Florida Cismas – Florida Keys –Beth Bergh 2:10Pm Shoutouts
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Welcome! On Zoom you can use VOIP or Call in • Please mute your line if you are not actively speaking • A headset is recommended if using VOIP • If you no longer see the audio options prompt – Select the Join Audio icon on the left of the menu bar at the bottom – Menu bar disappears when not in use CISMA Call Agenda 1:30pm Introductions . Deah Lieurance & Samantha Yuan 1:35pm Technical Presentation . FWC’s Nonnative Wildlife Responder Network – Jenny Novak 1:55pm CISMA Update . Florida CISMAs – Florida Keys –Beth Bergh 2:10pm Shoutouts . NISAW, FLEPPC CISMA Session Topics, FISP Spring Meeting . Polls 2:30pm Adjourn Introducing the New FISP Co‐Chairs • Sherry Williams – Seminole County Natural Resources Program Coordinator for the Seminole County Greenways and Natural Lands Division – [email protected] • Samantha Yuan – FWC, Invasive Plant Management Section (IPMS) Research and Outreach Manager – [email protected] Technical Presentation FWC’s Nonnative Wildlife Responder Network Presented by Jenny Novak Photo credit Edward Mercer Edward Photo credit FWC Nonnative Wildlife Responder Network (NWRN) Jenny Novak Education and Outreach Wildlife Biologist Wildlife Impact Management Section What is the NWRN? Photo credit FWC The Nonnative Wildlife Responder Network (NWRN) is a group of trained citizens who respond to nonnative wildlife issues across the state. Photo credit Pat Lynch/SFWMD Pat Photo credit Goal of the NWRN The NWRN will provide a new level of customer service to our stakeholders by allowing us to respond to more calls received through the Exotic Species Hotline. Photo credit FWC Exotic Species Hotline The Hotline (888-IveGot1) receives calls about nonnative species observations and requests for exotic pet amnesty. Exotic Species Hotline Calls • NWRN participants will primarily Birds respond to 17% nonnative reptile calls Mammals 10% • Responders may Reptiles 57% assess other Aquatics species 12% Amphibians 4% Exotic Species Hotline Calls 2000 1800 1673 1600 1400 1200 1000 874 800 618 600 531 484 400 170 200 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Call volume is increasing and projections indicate that call volume will continue to increase. FISP/CISMA members-we need you! Photo credit FWC ECISMA members can make great NWRN volunteers Responder Duties • Outreach • Site reconnaissance and species identification • Live trapping • Safe capture and removal of constrictors :Photo credit USGS Outreach • Assist with canvassing efforts Photo credit Defenders of Wildlife Reconnaissance and Identification • Surveil an area with landowner permission • Determine Photo credit Adam Stern presence of a nonnative species • Take photos to help confirm ID Live Trapping • Deliver traps • Show how to set and bait traps • Release non-target animals • Check in with homeowners • Pick up and transport trapped animals to FWC Photo credit USGS Safe Capture of Constrictors • Remove nonnative constrictors • Transport captured nonnative snakes to FWC Photo credit FWC Equipment Items that may be provided or loaned: • Volunteer t-shirt • Gloves FWC Volunteer • Utility trunk • Snake hook and bags • Live trap Training • In-person training required for new volunteers Photo credit FWC • Will be offered in each region of the state. Photo credit FWC How do I sign up? The Regular Service Volunteer (RSV) Application and RSV Agreement must be completed before you can begin to volunteer. Questions? Contact the Nonnative Species Outreach and Education Wildlife Biologist: Jenny Novak [email protected] 305-224-4282 Photo credit FWC October ‐ Shout Outs: Continued FISP/ Activitiy/Name of CISMA Category Event/Title Date Location SixRivers Workday work day 10/13/2017 Chimney Park Outreach ‐ EDDMapS HalloWeed Escambia County Extension SixRivers Workshop Training 10/17/2017 Office Disney Wilderness Osceola CISMA Preserve, 2700 Scrub Jay Osceola Meeting meeting 10/19/2017 Trail Poinciana. Suncoast Upland Outreach ‐ Habitat Restoration Suncoast Workshop Workshop 10/20/2017 Jonathan Dickinson State Park’s Fire Fest Outreach ‐ event this Saturday Jonathan Dickinson State TC Tabling Oct. 21st 10/21/2017 Park Outreach ‐ EDDMapS HalloWeed Escambia County Extension SixRivers Workshop Training 10/24/2017 Office Outreach ‐ FISP Other October CISMA call 10/25/2017 Zoom Outreach ‐ Cancelled: Wiggins SWFL Tabling Pass Nature Fest, 10/28/2017 Delnor‐Wiggins State Park Etoniah Rosemary Etoniah Creek State Forest Census HalloWeed 390 Holloway Rd ECF Workday Event 10/31/2017 Florahome, FL 32140 Nov‐Jan ‐ Shout Outs FISP/ Activitiy/Name of CISMA Category Event/Title Date Location CF/Osceola/EC FL Outreach ‐ CISMA Grass/Sedge Wekiwa Springs State Park CF Workshop Workshop 10/5/2017 (Youth Camp). CF/Osceola/EC FL