How YOU Can Help! Easy Tips to Implement Before APIPP’s Summer Trainings
The Adirondack Park’s unique and beautiful landscape, known for its pristine waters, rugged peaks, and vast forests, is cherished by people around the world. However, despite its natural beauty and...
View ArticleiMapInvasives Training at the Intervale Lowlands Preserve
On Thursday, May 28th, approximately thirty eager and curious participants gathered at the Intervale Lowlands Preserve in Lake Placid for an iMapInvasives training put on by The New York Natural...
View ArticleSummer Events Begin with First Invasive Plant Management Training
The Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP) kicked off its summer of events last week with the first in a series of terrestrial invasive plant management trainings offered to landowners. Local...
View ArticleAIS Volunteer Monitoring Program Kicks Off 2015 Season
Veteran and novice Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP) volunteers congregated in Bolton Landing, Paul Smith’s and Speculator this past week to participate in APIPP’s annual Aquatic...
View ArticleInvasive Species Awareness Week Events To Occur Across the Adirondacks
Next week is New York State’s second annual Invasive Species Awareness Week (ISAW), July 12th-18th! The Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP) and its partners have organized a lineup of...
View ArticleSnapshots from Invasive Species Awareness Week 2015
The second annual statewide Invasive Species Awareness Week took place across New York July 12-18. The Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP) and its partners hosted 15 special events within...
View ArticleTerrestrial Response Team Back in Action this Summer
The Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP) has contracted with Invasive Plant Control (IPC) Inc. again this summer to provide the services of a terrestrial response team. This team will allow...
View ArticleADK’s Backcountry Monitoring Projects to Explore Invasive Species in Remote...
The Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) has partnered with the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP), the New York State iMap Invasives Program, and the Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) to lead...
View ArticleMeet Stephen Slonosky, Adirondack Invasive Species Campground Manager
Each year, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP) partner together to hire, train, and supervise an Adirondack invasive species...
View ArticleA Day on the Lake with Guy Middleton
Recently, APIPP’s aquatic coordinator Erin Vennie-Vollrath and I had the opportunity to tag along with Guy Middleton, Lake Manager for the Upper Saranac Lake Foundation (USF) as he patrolled for...
View ArticleIntroducing Mitchell Jones, APIPP’s Invasive Species Seasonal Educator
With the summer recreation season fast approaching, collaborative efforts and partnerships to advance invasive species education, outreach and awareness are essential to keeping invasives out of our...
View Article2016 Aquatic Invasive Plant Identification & Survey Trainings A Success
The Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP) successfully trained over 30 volunteer lake monitors during this summer’s Aquatic Invasive Plant Identification & Survey Trainings. Three...
View ArticleMinerva Lake’s DASH for Eurasian Watermilfoil Control
What is Diver Assisted Suction Harvesting (DASH)? For the first time in the Adirondack Park’s history, the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) has approved the use of diver assisted suction harvesting (DASH)...
View ArticleTerrestrial Coordinator Blog:
Protecting Rare Species from Exotic Invaders By Zachary Simek This past summer I worked with the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program’s (APIPP) Terrestrial Rapid Response Team and partners from the...
View ArticleDon’t let HWA Pull the Wool Over Your Eyes!
On June 6th, I joined Forest Entomologist, Dr. Mark Whitmore, along with the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program’s (APIPP) Terrestrial Invasive Species Coordinator, Zachary Simek, New York State...
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