One avenue of success for the Lower Hudson PRISM is to contract out projects that need more comprehensive work. An annual request for proposals (RFP) is issued to fund projects that further our annual objectives. Some of the contracted projects include surveying, treating, and management concepts for high threat invasive species in the Lower Hudson Region, while others provided mainly educational and outreach material to new individuals. Below you will find reports from each of the contracted projects completed at the end of each year that summarize the work performed under these contracts.
Recently Funded Final Project Examples
- American Canoe Association Camp at Lake Sebago WISP
- CCE Dutchess County - Spotted Lanternfly: Early Detection and Stop the Spread
- CCE Rockland County - Educational Outreach and Surveying for Spotted Lanternfly in Rockland County
- CCE Ulster County - Using Carnival Cutouts as a New Outreach and Education Method
- SOLitude Lake Management: Hydrilla Treatment in Creamery Pond
- Land Management, Monitoring and Outreach Internships with: Vassar College, Hudson Highlands Land Trust, Fresh Air Fund and Fordham University’s Calder Center
- Westchester Land Trust: Beating Beech Leaf Disease - Empowering Yonkers Public School Students To Restore Forests Damaged by BLD
- Westchester Parks Foundation: All-of-Westchester Internship Program
Example Projects from 2019-2021
- Westchester Land Trust - Groundwork Hudson Valley Internship - Westchester Land Trust and Groundwork Hudson Valley, 2021
- Inventory of Grass Carp Stockings to Control Aquatic Invasive Species - Northeast Aquatic Research, 2021
- Boot Brush Stations for Pound Ridge Nature Preserves - Pound Ridge Land Conservancy, 2021
- New Forest Pests Education: Focus on Spotted Lanternfly, Asian Longhorned tick, and Asian jumping Worms - Cornell Cooperative Extension, 2019
- Invasive Species Management and Prevention Internship - Vassar College, 2019
Projects Funded in 2017
- Aquatic Species Program - Year 3 (Clearwater)
- BlockBuster Survey Training (Cornell Cooperative Extension - Dutchess)
- Analysis of BlockBuster Survey Data (Ecological Research Institute)
- Hardy Kiwi Control in Bedford Year 2 (Trillium Invasive Species Management)
- Kudzu control (Trillium Invasive Species Management)
- Mile-a-minute Control in Esopus Year 3 (Scenic Hudson)
- Salvia glutinosa Control in Dover (Trillium Invasive Species Management)
- Invasive Species Summit (New York Botanical Garden)
- Lower Hudson PRISM Assistant Position (Ramapo College)
- Website Redesign (BackOffice Thinking)
Projects Funded in 2016
- 2016 Lower Hudson PRISM Contract Projects Press Release
- Aquatic Invasive Species Program Year 2 (Clearwater)
- BlockBuster Survey Protocol Refinement (Ecological Research Institute)
- BlockBuster Survey Educational Materials & Social Media Presence and Web Site Usability (Cornell Cooperative Extension- Rockland)
- Best Management Practices for Common Invasives (Hudsonia)
- Community Action Plan Phenological Calendar (Hudson Highlands Land Trust)
- Incised Fumewort survey in Westchester County (The New York Botanical Garden)
- Delineation of Hydrilla and Other SAV in the Croton River-Black Rock Park (SOLitude Lake Management)
- Invasive Species Educational Materials (Cornell Cooperative Extension - Dutchess)
- Hardy Kiwi Control in Bedford (Trillium Invasive Species Management)
- Hardy Kiwi Control in Croton Year 2 (Trillium Invasive Species Management)
- Mile-a-Minute Control in Esopus Year 2 (Trillium Invasive Species Management)
- Lower Hudson PRISM Assistant Position (Ramapo College)
Projects Funded in 2015
- Aquatic Invasive Species Program (Clearwater)
- Establishing a Lower Hudson PRISM Survey Reference Network (Geospatial and Ecological Services)
- Invasive Species Threats to Rare Plants in the Hudson River Tidal Wetlands: Analysis and Recommendations (Hudsonia)
- Invasive Species Summit (The New York Botanical Garden)
- Corydalis incisa rapid response and partnership building (New York City Parks)
- Hardy Kiwi Control in Croton (Trillium Invasive Species Management)
- Hardy Kiwi Control in Pound Ridge Year 2 (Trillium Invasive Species Management)
- Mile-a-minute Control in Esopus (Trillium Invasive Species Management)
Projects Funded in 2014
- Aquatic Survey of Greenwood Lake (Allied Biologica)
- Delineation of Hydrilla in the Croton River (Allied Biological)
- Development of Conservation Target Layers (Geospatial and Ecological Services)
- Japanese Knotweed Management and Education in the Seven Wells Brook Watershed (Housatonic Valley Association)
- Conservation Targets: Analysis of Invasive Species Threats to Species of Greatest Conservation Need (Hudsonia)
- Hardy Kiwi Control in Pound Ridge (Trillium Invasive Species Management)