2016 Everglades Invasive Species Summit

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

WELCOME

Welcome
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)

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)

Wednesday - July 13, 2016

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)

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