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CISMA Call Log-in New Conference Code and Attendee ID!
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CISMA Call Agenda • Introductions- Kris
Serbesoff-King
• Nature Coast CISMA- Keith Morin
• FL Keys ITF- Beth Bergh
• Suncoast CISMA- Mike Elswick
• FLEPPC/SE-EPPC CISMA Panel Discussion
Nature Coast CISMA Update
Chairs: Keith Morin & James King
UPDATEs:
•CISMA is reactiviating off of energy from the FLEPPC/SEEPPC
CISMA meeting session in May.
•End of May call worked out a basic plan with Jim King of Hernando County and Keith Morin of the Florida Park Service as co-chairs.
•Events scheduled so far:
•August 14 – General Membership meeting at Withlacoochee Forestry Center HQ building in Brooksville
•Committee selections will be made so we can move forward
•Featuring Cheryl Millett of Nature Conservancy speaking on Lygodium
.5 CEU offered for this meeting
•October 9 – Forest Stewardship Workshop with Chris Demers of UF/IFAS at Withlacoochee Forestry Education Center classroom 2
•Denise Wilde will assist with field trip portion of workshop
Jim and Keith’s really BASIC goals right now:
•Make the website more complete:
-Region specific info about plant coverage and ID
-More workday/problem plant photos
-Postings about current exotic events in region
•Gain as much partnering as possible
-Split workload so no one is overwhelmed
-Delegate tasks to those best equipped
-Get a wide variety of agencies and personnel types input
•Set achievable goals to start success in the first year -Two CISMA workdays by end of year -Presence/host two educational events (one scheduled already) -Workday banners and outreach event signage with logos
Florida Keys ISTF Update
Chairs: Beth Bergh & Janice Duquesnel
FLORIDA KEYS INVASIVE EXOTICS TASK FORCE
Organized in 1996 to address the proliferation of invasive exotic
plant species in the Florida Keys
FKIETF Partners Include: FDEP (State Parks & Overseas Heritage Trail) FWC (Florida Keys Environmental Managed Areas) USFWS (Refuges) US Navy (Boca Chica Naval Air Station) Monroe County Incorporated Cities (Marathon, Islamorada, Layton & Key
West) Key West Botanical Garden FDOT & Transfield Services, Inc. (DOT contractor) The Nature Conservancy The Institute for Regional Conservation (IRC) Concerned Citizens
Current Projects: Herbicide & Plant ID trainings Workdays focusing on EDRR species and
US Hwy 1 ROW Drafting an invasive animals species list IPM project ranking & contractor
evaluation
Current Projects (cont.)
Florida Keys Invasive Plant Species List (includes “to be watched” category)
EDRR species list US 1 HWY corridor coordination (OHT,
FDOT, FKIETF)
FKIETF Contact Info: Current Co-Chairs:
Beth Bergh, Monroe County Land Steward Bergh-beth@monroecounty-fl.gov
Janice Duquesnel, Florida Keys Biologist, FDEP - Florida Park Service
Janice.Duquesnel@dep.state.fl.us
FKIETF website: http://www.floridainvasives.org/Keys/
Suncoast CISMA Update
Presenter: Mike Elswick
Suncoast CISMA
RECENT EVENTS • 1/24/2013 Presented at the Florida
Recreation and Parks Association on the CISMA and Tegu Research in Hillsborough County
• 1/29/2003 Nominated for Treasure of Tampa Bay Award at the Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful Awards Breakfast
Tessie Offner teaching participants to “think like a tegu”
Suncoast CISMA
RECENT EVENTS • 2/27/2013 Exhibited at the
Tampa Spring Expo (Florid Wholesale Growers)
• 4/16/2013 Membership meeting with speakers from the Florida Center for Community Design and Research and the University of Florida Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center (Aquatic CEUs offered) Mike Sowinski manning the display
Suncoast CISMA
UPCOMING EVENTS • 5/11/2013 Cohosting an
Invasive Species Day at Brooker Creek Preserve
• 5/29/2013 Invasive Species and the Law Forum at the SWFWMF office in Sarasota County
• 6/13/13 Cohosting Pet Amnesty Day a Boyd Hill Nature Preserve Brian Pavlina hugging his “latest
capture”
FLEPPC/SE-EPPC Symposium May 21-23
CISMA Panel Discussion: All about the $$$$ CISMA Panelists: Central Florida: Sherry Williams
ARSA: Brian Pelc Southwest: Erin Myers
Treasure Coast: Mike Renda Everglades: Tony Pernas
FLEPPC/SE-EPPC Symposium May 21-23
CISMA Panel Discussion: All about the $$$$
Florida’s Cooperative Invasive Species Management Areas (CISMAs)
“Show Me the Money!”
