“Want to help spot invasives? Then APIPP wants you,” Adirondack Daily Enterprise

“Want to help spot invasives? Then APIPP wants you,” Adirondack Daily Enterprise

The Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program is hosting five new education events to be held January through April related to invasive species threats to habitat integrity and the economies of Adirondack communities. The public’s help is needed to map and manage invasive species on land and in water across the region, and APIPP can sharpen people’s skills to join the effort.


The discovery in 2020 of two emerging forest pests inside of the Adirondack Blue Line, hemlock woolly adelgid and emerald ash borer, spurred swift action to understand the scope of current infestations and public and private partners deploy rapid response treatment across hundreds of acres. APIPP’s Winter Learning Series reflects these emerging conservation pressures and invites homeowners, recreationalists, local businesses, woodlot owners, forestry professionals, gardeners and those interested in citizen science to be on the lookout for, prevent the spread of and manage invasive species threatening North Country ecosystems and economic sectors.

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