ARSA Invasive Species 2025 Annual Meeting and Workshop

A meeting for land and resource managers to learn new invasive plants, forest pests, new woody treatment method, CISMA update, and more!

About this Event

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

· Name several invasive species in the Big Beng region and central panhandle of Florida.

· Be introduced to several new invasive species spreading north into the Florida panhandle due to Florida’s warming trends.

· Understand the basics of applying herbicide to invasive species in natural areas in a safe and effective manner (including cogongrass and torpedo grass)

· Be introduced to a novel incision point technique to control invasive tree species in upland ecosystems

· Be introduced to several invasive tree pest arthropods that threaten Florida’s forests and silviculture industry.

· Hear brief updates from resource managers within the ARSA CISMA area, as well as updates from elsewhere in the state.

Agenda


🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Participant Sign-in, Pick Up Handouts
Host: ARSA CISMA

🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:10 AM
Welcome, Goals for Today's Workshop
Host: Diane Alix, TNC and ARSA CISMA Co-chair

🕑: 09:10 AM - 09:20 AM
Updates on ARSA/Apalachicola CISMA
Host: Diane Alix, TNC and ARSA CISMA Co-chair

🕑: 09:20 AM - 09:30 AM
Florida Invasive Species Council (FISC) Statewide Update
Host: Dexter Sowell, FNAI and FISC Chair-elect

🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Safely Applying Herbicides for Invasive Plant Management
Host: Mark Tanciq, UF IFAS Leon County Extension Agent

🕑: 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
BREAK

Info: 15-minute break

🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:35 AM
BOLO: Insect Species We Need to Watch Out For
Host: Jeff Eickwort, FFS Forest Entomologist & Forest Health

🕑: 11:35 AM - 12:25 PM
LUNCH

Info: 50-minute Lunch (Bring your own brown bag lunch)!

🕑: 12:25 PM - 12:50 PM
Management Round Robin Updates

Info: All attending agencies, NGOs, private landowners and land/resource managers can provide updates to any invasive species management actions or goals being pursued within the ARSA footprint of Florida.

🕑: 12:50 PM - 01:35 PM
Limited Hack and Squirt Herbicide Application Methodology in Florida
Host: John Kunzer, FWC Invasive Plant Management Section

🕑: 01:35 PM - 02:20 PM
Cuban Bulrush in the Florida Panhandle
Host: Derek Fussell, FWC Invasive Plant Management Section

🕑: 02:20 PM - 02:35 PM
BREAK

Info: 15-minute break

🕑: 02:35 PM - 03:20 PM
Torpedo Grass and Cogon Grass Treatment in Florida
Host: FWC Invasive Plant Management Section

🕑: 03:20 PM - 03:35 PM
General Announcements, Future ARSA CISMA Events
Host: Diane Alix, TNC and ARSA CISMA Co-chair

🕑: 03:35 PM
Workshop Concludes

Info: At the workshop conclusion, participants will complete a workshop evaluation form, and pickup any signed CEU Attendance forms needed.

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