Everglades Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area

Working to protect the Everglades from invasive species

2016 Everglades Invasive Species Summit

July 12th – 13th, 2016

Tuesday - July 12, 2016

  • Year in Review – Tony Pernas (NPS) and Dennis Giardina (FWC)
  • Welcome Address – Elisabeth Hassett, Florida Department of Transportation

REPORTING AND OUTREACH

INVASIVE PLANT OPERATIONS UPDATES

INVASIVE ANIMAL OPERATIONS UPDATES

INVASIVE ANIMAL RESEARCH UPDATES

  • New Guinea Flatworm – Alice Warren (MDC PROS)
  • USGS Tegus and Pythons – Mike Cherkiss (USGS)
  • Python Diet Research – Christina Romagosa (UF)
  • UF Reptile Research, Monitoring & Outreach – Frank Mazzotti (UF)

INVASIVE ANIMAL RESEARCH

Wednesday - July 13, 2016

MORNING BREAKOUT SESSIONS

  • Nile Monitor Containment Strategies in C-51 Basin – Laura Brandt
  • Biological Control Release Strategies Using UAV’s – Carey Minteer
  • Nonnative Fish Projects and ECISMA – Kelly Gestring (FWC)
  • Python Patrol Workshop – Jenny Novak (FWC)

AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS

  • Working Session on EDRR Plan Revision Needs – Tylan Dean (NPS), Sarah Funck (FWC), Carrie Beeler (DOI) and Jenny Ketterlin Eckles (MDC-EEL)
  • FDOT/ECISMA Invasive Plant Control Coordination – Tony Pernas (NPS)
  • Enhanced Invasive Species Outreach to ESL Contractors – Ryan Brown (SFWMD)