Six Rivers CISMA 2025 Annual Meeting & Workshop

Land & resource managers to learn of new invasive species threats, new private lands programs, CISMA updates, panel discussion & field trip.

About this Event

A meeting for land and resource managers, and others to learn about:

-non-native insect pests of trees not yet known to Florida, but are established and spreading elsewhere in the eastern US

-a novel private lands equipment and supplies cache for private landowners to manage invasive species

-see how a non-profit manages invasive plant species on lands conducting environmental outreach to kids

-get a brief update on plant species newly added to the FISC List of Invasive Plants

-hear about the University of Florida’s new Invasive Species Survey Group project, and how they may assist you in conducting invasive plant surveys on your managed lands

-hear brief updates from resource managers within the Six Rivers CISMA area, as well as updates from elsewhere in the state

-contribute to a panel discussion about data gaps in invasive species locations in the Six Rivers CISMA

2025 Annual Meeting


🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Participant Sign-in, Coffee
Host: Six Rivers CISMA and Nokuse Plantation

🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:20 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks, Goals for Today's Workshop
Host: Kristal Walsh and Rick O’Connor, Six Rivers CISMA Chairs

🕑: 09:20 AM - 09:45 AM
Meeting Invasive Plant Survey Needs with a New Applied Citizen Science Group
Host: Christian Wanamaker, UF Volunteer/Training Coordinator

🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:20 AM
Hands-on Invasive Species Management: The NCF CISMA Private Lands Cache
Host: Lanie Carter, NCF CISMA Co-chair & FWC Private Lands Bio

🕑: 10:20 AM - 11:00 AM
Tropicals Moving North: Mangroves, Snook and Invasive Fishes in Florida
Host: Jeff Hill, UF Professor and Extension Specialist

🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Networking Break

🕑: 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Florida Invasive Species Council (FISC) Recent Plant List Changes
Host: Dexter Sowell, Invasive Plant Coordinator, FNAI

🕑: 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Panel Discussion: Filling in the Data Gaps with Invasive Species Location Data
Host: Kristal Walsh, Craig Iversen, Deb Stone, Dexter Sowell

🕑: 11:50 AM - 12:35 PM
Networking Lunch (Bring Your Own Lunch)

🕑: 12:35 PM - 01:10 PM
BOLO: Invasive Tree Pests to Watch Out For
Host: Jeff Eickwort, FFS Entomologist and Forest Health

🕑: 01:10 PM - 01:50 PM
CISMA Partner Updates
Host: Round robin updates from CISMA members

🕑: 01:50 PM - 02:05 PM
Florida Invasive Species Council-State Update
Host: Deb Stone, IFAS Invasive Species Extension Coordinator

🕑: 02:05 PM - 02:20 PM
Networking Break

🕑: 02:20 PM - 03:10 PM
Field Trip: Nokuse Plantation invasive plant management and hands-on ID demo
Host: Derek Breakfield, Nokuse, and Dexter Sowell, FNAI

🕑: 03:10 PM - 03:20 PM
Meeting Wrap-up and Closing Remarks, Plans for Next Year
Host: Kristal Walsh and Rick O’Connor, Six Rivers CISMA Chairs

🕑: 03:20 PM - 03:30 PM
Participant Sign-out, Workshop Evaluation, CEU Forms Signed, Meeting Concludes
Host: Six Rivers CISMA and Nokuse Plantation

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