Transcript Thinking Locally Acting Neighborly: CISMA’s and landscape scale conservation Kristina Serbesoff-King -on behalf of Florida Invasive Species Partnership (FISP)

Thinking Locally
Acting Neighborly:
CISMA’s and landscape
scale conservation
Kristina Serbesoff-King
-on behalf of Florida Invasive Species Partnership (FISP)
Scale of Threat in Florida
 25,000 plants into FL annually
 1,318 established outside of cultivation, 10% invasive in
natural areas
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1,000 non-native insects in Florida, or 8% of all insects
122 non-native fish, many of which are predatory
>50 non-native mammal species, 18 reproducing
>11 non-native bird species that breed in Florida, 185 nonbreeding seasonal birds
 52 species of non-native amphibians and reptiles,
 39 reproducing (<25% of the total) – greatest # in US!
Source: Strangers in Paradise 1997, FFWCC 2005
Florida Invasive Species Partnership Goals:
 Increase effectiveness and decrease
costs by working together
 Build focus on prevention as well as
treatment
 Provide tools to develop a unified
approach and bridge the gap between
land owner efforts
 Encourage development, implementation,
and sharing of new and innovative
approaches
No Boundaries!
Publicly owned
areas
60% of
Florida is
privately
owned
If landowners and land managers in Florida wish to achieve
long-term success, it is critical to collaborate with all stake
holders, focusing on prevention as well as treatment.
Challenges
• Public land managers
– Limited funds, Limited staff
– Limited ability to “cross the fenceline”
• Private land incentive programs
– Limited funds, Limited staff
– Knowledgeable about their programs
– Unaware of other options
• Private landowners
– Limited funds
– Not receiving all the available information
CISMAs
Crossing Boundaries, Meeting Challenges
Cooperative Invasive Spp Management Areas
a partnership of federal,
state, and local
government agencies,
tribes, individuals and
various interested groups
that manage invasive
species in a defined area.
CISMA - 5 Basic Characteristics
1. Defined geographical area
2. Involvement or representation of the majority
of landowners and natural resource managers
in the defined area
3. Steering committee
4. Commitment to cooperation
5. Comprehensive plan that addresses the
management or prevention of one or more
invasive species.
How CISMA’s could improve our
effectiveness?
$ Cross boundaries; invasive plant
management across the landscape, rather
than just political or property boundaries
$ Share a common
vision and mission
$ Be highly visible,
building community
awareness
How CISMA’s could improve
management of invasive plants?
$ Adopt and utilize Best Management Practices
to reduce the risk and improve the results of
control efforts
$ Provide an early detection and rapid response
network
$ 1+1=3
Combined efforts
improve results
How CISMA’s could improve
availability of resources?
$ Secure and coordinate
funding
$ Allow partners (public and
private) to share and
leverage limited resources
$ Reduce individual costs by
pooling resources
CISMA Summary
$ A Partnership approach to managing invasive
plants in a geographic area
$ 5 Basic Characteristics
$ It’s flexible and unique to each area
$ 14 recommended steps toward forming
CWMA/CISMA
$ Three documents: (1) Agreement (2) Strategic
Plan (3) Annual Operating Plan
Treating
cogongrass –
BCC engaged
Prioritized
plants with
BMPs
PTI Grant –
tallow, TSA,
cogongrass
BCC wants to
know more –
BMPs for ROWs
Training/EDRR
workday/increased
BIPM funds
Cogongrass
mapping, PTI
Grant
Cogongrass
demo for
landowners
Workshop held in
Annual
to create work
workplan/Aerial
plan, submitted
Surveys
CCS proposal
Python EDRR,
Greenthumb,
Australian pine
Plant ID
workshop in
the works
Joint grant
to control
coastal
invader
Invasive Species know NO
boundaries – Do we?
Necessary ingredients for long-term success:
• Multiple agencies and
organizations in partnership
• Involve private landowners
and interests
• Recognize differences and
commonalities in missions
• Conservation leverage
COOPERATION is the key to successful, long-term management
of invasive plants!
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Next Call – February 25, 2009
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