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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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