2025 Everglades Invasive Species Summit

Long Key Nature Center

July 22nd – 23rd, 2025

Agenda

Updates on Invasive Plant Management Research Patrick Belk (UF) and Stephen Enloe (UF)
Avian Vacuolar Myelinopathy Update Susan Wilde (UGA)
Progress with Biological Control Efforts Against Invasive Weeds of the Everglades F. Allen Dray Jr. (USDA)
Neonative Plant Research Jimmy Lange (Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)

Everglades Invasive Reptile and Amphibian Monitoring Program (EIRAMP): Incorporating Innovative Tools for Invasive Species Research and Management Frank Mazzotti (UF) and Melissa Miller (UF)
Caecilians in Florida Coleman Sheehy (UF)
Invasive Species: Understanding the Social Dimensions of Ecological Change Diane Sturgeon (UF)
Opossum Python Project in the Florida Keys Mike Cove (NCSU) and Jeremy Dixon (USFWS)

Seminole Tribe of Florida Science Department Update Sergio Gonzalez (Seminole Tribe of Florida)
The Management of Green Iguanas (Iguana iguana) Throughout Florida, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean Joe Wasilewski (Natural Selections of South
FL, Inc)
Burmese Python (Python bivittatus) Feeding Rate of White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Big Cypress National Preserve: a novel predator of Florida deer Travis Mangione (NPS) and Lisa McBride (USGS)
US Geological Survey Nonnative Wildlife Research Updates Mark Sandfoss (USGS)

Regional Assessment of Priority Plant Management Hillary Cooley (NPS), Elena Suarez (BCPR), Jimmy Lange (Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden), LeRoy Rodgers (SFWMD)
Regional Assessment of Priority Animal Management Jenna Cole (SFWMD) and Eric Suarez (UF)