Next Steering Committee Meeting

The nest steering committee meeting will be held December 14, 2023. Location: UF/IFAS Extension Polk County, Clover Room, 1702 S. Holland Pkwy, Bartow, FL 33830 Time: 10:00 AM- 12:00 PM Items to Discuss: Annual Spring Workshop Herbicide Fundamentals (3 course sessions)

Fall Workshop Date Announcement

The fall workshop will be held on October 17, 2023. Location: Circle B Bar Reserve, 4399 Winter Lake Road, Lakeland FL 33803 Welcome and Logistics (8:30 AM - 9:00 AM) Local Action: Who to call and What to do when you have Forest Pest Concerns, Mona Neville Sawflies in Central Florida Forests, Dr. Jackson Mosley Common Forest Pests of Central Florida, Jeff Eickwort Lunch and...

Next Steering Committee Meeting

The next steering mmittee will be held  at Circle B Bar Reserve located in Lakeland, FL (Polk County) on Thursday August 10th starting at 10 AM and ending by 12 PM (noon).     Topics on the agenda include: EDRR Updates 2023 Fall Workshop Discuss Topic Ideas Set a location 2024 Spring Workshop Discuss locations Discuss scheduling and format of the event     Steering committee members will be entering into the Workshop...

Annual Workshop (CEUS Approved) and Grazing Leases for Land Management event.

CEUs have been approved for our upcoming Central Florida Invasive Species Workshop! See below for the categories that have been approved: 482 GENERAL STANDARDS/CORE 1 487 GENERAL STANDARDS/CORE 1 RIGHT-OF-WAY PEST CONTROL 2 AQUATIC PEST CONTROL 2 PUBLIC HEALTH PEST CONTROL 1 NATURAL AREAS WEED MGMT 3 PRIVATE APPLICATOR AG PEST CONTROL 2 MAX CEUS = 4 Register now, space is extremely limited: https://www.eventbrite.com/myevent?eid=536163869567 Also, we...

New Steering Committee Co-Chairs

Heartland CISMA's fearless leader since its inception in 2009, Cheryl Millett (The Nature Conservancy), passed the torch to Julie Vogel (City of Lakeland) and Shannon Carnevale (UF/IFAS Extension Polk County) at the May meeting. Although neither new co-chair was able to be at the meeting, Cheryl had discussed the role with them previously. It...