{"id":2720,"date":"2023-12-19T19:24:48","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T19:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/?p=2720"},"modified":"2023-12-19T19:24:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T19:24:50","slug":"december-meeting-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/2023\/12\/19\/december-meeting-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"December Meeting Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Please see the meeting minutes below<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heartland CISMA Steering Committee
meeting
Date: 2023-12-14
Members Present: Steve Richardson, Charles Browning, Cheryl Millett, Mary
(Polk County), Brooke Coulter, Mike Sowinski, Elysia Detrich, Shannon
Carnevale, Mike McMillian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meetings\/CISMA<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Notes: Shannon Carnevale, Please let me know if I spelled your name incorrectly
OR if it’s wrong entirely<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Round Robin Updates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Steve Richardson – Has been working out at Se7en wetlands less, recently. Enjoying<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • retirement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Charlie (FWC) – Aquatic habitat restoration, invasive knowledge to aquatic<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Cheryl – FISP\/FISC combination final meeting, look for Deb\u2019s email and send to<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • steering committee<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Mary – got natural areas license! Yay! Also, has been doing a lot of field work out at<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Circle B<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Brooke – year two of contract work on Circle B, Marshall Hampton, on a 5 yr RFP<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • contract, with treatments starting; technicians are doing some work focusing on a<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • specific site or small number – this is to help them focus on site restoration, trail<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • maintenance etc. Brooke went to the Florida Wildlife Society conference in Cape<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Coral at end of April. Focus is on Invasive Species,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Mike Sowinski – West Central projects have all been bid out. A lot have happened<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • already, Colt Creek\u2019s bid is done. Desoto County\u2019s deep creek is done, too. Quotes<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • are still coming in, no issues coming in.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Elysia – contractors should be coming out soon, still working on 5-year plan for the<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • area, hoping to have a draft ready. Heteropogan contortus\/tanglehead, hoping for<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • more information. Bio 2 position coming soon or already posted. New Regional<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Volunteer Coordinator: Jennifer Callaghan; workdays and such – email her. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
    \n

    Mike taking lead on Herbicide Fundamentals<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    • Highlands County: Highlands Hammock SP, Morgan is the contact.
      Timing: August or October, Mike will figure out date
      Send to the steering committee, CEUs cheat sheet for categories
      Mike made contact – Morgan said August is good for him\/the park. Mike,
      Shannon and Brooke Tentatively set the date for the 14th of August,
      pending confirmation of date with Morgan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Okeechobee County? TBD
      Cost: Inside Heartland CISMA, complimentary; outside charge nominal fee
      Topics:
      CORE topics; glyphosate, ALS Inhibitors, Herbicide drift; Application
      Techniques – Mike
      Herbicide Safety – Bryan Finder ( need someone else for other counties)
      IFAS Assessment\/Terminology\/Lists – Shannon (OR NR agent in that
      county, in other counties)
      Herbicide Use and Invasive Plant Management on FFS Lands – Mona<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Annual Workshop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Jill spent 5 years working on invasive reptiles, hands on experience and data.
        Send last year’s evaluation report to everyone, again
        link to public report: (Passcode: Heartland)
        https:\/\/ufl.yul1.qualtrics.com\/reports\/public\/dWZsLTY0MzU1ZTY1ZmUzYjN
        mMDAwOGRjMGYxYy1VUl9hWTRrUGNqWWZSUVVURFQ=
        <\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Presentation slots to be assigned:\n
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        • Jill \u2013 invasive species (wildlife) ????<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Paul Abel \u2013 Restoration of areas ???<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Kristin – Eelgrass presentation from FWC ???<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Tracy Muzyczka \u2013 Volunteers management of rosary pea, success stories
          for management???<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Luke Flory? Invasives and RX fire
          <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          <\/p>\n\n\n\n


          2024 Chair: Brooke Coulter, Vice\/Co: Mike Sowinski, On Deck: YOUR
          NAME HERE!
          2025 Chair: Mike Sowinski, Vice\/Co: YOUR NAME HERE!, On Deck:
          WHO’s NEXT?
          2026 Chair: YOUR NAME HERE!, Vice\/co: WHO’s NEXT?, On Deck: ???
          Contact Mike Sowinski to sign up for the rotation! Or, nominate
          someone who has been on the steering committee for awhile! \ud83d\ude42
          Send out Jan 19 at 10 AM for Herbicide Fundamentals logistics meeting;
          steering committee.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Please see the meeting minutes below Heartland CISMA Steering CommitteemeetingDate: 2023-12-14Members Present: Steve Richardson, Charles Browning, Cheryl Millett, Mary(Polk County), Brooke Coulter, Mike Sowinski, Elysia Detrich, ShannonCarnevale, Mike McMillian Meetings\/CISMA Notes: Shannon Carnevale, Please let me know if I spelled your name incorrectlyOR if it’s wrong entirely Round Robin Updates: Mike taking lead on Herbicide […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[52,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steering-committee","category-meeting-minutes"],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":false,"list":false,"medium":false,"full":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2721,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2720\/revisions\/2721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}