Volunteer
Find Spotted Lanternfly
- Spotted lanternfly (SLF) is an invasive insect that feeds on grapes, hops, orchard trees, and maples, severely threatening New York's forests and agricultural systems
- We need volunteers to be on the lookout to protect farmers, food, and ecosystems state-wide
- Learn how to ID SLF, adopt priority areas to survey, and report observations with easy-to-use mapping technology
Volunteer On Water
- Volunteers learn how to identify, survey, and record data about aquatic invasive plants and animals
- Once trained, select an Adirondack water body of interest to track plant growth throughout the season
- Carry out hands-on surveys looking for invasive mollusks and zooplankton not readily found on the surface
Volunteer on Land
- Leave no trace of invasive species when you hike, bike, and camp in the Adirondacks
- Help control invasive Japanese Knotweed species impacting key conservation lands
- Support Early Detection, Rapid Response efforts to stop Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in its tracks
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AIS Volunteers
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Waterways Surveyed
269
Terrestrial Sites Surveyed
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