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News

  • April 27, 2012. NYS DEC Urban and Community Forestry Grants Announced Due 6/21 more »
  • April 18, 2012. DEC: Emerald Ash Borer crosses Hudson River - found for first time in Dutchess County more »
  • April 10, 2012. Track Growing Degree Days for EAB at NERCC Web Site more »
  • April 2, 2012. April is USDA-APHIS Invasive Pest Awareness Month more »
  • March 29, 2012. Safari 20 SG Insecticide now labeled in NYS for EAB control more »
  • March 26, 2012. New on-line EAB Pesticide Recertification Class available through Cornell's PMEP more »

Events

  • May 18 - May 18 - Emerald Ash Borer NYS First Detector Training more »
  • May 19 - May 19 - 4-H Invasive Plant Exploration and Garlic Mustard Pull more »
  • May 24 - SLELO PRISM - iMapinvasives Training more »
  • May 24 - iMap Invasives Training  more »
  • May 29 - May 29 - Emerald Ash Borer NYS First Detector Training more »
  • June 2 - April 23 - 4-H Invasive Plant Exploration and Garlic Mustard Pull   more »
  • June 9 - June 30 - New York- New Jersey Trail Conference is recruiting volunteers to participate in their Invasives Strike Force more »
  • October 16 - May 11 - Fourth annual Alverna Heights Invasive Species Workshop more »
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New York Invasive Species Clearinghouse


Species Highlight

Feral Swine Are on the Move in New York

Feral swine (Sus scrofa) sightings are on the increase in New York. There are known breeding populations in multiple Central New York counties and PA Northern Tier counties. Feral swine destroy crop and wild lands; compete with and feed on wildlife and feed on young livestock; carry diseases transmittable to livestock and humans; and foul waterways.

Now is the time to take action to control feral swine in New York. Existing breeding populations need to be eradicated, new introductions and domestic escapees need to be prevented, and the public needs to be educated about the issues associated with these swine. Click here or on one of the photos of the swine in the slide show (above) to visit our feral swine profile and learn more about feral swine. A feral swine video can be found at the bottom of this page.

Welcome to NYIS.INFO, the website of the New York Invasive Species Clearinghouse and the Cornell Cooperative Extension Invasive Species Education Program (CCE ISP). NYIS.INFO is your gateway to science-based information, breaking news, and new and innovative tools for coping with biological invaders in New York. NYIS.INFO links scientists, local, state and federal resource manages, policy setters, educators, and grassroots efforts to help you become part of the battle against invasive species in New York.

NYIS.INFO is home to the National Aquatic Nuisance Species Clearinghouse Aquatic Invasive Species Database. Click here to search the database."

NYIS.INFO hosts the listing of Non-Native Plant Species Invasiveness Assessments for New York. Please click here to access that list.

NYIS.INFO, the New York Invasive Species Clearinghouse, and the Cornell Cooperative Extension Invasive Species Education Program are supported by the New York State Environmental Protection Fund through a contract with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Current Video Section

A Pickup Load of Pigs: The Feral Swine Pandemic
By Mississippi State University Extension Service. For additional detailed videos on feral swine, visit the Mississippi State University wildpiginfo website at http://wildpiginfo.msstate.edu/