{"id":2866,"date":"2026-03-24T20:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/?p=2866"},"modified":"2026-03-24T20:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:38:14","slug":"heartland-cisma-annual-invasive-species-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/2026\/03\/24\/heartland-cisma-annual-invasive-species-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Heartland Cisma Annual Invasive Species Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overview<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our annual event returns April 15 &amp; 16th! Please register for just one date, the agenda is the same!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join us on April 15 or 16 for Heartland CISMA&#8217;s Annual Central Florida Invasive Species Workshop!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s right, we&#8217;re offering the&nbsp;<strong>same program on two dates<\/strong>, so you can choose which date fits into your calendar best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Please, only register for one date!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WHO should attend?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Environmental agencies, Land Managers, Herbicide Technicians, Contractors, ANYONE who spends time outdoors and is interested in combating Invasive Species!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Important<\/strong><\/em>: Tickets are categorized by location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If your primary job responsibility is in the Heartland CISMA (Polk, Highlands, Hardee, Desoto, or Okeechobee counties) then you should register for a &#8220;<strong>Heartland CISMA Member Counties<\/strong>&#8221; ticket.<br>These tickets are available at no cost to the participant thanks to our generous sponsors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participants whose primary job responsibility falls outside of the Heartland CISMA (Polk, Highlands, Hardee, Desoto, or Okeechobee counties) should register for an &#8220;<strong>All other Counties&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>ticket. These tickets cost approximately $15 per participant, including all Eventbrite fees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WHAT is this event?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a day-long workshop with exciting presentations and break-out sessions dealing with Invasive Species in our area, and what we can do to manage these species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thanks to our generous event sponsor, Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC. lunches and refreshments will be provided to all participants.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coffee will be available throughout the workshop.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Important notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unfortunately, our catering options cannot guarantee gluten-free or allergen-free food preparation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you require a special meal of any kind, please make plans to bring your lunch with you. We will have limited refrigerator space available, if you need it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you have any questions or suffer from severe, air-borne, food allergens please reach out to scarnevale@ufl.edu as soon as possible and before April 5, 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>To Register:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/heartland-cismas-annual-central-florida-invasive-species-workshop-tickets-1984768261298?aff=ebdsoporgprofile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heartland CISMA&#8217;s Annual Central Florida Invasive Species Workshop Tickets, Multiple dates | Eventbrite<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2867\" style=\"width:509px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/image.png 940w, https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/image-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/image-640x320.png 640w, https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/image-400x200.png 400w, https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/image-367x184.png 367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/image-1-792x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/image-1-792x1024.png 792w, https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/image-1-768x993.png 768w, https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/image-1-640x828.png 640w, https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/image-1-400x517.png 400w, https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/image-1-367x475.png 367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Our annual event returns April 15 &amp; 16th! Please register for just one date, the agenda is the same! Join us on April 15 or 16 for Heartland CISMA&#8217;s Annual Central Florida Invasive Species Workshop! That&#8217;s right, we&#8217;re offering the&nbsp;same program on two dates, so you can choose which date fits into your calendar [&hellip;]<\/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":[61,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-announcements"],"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\/2866","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=2866"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2869,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2866\/revisions\/2869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}