The Power of Partnerships
Questions sent to Panelists
$ What was the money used for and what were the mechanics of spending the money?
$ What did you have to do to get the money and to report on how it was spent?
$ What other interesting tidbits can you tell us that would help another CISMA be able to do something similar?
$ What you would change in hindsight – lessons learned?
$ Where did the money come from and how much?
$ Who did the money go to – who received the funds? How were they able to hold money?
Annual Workplans • Collecting current workplans for all CISMAs to use as
examples • Please send to Rose by July 15 • This can be this year, last year, or even from another
organization if you think it is a good example
CISMA Grant • Due July 3 – Close of Business
January • West Summerland Key Workday (12th
- Beth)
February (Meeting: 9th) • Approve 2012 Workplan (All) • Coordinate Pet Amnesty Events
(Randy/Chad) • Approve Iguana Fact Sheet (Jim D) • Draft Guidance of Wash Down Areas
(Alison)
March (EDRR Workday: 9th) • Pet Amnesty Day (Randy/Chad) • Coordinate Woofstock (Randy/Chad) • Annual DOT Corridor Mtg (Janice)
April (Meeting: 12th) • Annual FWC/IMP Project Ranking
(Janice) • Daily pet amnesty plan (Randy/Chad) • Draft list of events for One Animal
Family possibilities (Alison) • Set 10 priority OAF partners to collect
pledges from (Alison) • FLEPPC Annual Conference (Alison)
May (EDRR Workday: 11th) • Air Potato EDRR Workday (Cody) • Online EDDMapS Training (--------) • GreenThumb weblinks due (all)
June (Meeting: 14th) • Invasive Animals List Workshop
(Randy/Chad) • Updated animals fact sheet / poster to
increase knowledge of current laws (Randy/Chad)
• Daily pet amnesty flyer (Randy/Chad) • Tegu Presentation/Plan (Ron
Rozar/Tony Pernas) July (EDRR Workday: 12th) • Air Potato EDRR Workday (Cody) • Catch up on digital reporting of
sightings and treatment efforts for plants and animals (All)
• GreenThumb training (Alison)
Aug (Meeting: 9th) • Contractors evaluations due (All) • Confirm designated wash down areas • Confirm python “holding areas”
(Randy/Chad) • Encourage
Sept (Prevention Workday: 13th) • Visit Nurseries as EDRR Workday • Publicize Code of Conducts signees
Oct (Meeting: 11th) • Incorporate Tegu/Monitor capture
training into Python training (Randy/Chad)
• Encourage FFWCC to evaluate and recommend control measures. (ALL)
• GreenThumb Effort Review (Alison)
Nov (EDRR Workday: 8th) • Air Potato: Nov 8th (Cody) • Herbicide & Exotics ID Training
Courses (Janice) • Hold refresher trainings for all Python
Patrol responders (Randy/Chad)
Dec (Meeting: 13th) • Set Priority EDRR species for year.
(Cody/Randy/Chad) • Set Dates for best control / follow up
per EDRR species (Cody/Randy/Chad) • Draft 2012 Work Plan
Florida Keys Invasives Exotics Task Force (Or Keys CISMA)
•2012 Work Plan General Timeline
Next CISMA Call July 24, 2013
Agenda: Updates: • Lake Okeechobee Inter-agency Invasive
Aquatic Plant Task Force • Marion County • Six Rivers Presentation: • Invasives Update on the Federal Level.
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