Six Rivers CISMA 2025 Annual Meeting & Workshop

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.

By Six Rivers CISMA

Date and time

Location

Camp Longleaf

4645 Florida 20 Freeport, FL 32439

Agenda

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Participant Sign-in, Coffee

Six Rivers CISMA and Nokuse Plantation

9:00 AM - 9:20 AM

Welcome and Opening Remarks, Goals for Today's Workshop

Kristal Walsh and Rick O’Connor, Six Rivers CISMA Chairs

9:20 AM - 9:45 AM

Meeting Invasive Plant Survey Needs with a New Applied Citizen Science Group

Christian Wanamaker, UF Volunteer/Training Coordinator

9:45 AM - 10:20 AM

Hands-on Invasive Species Management: The NCF CISMA Private Lands Cache

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

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

Dexter Sowell, Invasive Plant Coordinator, FNAI

11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Panel Discussion: Filling in the Data Gaps with Invasive Species Location Data

Kristal Walsh, Craig Iversen, Deb Stone, Dexter Sowell

11:50 AM - 12:35 PM

Networking Lunch (Bring Your Own Lunch)

12:35 PM - 1:10 PM

BOLO: Invasive Tree Pests to Watch Out For

Jeff Eickwort, FFS Entomologist and Forest Health

1:10 PM - 1:50 PM

CISMA Partner Updates

Round robin updates from CISMA members

1:50 PM - 2:05 PM

Florida Invasive Species Council-State Update

Deb Stone, IFAS Invasive Species Extension Coordinator

2:05 PM - 2:20 PM

Networking Break

2:20 PM - 3:10 PM

Field Trip: Nokuse Plantation invasive plant management and hands-on ID demo

Derek Breakfield, Nokuse, and Dexter Sowell, FNAI

3:10 PM - 3:20 PM

Meeting Wrap-up and Closing Remarks, Plans for Next Year

Kristal Walsh and Rick O’Connor, Six Rivers CISMA Chairs

3:20 PM - 3:30 PM

Participant Sign-out, Workshop Evaluation, CEU Forms Signed, Meeting Concludes

Six Rivers CISMA and Nokuse Plantation

About this event

  • Event lasts 6 hours 30 minutes
  • Free venue parking

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

Frequently asked questions

Are CEUs available for this workshop?

Tentatively yes. We are requesting 4 CEUs in total, spanning categories such as Natural Areas Weed Management, Aquatic Pest Control, Right-of-way Pest Control, and Forest Pest Control.

Is lunch provided?

No. Since the workshop is made available at no cost, there is no sponsored lunch or lunch provided. Due to the remoteness of the meeting location, we suggest you bring your own bagged lunch, snacks and soft drinks with you the day of the workshop.

I'm not a member of the Six Rivers CISMA (Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area). Can I come?

Absolutely. We invite all land/resource managers, biologists, environmental techs, and others who manage or educate the public about invasive species to attend this workshop. We will update folks in the region about invasive species threats, and opportunities to collaborate on managing invasives.

Where is the workshop being held?

The Six Rivers 2025 Annual Meeting and Workshop is being held at Camp Longleaf within the Nokuse Plantation. The street address for the meeting location is: 4645 State Hwy 20 East, Freeport, FL 32439. Camp Longleaf is on the south side of Hwy 20, so look for the entrance on the south side.

Organized by

Six Rivers CISMA

Established in October 2009 to facilitate a network for land managers to address the growing threat of invasive non-native species in northwest Florida. This effort is building on the success of the Gulf Coastal Plain Ecosystem Partnership (GCPEP). The GCPEP invasives sub-working group has identified formation of a CWMA/CISMA as a priority for addressing invasive species threats, because it will provide the ability to work on issues outside the existing partnership boundaries.

Counties: Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, Washington, Baldwin (AL), Escambia (AL), Covington (AL)

Free
Aug 15 · 9:00 AM CDT