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CISMA Call Agenda

• FISP Update (Kris/Erin)

• CISMA/CWMA Updates (All)

• Who is coming to FLEPPC? Discussion on CISMA panel session.

• Discussion on call-in format for the next year

• Upcoming meetings and other info

• Wrap-up

Florida Invasive Species Partnership

Update on FISP:• Waiting for word back on (Greg):

– herbicides adjacent to organic farms– disposing invasive plants in yard waste

• Working on FLEPPC session, let Kris know if you will attend

• Word on the websites (next slide)• No CISMA call in May!!

Invasive species know no boundaries. If landowners and land managers in Florida wish to achieve long-term success with regards to combating invasive species, it is critical to collaborate with all stakeholders, focusing on prevention as well as treatment.

CISMA websitesStill needs/needs to do:

1. need pictures from pretty much everyone.

2. Please ask for species lists from everyone, if they have them and haven’t sent them, please send them ASAP.

3. Matt working on all CISMA maps.

4. Should have EDDMapS up on FISP by the end of the week.

5. Elizabeth Carlson, who works with me, may contact some of the leads about specific questions, so please let them know.

Have received info & have started, links:http://www.floridainvasives.org/demo/

• Alachua County CISMA• Apalachicola ISWG• First Coast ISWG• Florida Keys ISTF• Green Swamp CISMA• Southwest Florida CISMA• Treasure Coast CISMA

Haven’t started on (but had info):• Central Florida ISWG• Everglades CISMA• Marion County ISMC

Still need info from:• Bradford County CWMA• Osceola County CWMA• Walton County CWMA

Treasure Coast CISMA•• Submitting a $78,000 Coastal Program Submitting a $78,000 Coastal Program

Agreement grant for Agreement grant for ScaevolaScaevola taccadataccadapublic and private land removal work on public and private land removal work on barrier islands in 4 counties.barrier islands in 4 counties.

•• NRCS submitted a $200,000 Stimulus NRCS submitted a $200,000 Stimulus dune invasive plant removal request.dune invasive plant removal request.

•• April 20 = First Invasive Animal April 20 = First Invasive Animal Subcommittee meeting.Subcommittee meeting.

•• Strategic Plan work continuesStrategic Plan work continuesDISCUSSION BOX:idea of prioritizing species versus trying to remove them all. Basically a discussion about scale. In small natural areas, all invasive species can be attacked and probably removed, but in large areas choosing one species is not a problem. Similar issue with FFWCC IPM grants and their priorities.

Central Florida Invasive Species Working Group

• Grasses Workshop - October 22 at UCF Will have 4 instructors including (we hope) Dr. Tanner. Classroom in morning, field in afternoon.

• CFISWG meeting scheduled October 6 at UCF

CEU’s will be offered.Ken Langland to speak on herbicide law and calculations.History of exotics on the Wekiva River and associated tributaries.Restoration of sandhill at Lake Louisa State Park.

• First workday at UCF either last weekend May or 1st weekend June.

• Trying to recruit FNPS (tips & tricks ☺).

DISCUSSION BOX:does your agency /organization have a formal opinion on feral cat colonies –specifically TNVR?

Marion Co. Invasive Species Management Council•• continue to have our progress slowed by continue to have our progress slowed by

administrative hassles on our PTI grant. administrative hassles on our PTI grant. (Partially due to constant staff changes at (Partially due to constant staff changes at NFWF?) NFWF?)

•• continue to work towards organizing continue to work towards organizing neighborhood programs in strategic neighborhood programs in strategic areas. We now have key contact people areas. We now have key contact people all along our boundaries. all along our boundaries.

DISCUSSION BOX:are there after-the-flood procedures that should be promoted in northern counties where near-record floodwaters have surely just spread noxious sprigs/seeds into many new areas?AND – regarding exotic animals incidents:http://www.animalrightsflorida.org/incidentlist.html

The monkey that showed up at the bird feeder – what to do?

Funding•4 FCIWG partners submitted BIPM grants & participated in NE Working Group ranking meeting

Training & Outreach•FLEPPC 1K Education grant for training materials and references awarded to FCIWG!•Nassau/Baker Co. Invasive training being planned

Spring FCIWG Meeting: May 14th

Land Management Uniform Accounting Council and AgroForestry & Landscape implications in northeast Florida expert presentations; and NE Working Group, revised ranking criteria to be held same day in Clay County.

