Bringing together and increasing the capacity of experts, resource managers and citizen scientists to manage starry stonewort across the Great Lakes basin
Learn about starry stonewort, an invasive aquatic species threatening the Great Lakes basin.
Reports, presentations, training materials, and links to information about starry stonewort in the basin.
We need help identifying the extent of the infestation of starry stonewort in the Great Lakes basin.
Keep informed about what’s going on across the region in the fight against Starry Stonewort and other aquatic invasive species! Events coming soon are listed here, click to get more details. View our full calendar of events here.
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On Sunday, we had the pleasure of working with the Finger Lakes PRISM to give a training session for the Master Naturalist Program. Through preserved samples and time out on the water, participants learned how to identify numerous of the region's aquatic plant species, including priority invasive species. We had a great time and hope they enjoyed things as much as we did!
In case you missed yesterday's webinar with Dr. Douglas Pullman from the Aquest Corporation, the recording can now be found on our YouTube channel!
Watch it here: youtu.be/5NXwu6JtsdM
In just a few days, on July 14th at 10:00am, we're hosting the third entry in our 2021 webinar series, with Dr. Douglas Pullman from the Aquest Corporation. Dr. Pullman is a limnologist and the president of the Aquest Corp., which has been consulting on lake management for 30 years.
His topic will be: Researching and applying control methods for starry stonewort.
Preregister to attend using the link below!
We are happy to announce that on August 17th at 10am EST, Keith Gray from Integrated Lakes Management, Inc.(ILM) will present as part our webinar series! Keith is president of ILM, which is a water resource management company seeking to restore and maintain natural water features utilizing methods that minimize collateral damage.
His topic will be his organization's experiences with Diver Assisted Suction Harvesting (DASH) and starry stonewort.
We'll announce more details as we get closer.
You can preregister to attend here:
If you weren't able to attend our training yesterday, or just wanted to learn more about starry stonewort and how to detect it, you can now watch a recording on our YouTube channel!
Watch it here: youtu.be/2HwcBlLPRE8
If you missed yesterday's webinar with Don Fisher, it can now be found on our YouTube channel!
You can watch it here: youtu.be/lUKeRdjOdxY
Welcome to the eighth annual New York Invasive Species Awareness Week! As part of #NYISAW, we will be hosting our second entry in our webinar series for this year. On Wednesday, June 9th at 10am, Don Fisher from the Little York Lake Preservation Society will present on his organization's experiences with using algaecides to control starry stonewort.
You can preregister to attend here: hws.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArdeutrj4tEtEDodToeHJGfvPKpuc7ca1j
You can check out the full NYISAW event calendar here: stoptheinvasionny.wordpress.com/events/
A quick correction to our previous post! Our upcoming webinar with Don Fisher is June 9th, not the 10th. We're sorry for any confusion!
You can preregister to attend here: hws.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArdeutrj4tEtEDodToeHJGfvPKpuc7ca1j
Next up in our Webinar Series, on June 9th at 10:00am, is Don Fisher from the Little York Lake Preservation Society. Don, along with the Preservation Society, helps manage the eponymous Little York Lake in the Finger Lakes region of New York.
The title of his presentation is: A lake association's experiences in controlling starry stonewort with algaecide.
He will be discussing his organization's experiences with starry stonewort and their efforts to manage it. Alongside variable leaf milfoil, starry stonewort has become a nuisance species in their lake, prompting them to begin algaecide treatments in 2020.This year they intend to expand their treatment to better manage the issue.
Register to attend here: hws.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArdeutrj4tEtEDodToeHJGfvPKpuc7ca1j
All underwater photography on starrystonewort.org captured by Scott Brown
