 2010)
Buffalo State College.
Buffalo State's Great Lakes Center received three grants totaling $1.7 million from the Environmental Protection Agency's Great Lakes National Program Office. The highly competitive grants, awarded through the EPA's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, were for projects that address the most significant Great Lakes ecosystem problems, including invasive species, lake health, and pollution from many different sources.

5th Annual Adirondack Park Invasive Species Awareness Week -- Jul 11-17, 2010
Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program.
Adirondack communities and organizations will celebrate the 5th annual Invasive Species Awareness Week.

Council Releases Plan to Combat Invasive Species in New York State (Jun 28, 2010)
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets.
The New York State Invasive Species Council submitted its final report titled A Regulatory System for Non-Native Species (PDF | 743 KB) to Governor David A. Paterson and the State Legislature. The report recommends giving the Council authority to develop regulations for a new assessment process that would allow the state to categorize invasive species – such as zebra mussels, Sirex wood wasps and Eurasian milfoil – as "prohibited," "regulated" or "unregulated." As a result of this classification system, regulatory control where necessary, would help restrict movement of potentially harmful plants and animals. In other efforts to control invasive species, New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker announced the commencement of the State's largest survey to combat Plum Pox Virus, in Jun 2010. New York is the only remaining state in the nation with Plum Pox.

Didymo Alert
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced on May 12, 2010 that the presence of didymo(Didymosphenia geminate) has been confirmed in the Kayaderosseras Creek in Saratoga County. This is the fifth renowned trout stream in New York State where this aquatic nuisance species - also called "rock snot" - has been found, since 2007, when it was first confirmed in Batten Kill in Washington County. Along with the discovery of the fish disease Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS), anglers are reminded of the important role that they play in preventing the spread of these and other potentially damaging invasive species and fish diseases, For information on the “Inspect, Clean and Dry” method, see Attention Boaters and Anglers: Don't Spread Invasive Species!

Chinese Mitten Crab Alert for the Hudson River Estuary
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

State Specific Threats:

Nonindigenous Species List - New York or Display Species List by Taxonomic Group (select State)
DOI. USGS. Southeast Ecological Science Center.
Includes fact sheets, maps and collection information.

State Noxious Weed List - New York (none listed; see State Noxious Weed Lists)
USDA. NRCS. National Plant Data Center. PLANTS Database.
Designated legally noxious plants.

Status of Invasive Plants - New York / Details by State and Details by County
University of Georgia. Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. Early Detection & Distribution Mapping System.

Pest Tracker - New York
USDA. APHIS. Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey. National Agricultural Pest Information System.

Forest Threat Summary Viewer - New York
USDA. FS. Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center.
See what threats (invasive plants, insects and diseases) are in my state.