First Coast Invasive Species Working Group

Camp Chowenwaw (Clay County)1517 Ball Rd., Green Cove Springs, FL 32043FCIWG Meeting: 9:30-1 pmNE Working Group Revised Ranking Meeting: 1:30-3 pm

• Next Apalachicola Invasives Working Group meeting will be Tuesday, May 19 at 10 am at the ANERR Visitor Center in Apalachicola.– Dr. Barnard from DOF will be talking about

their cogon grass initiative.– Chuck Bargeron, UGA, CISMA websites and

EDDMapS• Will discuss moving away from watershed

boundary & toward 8 co. region (Jackson, Gadsden, Leon, Wakulla, Liberty, Calhoun, Gulf, Franklin).

• Will be partnering with IFAS extension to host quarterly invasive workshops (1 in each county for the next 2 years)

Apalachicola River Watershed Invasive Species Working Group

Green Swamp CISMA• Next meeting will be in May 2009.

Trying to work on getting additional members.

• Still working on project to recruit & train FDOF fire/smoke pilots to look for Lygodium infestations during over flights.

• Developed a poster that will be used to alert people in the Green Swamp area about OWCF.

• “Outreach Package” is in the works. Information will be presented personally to the extension agents and foresters in the six-county area.

•• 22ndnd workday to treat was another workday to treat was another success. Cleared out large areas success. Cleared out large areas of of LumnitzeraLumnitzera and found that the and found that the plant was becoming firmly plant was becoming firmly established. Another large established. Another large infestation was found, so it looks infestation was found, so it looks like a third day will be needed.....like a third day will be needed.....

•• Working on a newsletter Working on a newsletter •• Everglades Summit planning Everglades Summit planning

in progress in progress ––July 8July 8--9 at LNWR9 at LNWR

Everglades Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area

• PTI Grant agreement signed and money is in the bank. Yeah!

• March 28 = held workday, included pulling ardisia, cutting Japanese climbing fern off the trunks of pine trees and cut stem herbicide treating privet, camphor, and chinaberry along Alligator Creek.

– While working the floodplain, they found 16 different invasive, non-native plant species.

• Paul has a test plot using Clearcastherbicide on Japanese climbing fern.

Bradford Co. Cooperative Weed Management Area

Initial target species:TSA, Japanese Climbing Fern, Chinese Tallow, Cogongrass, and air potato.

• Working on outreach and using every opportunity to spread the word about their CISMA– SW Florida CISMA brochure

should be printed soon for distribution

• Hoping to plan a workday this summer –location and funding tbd.

Southwest Florida Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area

Other start-ups?

Anybody know of others?

Would you like to suggest others or suggest expansion of any of the current CISMAs?

FLEPPC CISMA panel – help!1. Innovative approaches (you've developed, stolen or

customized to meet your needs) 2. How working with other partners has increased your

effectiveness and decreased costs of doing business 3. How you've been successful in recruiting motivated people 4. Examples of how you've pooled your time, talent and

resources with neighbors 5. Unconventional partners that have joined in the effort6. Strategies that you've developed that you'd like to brag on 7. Ideas or "wheels" you've borrowed or stolen from other

efforts that have improved the way you're doing business or have gotten you over a sticking point

8. New outreach approaches (customized weed decks, ....)9. Matrix (have you used or pointed people to the incentive

matrix at floridainvasives.org)10.How you've kept people engaged

Next Topic Discussion

NO CALL IN MAY ☺Discussion – updates every other month, speakers alternating months (so far everyone agrees)Decision – what to do for June, update or speaker?Topics for speakers:•Feral hogs (any suggestions on a speaker? USDA WS?)•USDA Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) program - early detection for new invasive species entering the US (mainly w/arthropods, pathogens, mollusks &some weeds). •Others?

Upcoming Meetings

Upcoming Meetings:• Aquatic Weed Control Short Course May 4-7, 2009

Coral Springs, Florida www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/aw

• SE-EPPC May 13-15, 2009, South Carolina www.se-eppc.org

• FLEPPC May 26-29, 2009, Delray Beach, Florida www.fleppc.org

• Southeast Herbicide Applicator Conference September 22-24, 2009, Panama City Beach, Florida www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/sehac

Next meeting: Wed., June 24 at 1:30pm

• PHONE: 1-866-642-1665 and enter passcode: 698452

• WEB: log in at nethope.webex.com– Kris will send new info– For more info, comments or recommendations,

email kserbesoffking@tnc.org

Thank You!