Projects & Success Stories of Heartland CISMA
2012:
- Coral ardisia workday with 8 partners and 6 Ridge Rangers to remove priority EDRR species from Lake Kissimmee State Park on 1/5/12 - Photos
2011:
- Invasive grass identification and control workshop at Circle B Bar Reserve on October 19, 2011 - Invasive Grass Workshop flyer - Flyer
- Forest Stewardship Workshop: Invasive Exotic Plants and Their Control at Circle B Bar Reserve on November 17, 2011 - Forest Stewardship Workshop flyer
- Presentation & Handouts
- Herbicide Safety & Application Techniques
- High Priority Species
- Brazilian Pepper-tree Control
- NATURAL AREA WEEDS: Chinese Tallow (Sapium sebiferum L.)
- Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica (L.) Beauv.) Biology, Ecology and Management in Florida
- Integrated Management of Nonnative Plants in Natural Areas of Florida
- Florida's Organo-Auxin Herbicide Rule - 2009
- NATURAL AREA WEEDS: Skunkvine (Paederia foetida)
- Early Detection Scavenger Hunt, a contest for prizes for the most target invasive species reported - August 2011 through February 2012 - Flyer
- Beginners and intermediate invasive identification and treatment workshops at Circle B Bar Reserve Beginner Flyer-Agenda - Intermediate Flyer
- Priority early detection/rapid response species identification and treatment information compiled. EDRR ID Guide
- 1st annual Central Florida Invasive Species Workshop at Circle B Bar Reserve a hit, with speakers about invasive topics from laurel wilt disease to invasive snakes to hydrilla and herbicide resistance - agenda
- Scavenger Hunt
- Exotic Fishes
- Exotic Apple Snails
- Non Native Birds
- Phyllanthus fluitans
- Cogongrass
- Laurel Wilt
- Invasive Insects in Florida
- Cactoblastus Moth
- Pythons
- Non Native Mammals and Hog Management
- Non Native Herpetofauna
- Argentine Black and White Tegu
- REDDy Training
- Conditional Species
- 2011 annual work plan created - PDF
Presentations and Handouts
Presentations
2010:
- Priority control and early detection/rapid response species lists compiled - Priority Species List Development of Priority Species List
- Highlands County Soil & Water Conservation District, working with the Lake Wales Ridge Rangers, hosted an Air Potato exchange day during National Invasive Species Awareness Week. Over 1000 pounds of air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) were exchanged for native plants!
- Strategic Planning subcommittee produced a draft 5-year plan and timeline.
- Aerial survey this year provided by Avon Park Air Force Range. Not a helicopter survey this time – HCISMA partners learn new tricks for surveying from the air!
2009:
- LWREWG Invasives Committee officially becomes the Heartland CISMA.
2008:
- Aerial survey successfully repeated for the Lake Wales region. To obtain this information, please contact us.
2007:
- Training materials refined to assist surveyors in identifying Old World climbing fern from the air.
2006:
- Polk County produces a map of invasive plants along Rights of Ways in that county!
- Another successful aerial survey for invasive plants produced through partnership with SFWMD, LWREWG, and supplemented this year with aerial survey data from Southwest Florida Water Management District.
2004:
- As the Lake Wales Ridge Ecosystems Working Group (LWREWG), this partnership launched the Central Florida Lygodium strategy under the administration of The Nature Conservancy. To date, the Strategy has treated nearly 2000 acres of Old World climbing fern (Lygodium microphyllum) infestations on private properties in the CISMA.
- Successful aerial survey by helicopter for invasive plants along the Lake Wales Ridge, provided through South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and other partners in the LWREWG.
- Supported the formation of the Central Florida Lygodium Strategy, making it possible for private property owners to get assistance in treating invasive Lygodium spp. Also supported creative surveys for locating infestations, such as Rights-of-Way surveys and wetlands mapping.