Sizing up Sticky Sage

Type: 

Stewardship

Author: 
By Ryan McClean
Date: 
08/31/2023
Source: 
New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
PC Region: 
East Hudson

Sticky sage (Salvia glutinosa, glutinous sage, Jupiter’s sage, Jupiter’s distaff), an emerging invasive species in the Lower Hudson Valley, is a nemesis of Ryan L. McClean, the Terrestrial Invasive Species Project Manager for the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference (Trail Conference) under the Lower Hudson Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (LH PRISM). Sticky sage is an herbaceous perennial plant in the mint family native to Europe.

Putting a Stopper on Sticky Sage Along the Appalachian Trail

Type: 

Trail News

Author: 
Krysti Sabins
Date: 
09/15/2022
Source: 
New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
PC Region: 
East Hudson

The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference's Terrestrial Invasives Strike Force (TISF) crew has been hard at work targeting an infestation of invasive sticky sage near the Appalachian Trail corridor in Dover, NY. With only three known occurrences in the entire United States, sticky sage is a prime example of an emerging invasive species.

 

Conservation Dog Program Protects New York's Native Turtles

Type: 

News

Author: 
Trail Conference
Date: 
07/05/2023
Source: 
New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
PC Region: 
East Hudson
West Hudson

Many of our region’s native turtles are bellwethers of high-quality water and a healthy ecosystem. To help monitor these indicators of habitat health, the Trail Conference's Conservation Dogs Program is helping partners in Westchester and Rockland Counties to improve the survey efficiency of box and wood turtles. To properly manage habitat for these species of special concern, more information is needed to estimate population size, find the boundaries of populations, determine the location of nesting sites, and record what habitat types are being utilized.

Fighting the Frankenfish! | Investigating the Range of the Northern Snakehead in the Lower Hudson Valley

Type: 

Trail News

Author: 
Krysti Sabins
Date: 
09/28/2022
Source: 
New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
PC Region: 
East Hudson

Did you know there is a fish (with teeth!) that can live days out of water that is threatening the waterways of the Lower Hudson Valley?

Conservation Dogs Sniff Out Endangered Orchids

Type: 

Trail News

Author: 
Krysti Sabins
Date: 
08/17/2022
Source: 
New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
PC Region: 
New Jersey

The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference (NYNJTC) Conservation Dogs Program has partnered with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Natural Heritage Program (NJ NHP) to find a rare, native orchid; small whorled pogonia. Small whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides) is federally listed as threatened and state listed as endangered in New Jersey and New York.