INVASIVE SPECIES NEAR YOU?

Thomas F. O'Mara

July 15, 2015

This week in New York, July 12-18, brings the second annual “Invasive Species Awareness Week” (ISAW), and there’s simply no denying its importance: the impact of invasive species can be costly, and devastating.

From the longstanding battle to control the spread of Eurasian Water Milfoil (EWM) in Waneta and Lamoka Lakes in Schuyler and Steuben counties, to the more recent invasion of Hydrilla in the Cayuga Lake Inlet in Tompkins County, our waterway-filled landscape is no stranger to these threats.

But the overall danger of invasive species represents much more than just a fight against aggressive aquatic invaders. And that’s the point of the week ahead.

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"These new laws have continued to strengthen the foundation we’ve built over the past several years to place New York State at the forefront of a new, potentially billion-dollar industry," said Senator O'Mara, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee.

Senate and Assembly approve legislation giving volunteer firefighters health care coverage for job-related cancer diagnoses

June 20, 2017

“It’s the least we can do for our volunteer firefighters and their families,” said Senator O'Mara.

Senate and Assembly approve O'Mara's legislation creating ‘Upstate Transit Funding Board’ to ensure long-term viability of public transit systems

June 20, 2017

Senator O'Mara has sponsored numerous meetings and forums on the future of rural public transportation, including one with Senator Jim Seward (r.) in Cooperstown in 2015.

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INVASIVE SPECIES NEAR YOU?

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Legislation approved to help expand industrial hemp industry regionally, statewide: O’Mara and Southern Tier Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo have sponsored laws encouraging the industry’s growth

Senate and Assembly approve legislation giving volunteer firefighters health care coverage for job-related cancer diagnoses

Senate and Assembly approve O'Mara's legislation creating ‘Upstate Transit Funding Board’ to ensure long-term viability of public transit systems

Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' ~ for the week of June 19, 2017 ~ 'A duty to combat heroin and opioid crisis'

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