· Heartland CISMA meeting next Tuesday, 12/9 at 10am at Circle B Bar Reserve wants your input:
o Jan. 24th air potato mega-raid
o Feb. 25th Central Florida Invasive Species Workshop
o Ideas for another Prioritization Workshop
o And always more!
o Meet in the Discovery Nature Center in the staff offices- when you walk in the main door, pass the information desk and walk straight down the hallway to the last door on the left (or ask at the info desk).
· Fall Weed Count update from Brendan Myers: The Heartland CISMA recently participated with four other regional CISMA organizations in the First Annual Fall Weed Count. The count was focused on finding previously unidentified occurrences of Cogon Grass and EDRR species relevant to the different regions. For the Heartland CISMA region we focused on the recently identified EDRR species of Praxelis clematidea. We were unsuccessful in locating any new occurrences of Praxelis but did locate and identify several new occurrences of Cogon Grass. These new occurrences were then uploaded into the EDDMaps database. Hopefully there will be further Weed Counts in the future and we look forward to increasing the participation in those future counts!
· Free Florida Chapter of The Wildlife Society membership: for new members http://www.fltws.org/renewjoin/
· New IFAS Assessment web site and database is live: http://assessment.ifas.ufl.edu/ Features 800+ species, easily searchable by common or scientific name, and results can be filtered by origin, conclusion, tool used, growth form, etc. Read more about the need for it: http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article4056218.html
· FLEPPC wants you: The next FLEPPC conference will be at the Melbourne Crowne Plaza April 8-10, 2015. FLEPPC would greatly appreciate the assistance of CISMAs with the following aspects of the conference:
1. Program – I am planning to hold a conference call in early December to discuss ideas for a plenary/keynote speaker(s) –doodle poll to follow shortly. This year we are planning an aquatic session as well that will be hosted by Florida Aquatic Plant Management Society (FAPMS).
2. Advertising the call for papers, and announcing the conference.
3. Assistance with arranging field trips.
4. Assistance at the conference.
Contact Sherry Williams at swilliams02@seminolecountyfl.gov and tell her the Heartland CISMA sent you!
· How citizen scientists should be trained, courtesy of Chuck Bargeron: http://conservationmagazine.org/2014/11/how-should-citizen-scientists-be-trained/
· SAVE THE DATES reminder:
o Air Potato Mega Raid, Saturday, 1/25/15- We would like to conduct this air potato mega raid at YOUR location on this day too. In coordination with the Central Florida and Osceola CISMAs, we’ll conduct air potato raids at as many sites in our CISMAs as would like to participate, and already have several lined up, so don’t miss out. We’ll help you publicize it, get volunteers, and organize. Contact me for more information.
o The 5th annual Central Florida Invasive Species Workshop will be Wed., 2/25 at Circle B Bar.
o Tegu ID, survey and trapping workshop- This will be at the annual workshop to get us ready for surveying and, if necessary, trapping tegus this spring. Check the notes for more information and contact me if you’d like to participate in surveying on your property.
o The workshop is scheduled during 2015 National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW) -February 22 – 28, 2015- what will YOU do for NISAW? Let me know!
o Exotic Pet Amnesty Day, 5/16/2015- The date’s hot off the press and it will be held in Kissimmee in coordination with Osceola CISMA
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