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In his new role as Coordinator of Extension Invasive Species Programs, NYSG Veteran Chuck O’Neill directs the New York Invasive Species Clearinghouse (NYIS.INFO) and coordinates the Cornell Cooperative Extension Statewide Invasive Species Extension Program. Read More » Aquatic Invasive Species  Aquatic Invasive Animals: Educational Materials
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The last six years of work leading up to this new Great Lakes Sea Grant Network project is paying off with a shift in people’s willingness to clean their boats and keep their pets and plants from escaping into the environment. Read More » Booklets: New York State Prohibited and Regulated Invasive Plants & Animals  Aquatic Invasive Species - News
Two revised full-color publications - produced by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation with assistance from NYSG, among others - list all the State's banned and regulated plants and animals. Read More » Invasives to Watch  New York Coastlines, Spring 2011
Back in 2001 for New York Sea Grant’s 30th anniversary, we asked Chuck O’Neill to compile a list of “30 Invasive Species to Watch.” Now, ten years later, we asked him what new invasive species are the ones to watch now? Read More » New York Sea Grant Announces Updated Invasive Species Website  Aquatic Invasive Species - Press Release
The redesigned nyis.info now includes iMapInvasive maps that allow for real-time information, watercraft inspection, and more user-friendly navigation. Read More » New York State Steps Up Battle Against Invasive Species  Aquatic Invasive Species: Coastlines, Fall 2008
In response to the problem of invasive species, NY established an Invasive Species Task Force to explore how the State could best address this growing issue. Read More » New York State Watercraft Inspection Steward Program Handbook  Coastal Community Development Program / Aquatic Invasive Species - News
NYSG Extension developed this with for the CCE Invasive Species Programs for use statewide as the standardized model for starting new community or agency-based watercraft inspection programs. Read More » New York State Watercraft Inspection Steward Program Handbook  Coastal Community Development Program / Aquatic Invasive Species - Press Release
The 81-page, illustrated guide is the standardized model for starting new watercraft inspection programs and includes a Watercraft Inspection Steward Training and Field Guide section. Read More » Now is the Time for NY’s Marinas, Boaters & Anglers to Battle Hydrilla  Aquatic Invasive Species - Press Release
New York Sea Grant and the Cornell Cooperative Extension Invasive Species Program have written “Hydrilla: What Marinas Need to Know” and “Not Wanted! Hydrilla” fact sheets to help people recognize the invasive plant and closely inspect watercraft to prevent its spread. Read More » NY Boaters Asked to Help Prevent Spread of Invasive Water Plant  Aquatic Invasive Species - News
North Country Public Radio reports on Hydrilla, an aquatic invasive that New York Sea Grant and the Cornell Cooperative Extension Invasive Species Program have educational materials on for marinas and boat owners. Read More » NY Experts Contribute to Great Lakes Sea Grant Network Comprehensive Report on Asian Carp  Aquatic Invasive Species - Press Release
Modeling by the US Fish and Wildlife Service shows the Great Lakes are at risk of invasion from all four non-native species of carp from Asia currently found in North America. Read More » NYIS Info (The New York Invasive Species Information Clearinghouse)  New York Coastlines, Fall 2009
NYIS Info continues to expand its scope and services. “We are happy to announce that that NYIS Info has absorbed the National Aquatic Invasive Species Database under the infrastructure of the new Clearinghouse Web site,” said Chuck O’Neill, NYSG invasive species specialist and Director of NYIS Info. Read More » NYSG Aquatic Invasive Species Education: By The Numbers  Aquatic Invasive Species - News
New York Sea Grant-ers reach more than 335,000 New Yorkers, Restore more than 335 Acres in New York State. Read More » NYSG Partners for Treatment of Invasive Hydrilla Plant in Cayuga Inlet  Aquatic Invasive Species - News
A little green plant called hydrilla has the power to temporarily close down boating in the Cayuga Inlet, which has warranted a declaration of a state of emergency in the City of Ithaca, and will cost nearly $100,000 in county, municipal and state funds this season. Read More » NYSG Programs on Slowing Spread of Aquatic Invaders  Aquatic Invasive Species - News
