Everglades Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area

Working to protect the Everglades from invasive species

2024 Everglades Invasive Species Summit

June 25th – 26th, 2024

Tuesday

WELCOME

Year in Review LeRoy Rodgers (SFWMD) and Dennis Giardina (FWC)

REPORTING AND OUTREACH

EDDMapS/IveGot1, Outreach Chuck Bargeron (UGA) & Eric Suarez (UF)

INVASIVE PLANT RESEARCH

Leveraging Remote Sensing and Machine Learning to Detect Brazilian Peppertree in Everglades National Park Susan Meerdink (UOI), Drew Hiatt (UF), S. Luke Flory (UF), Alina Zare (UF)
Progress with Biological Control Efforts Against Invasive Weeds of the Everglades F. Allen Dray Jr. (USDA)
Updates on Invasive Plant Management Research Stephen Enloe (UF)

INVASIVE SPECIES HOT TOPICS

Leveraging R Shiny and Stakeholder Engagement to Develop a Nonnative Species Prioritization Tool Adrian Figueroa (UF)
Advancing Aquatics: Drone Spraying for Florida Government Agencies Colin Lewis (Lee County) and Matt Garske (SFWMD)
Emerging Infectious Diseases of Invasive Reptiles: What we Know, What We Need to Know, and What We Can Do Melissa Miller (UF)
Development of Multiplex Digital PCR Assays for Use in eDNA Monitoring of Invasive Species in Florida Brian Bahder (UF)

INVASIVE ANIMAL RESEARCH

US Geological Survey Nonnative Wildlife Research Updates Jacquelyn Guzy (USGS)
The Invasion of the New Guinea Flatworm in Protected Tropical Hardwood Hammocks of Southeast Florida and the Florida Keys Lawrence Lopez (Monroe County Land Authority)
Behavioral Adaptations and Treatment Challenges for Conehead Termite Eradication in South Florida Katie Tenn (FDACS)

BREAK OUT SESSION 1

Python Patrol Training (FWC)

Wednesday

REGIONAL OPERATIONS AND ASSESMENTS

Regional Assessment of Priority Plant Management Hillary Cooley (NPS), Elena Suarez (BCPR), Jimmy Lange (Smart-Sciences Inc), Brendon Hession
(SFWMD)
- Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge (Water Conservation Area 1)
Regional Assessment of Priority Animal Management McKayla Spencer (FWC)