New York Invasive Species Clearinghouse and Website

The New York Invasive Species Information Website - NYIS.INFO and its host, the New York Invasive Species Clearinghouse, were founded in October 2008, funded through a contract with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. [The two are generally both referred to as NYIS.INFO.] NYIS.INFO was established in response to Recommendation 5 of the November 2005 report of the New York State Invasive Species Task Force report to the Governor and Legislature. The Task Force recommended that the State should integrate invasive species databases and information clearinghouses. This resulted in the creation of the database project iMapInvasives and NYIS.INFO.

NYIS.INFO is a program initiative of New York Sea Grant, a cooperative program of the State University of New York (SUNY) and Cornell University. A Scientific Advisory Board will advise NYIS.INFO on invasive species and topics that should be addressed by the project.

Staff

Chuck O'Neill, a Senior Extension Associate with the New York Sea Grant Extension program is the director of NYIS.INFO. Chuck also serves as NY Sea Grant's representative to the NYS Invasive Species Advisory Committee and is the current chair of the Committee. Chuck is NY Sea Grant's invasive species team leader. He has been with Sea Grant since 1981.