NYSG and now Cornell Cooperative Extension Specialist Chuck O'Neill has kept tabs on these and other invasives for three decades now, currently through the New York Invasive Species Clearinghouse and its Web site, www.NYIS.info. Now, O'Neill's efforts with Sea Grant and its partners have spread into other parts of our program. Read More » NYSG Researcher Featured in Phragmites Webinar  Aquatic Invasive Species - News
NYSG-funded reseacher Dr. Bernd Blossey from Cornell University is a guest speaker for a Webinar series lecture on Phragmites, the common reed that has invaded many wetlands throughout North America. Read More » NYSG’s Invasive Species Site in the Spotlight  Aquatic Invasive Species - Press Advisory
With the recent discovery of the forest insect pest, the emerald ash borer (EAB), in New York, NYSG's “New York Invasive Species Clearinghouse” Web site has become the go to portal to all New York State emerald ash borer resources. Read More » O’Neill Appointed as NY Sea Grant’s Interim Associate Director 
Charles R. “Chuck” O’Neill has been named New York Sea Grant’s Interim Associate Director effective February 1, 2010. Read More » On Air: Asian Carp Could Pose Real Threat to Great Lakes Ecosystem  Aquatic Invasive Species - News
Big head and silver carp have been detected very close to the Great Lakes, so the risk of a flood introducing them into the lakes is always present. Read More » On Air: Sea lamprey on rise in Lakes Erie and Superior  Aquatic Invasive Species - News
There’s some bad news in the Great Lakes and it’s all about the sea lamprey, an eel-like creature that literally sucks the life out of fish. They do a lot of damage and now they’re on the rise in some lakes. Read More » On YouTube: Calling All Boaters: Help Prevent Hydrilla  Aquatic Invasive Species - News
As seen in this clip from WBNG Binghamton Channel 12 Action News, concerns are growing about the presence of Hydrilla, an invasive plant species, in Cayuga Lake in Tompkins County. Read More » On YouTube: Comment Sought On Invasive Species Proposals  Aquatic Invasive Species - News
As New York Sea Grant's Recreation/Tourism Specialist Dave White tells the newscasters at Watertown's WWNY-TV 7 News This Morning studios, New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation is proposing regulations to help control invasive species. Read More » On YouTube: Control plan set to target creepy parasites along Lake Erie tributaries  Aquatic Invasive Species - News
Helen Domske, senior extension specialist with NYSG, is an expert on lamprey: "Lake Erie is really, really struggling with lamprey and the ironic thing is we've cleaned up and rehabilitated streams and creeks and made the waters more appealing for them." Read More » On YouTube: Hydrilla Plants Invade Western NY; Invasive Species Found in North Tonawanda Waterways  Aquatic Invasive Species - News
What has helped Hydrilla, an aquatic plant native to Asia, proliferate in Western New York's waterways? Banned in some parts of the U.S., this Federally-designated noxious weed is still popular with aquarium owners who use is it until it overgrows fish tanks. NYSG's Helen Domske shares her thoughts in this YNN spotlight story and video clip. Read More » On YouTube: NYSDEC to Host Hearings on Invasive Species Regulations  Aquatic Invasive Species - News
YNN talks with NYSG's Dave White, who has more on a proposed NYSDEC regulation and how you can make your voice heard. Read More » On YouTube: Sea Grant Has New Info On Invasive Species  Aquatic Invasive Species - News
As seen in this clip from Watertown, NY-based WWNY TV 7,Dave White, NYSG's Great Lakes program coordinator and recreation/tourism specialist, discusses how important it is to be aware of the problems invasive species like the Asian carp and aquatic plant Hydrilla can cause. NYSG recently produced educational materials on both. Read More » On YouTube: Sea Grant Research Helps Develop a Biological Control for Invasive Mussels  Aquatic Invasive Species - News
As reported in The New York Times, New York Sea Grant research has helped develop a safe, effective, patented biocontrol agent for zebra and quagga mussels that is cheaper than traditional control methods. Read More » On YouTube: Students Learn About Area's Fragile Dune System  Aquatic Invasive Species - News
New York Sea Grant Extension Aide Brittney Rogers, a planner of the event, offered a food web activity to show students the effects of introducing invasive species into aquatic ecosystems. Read More » On YouTube: Study Proposes Ways To Keep Asian Carp Out Of Great Lakes  Aquatic Invasive Species - News
In January 2014, a report was released outlining eight options for keeping Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. Read More »