Outreach ‐ CISMA Grass/Sedge Wekiwa Springs State Park ECF Workshop Workshop 10/5/2017 (Youth Camp). Outreach ‐ Postponted: Herbicide Windley Key Fossil Reef FKIETF Workshop Workshop 10/6/2017 Geological State Park Navarre Visitors Center, Outreach ‐ EDDMapS HalloWeed Santa Rosa County SixRivers Workshop Training 10/10/2017 Extension Office Lauderdale Research and Education Center Complex ECISMA Steering in the FAU Davie West ECISMA Meeting Committee Meeting 10/11/2017 Building, Room 203 NC Workday Nature Coast Workday 10/11/2017 Crystal River State Preserve FKIETF Workday Cancelled: Workday 10/12/2017 CANCELLED: Ludwigia Outreach ‐ ID and Aquatic Grass Heartland Workshop ID workshops 10/13/2017 Circle B Bar Ranch CISMA Update Florida Keys Invasive Exotic Task Force Presented by – Beth Bergh Florida Keys Invasive Exotic Task Force Beth Bergh Monroe County Land Steward Co-Chair FKIETF Partners: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Florida Park Service U. S. Navy Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Corporation of America Monroe County Village of Islamorada City of Marathon Key West Botanical Garden Goals and Objectives: Meetings EDRR workdays EDRR updates FKIETF plant list Festivals and Events FWC IPM projects Partnering goals with exotics management along US 1 corridor Trainings – Herbicide workshop, Exotic ID, Python Invasive animal project AlterNatives project Education and Outreach FKIETF invasive plant list AlterNatives Guide FKIETF invasive animal list Iguana Fact Sheet Identification Guide FLORIDA KEYS INVASIVE EXOTICS TASK FORCE LIST OF INVASIVE PLANTS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS ‐ 2015 FLEPPC = CATEGORY CLASSIFICATION ON FLORIDA EXOTIC PEST PLAN COUNCIL'S 2015 LIST OF FLORIDA'S MOST INVASIVE SPECIES. (N:north, C:central, S:south, All: Florida wide) SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME FLEPPC KEYS INVASION PATTERN AND COMMENTS SEEDING ERADICATION RECOMMENDATION DISPERSAL & SEASON Handpulling always recommended when possible FKIETF CATEGORY I: INVASIVE EXOTICS THAT ARE ALTERING FLORIDA KEYS NATIVE PLANT COMMUNITIES BY DISPLACING NATIVE SPECIES, CHANGING COMMUNITY STRUCTURES OR ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS, OR HYBRIDIZING WITH NATIVES Invasive in wetlands and uplands. Listed as Basal or cut stump with 10%‐30% G4. Listed as a Casuarina spp. Australian pine 1: All noxious weed. wind blown, year round prohibited plant and a noxious weed by FDACS Invasive on beaches, coastal rock barren, Foliar with 3% G4 in cut grid pattern, cut stump ditches, and swales; any place that is tidally with G3A 50% or Basal with G4 10%. Listed as Colubrina asiatica Asiatic colubrina 1: S influenced. seeds float, year round noxious weed by FDACS Basal with G4 30% or basal and cut stump with 2: All Forms thick monoculture in disturbed areas. 30% G4, 50‐100% G3A or 1.5% Redeem. Listed as Leucaena leucocephala Lead tree Seeds persist for many years in seedbank nearly year round noxious weed by FDACS Pervasive in homesteaded hammocks, Key 1: S Deer eat seedlings. Form dense canopy as well Manilkara zapota Sapodilla as dense sapling recruitment fruit year round Basal with 10%‐25% G4 2: All Spreading quickly along US1 and areas of Big wind dispersed during Panicum maximum Guinea grass Pine. summer growing season Foliar with 2% Roundup Pro Foliar with 5% G4. Can cut at base & apply 2: C,S spreads vegetatively and directly. Manual removal but must be bagged and Large infestations have occurred in hammocks. by seed. Roots can grow removed from site. Listed as a prohibited plant Sansevieria hyacinthoides Bowstring hemp Spreads where dumped. from leaves and as a noxious weed by FDACS Seeds float and are easily dispersed to Basal with 10% G4 or stump with 50% G3A. Listed Scaevolea taccada Beach naupaka 1: C,S mangrove and coastal rock barren habitats. tides/birds/animals, nearly as noxious weed by FDACS Listed as noxious weed in 2007. year round Invasive in wetlands and uplands. Likes animals, late winter into Basal with 10%‐15% G4, cut stump with 50% G3A. Schinus terebinthifolius Brazilian pepper 1: All solution holes in hammock. spring Listed as noxious weed by FDACS Floating seeds invade pristine coastal transistion areas. Also invades uplands. Still Cut stump with 50% G3A. Girdle large trees. Don't Thespesia populnea Seaside mahoe 1: C,S sold in Florida stores. seeds float, year round leave cut branches on ground. FKIETF CATEGORY II: INVASIVE EXOTICS THAT HAVE INCREASED IN ABUNDANCE OR FREQUENCY BUT HAVE NOT YET ALTERED FLORIDA KEYS PLANT COMMUNITIES TO THE EXTENT SHOWN BYCATEGORY I SPECIES (CONTINUED) Fast growing & seeding from where planted, Adenanthera pavonina Red sandalwood 2: S esp. hammocks birds/animals Basal or Stump with G4 30% tall reproductive stalks produce pups which are spread when stalk falls