2015 Everglades Invasive Species Summit

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)
• INVASIVE ANIMAL PANEL DISCUSSION - Moderator Kris Serbesoff-King (TNC)

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)