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2015 Everglades Invasive Species Summit
July 19th – 20th, 2022
Agenda
Wednesday - July 22, 2015
Welcome
– Tony Pernas (NPS) and Dennis Giardina (FWC)
Friends of Everglades CISMA Update
– Ryan Steele
REPORTING AND OUTREACH
EDDMapS/IveGot1, Hotline Updates
– Chuck Bargeron (UGA)
Outreach Events
– Rebecca Harvey (UF)
INVASIVE PLANT OPERATIONS UPDATES
Regional Assessment of Priority Plants and Control Efforts
– LeRoy Rodgers (SFWMD)
Updates on Innovations, Successes, and Challenges
– Christen Mason (SFWMD), LeRoy Rodgers (SFWMD), Jed Redwine (ENP)
Biological Control Updates
– Phil Tipping (USDA)
Plant Rapid Response Updates
– Dennis Giardina (FWC)
INVASIVE ANIMAL OPERATIONS UPDATES
Regional Assessment of Priority Species and Control Efforts
– Jenny Ketterlin Eckles (FWC)
Regional Assessment of Priority Species and Control Efforts
– Kyle Allen (UF)
Updates on Innovations, Successes, and Challenges
– Gintas Zavadzkas (Miccosukee Tribe), Kristen Sommers (FWC)
Invertebrates Laurel Wilt, Giant African Land Snails, and New Guinea Flatworm
– Andrew Derksen (FDACS)
Exotic Fish
– Kelly Gestring (FWC)
INVASIVE ANIMAL RESEARCH UPDATES
USGS Tegus and Pythons
– Michelle McEachern (USGS)
SW FL Pythons
– Paul Andreadis (Denison University)
UF Reptile Research
– Frank Mazzotti (UF)
I
NVASIVE ANIMAL PANEL DISCUSSION
– Moderator Kris Serbesoff-King (TNC)
INVASIVE ANIMAL RESEARCH
USGS Nonnative Wildlife Research Updates
Andrea Currylow and Jackie Guzy (USGS)
Bullseye Snakehead Diet and Movement
Brian Hutchinson (FWC)
Assessment of Invasive Species Control
Melissa Miller (UF)
Predicting Dispersal Paths of Invasive Tegus
Brittany Mason (UF)
Colorful Lizards and Conflict of Collection
Colin Goodman (UF)
Thursday - July 23, 2015
MORNING BREAKOUT SESSIONS
ECISMA EDRR Plan Revisited
– Art Roybal (USFWS), Tony Pernas (USNPS)
Planning for a Future Nonnative Fish Chat and for Nonnative Fish
– Surveys John Galvez (FWS), Kelly Gestring (FWC)
Python Patrol Workshop
– Jenny Novak (FWC)
AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS
CERP Biological Control Implementation Project,
LeRoy Rodgers – (SFWMD) and Allen Dray (USDA)
Improving the EDRR Decision Framework for the Greater Everglades
– Carrie Beeler, Allyn Childress and Shannon Estenoz (USDOI)
Plant ID for Watch-out Species
– Jessica Spencer (USACE) and Mike Bodle (SFWMD)