JOINT SYMPOSIUM - FLEPPC · • Keith Bradley and George Gann,lnstiMe (or Regional Conservation Release and establishment of Oxyop. vitiosa for the biological control of melaleuca

1998 JOINT SYMPOSIUM

OF THE

FLORIDA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY & THE

FLORIDA EXOTIC PEST PLANT COUNCIL

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA 8 JUNE 3 .. 7, 1998

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Palm Beach Native Plant Chapter sincerely thanks the (ol/owing (or their incredible efforts in support o( this symposium:

The South Florida Water Management District: audio-visual equipment, printing of all conference materials, and several hours of several employees' time

Dan Austin,leader of the pack who wouldn't say no Florido Mantic University

Terrie Bennett, well-accessorized mapper and GIS rapper sFWMD

Betsy Bicknell, administrative guru and earth mama FNPs

Penny H. Billingham, gracious granter of copyright waiver for use of her beautiful botanical artwork

Edward D. Stone ASSOCIates

David Black, program chair and speaker tweeker FNPs

Cheri Craft, cool logo design and lots more sFWMD

F. Allen Dray, treasurer and database creator supreme EPPC

Steve Farnsworth, native plant sellers' feller PBC ERM

David Jones, editor of "They'll be out before you know it" symposium proceedings Everglades National Park

Ray Miller, field tripper extraordinaire FNPs

Ellen Negley, major model of a modern major program designer Florida Center (or Environmental Studies

Tony Pernas, Hey, man, what can we say? EPPC

Dick Roberts, extra-athletic field trip supporter Jonathon Dickinson State Park

Jackie Smith, gorgeous gopher and rainbow bridge tender DEP Aquatic Plant Bureau

Dan Thayer, vendor bender and acid-country treasureO'-in-training EPPC

Cathy Wideness, supeO'-duper detail scooper DEP Aquatic Plant Bureau

Nadja Chamberlain, Landscape Awards chair thanks: Live Oak Consulting, Valrico, FL

Wade-Trim,lnc.,Tampa, FL Land Design South, West Palm Beach, FL

TUESDAY, lune 2 1:00pm - 5:00pm 3:00pm - 5:00pm

WEDNESDAY, lune 3 7:30am - 5:00pm 8:00am - 5:00pm

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THURSDAY, lune 4 7:00am - 5:00pm 5:30pm - 8:30pm

FRIDAY. lune 5 7:30am - 5:00pm 8:00am - 5:00pm 8:30am - 5:30pm 8:30am - 5:00pm

6:30pm - 10:30pm

SATURDAY. lune 6 7:30am - 5:00pm 8:00am - 5:00pm 8:30am - 5:30pm 10:15am - 12:00pm 1:00am - 5:00pm

1:00pm - 4:00 pm 4:30pm - 7:30 pm

6:00pm - 8:00pm

SUNDAY, lune 7 7:00am - 5:00pm

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

EPPC Board Meeting Early Registration

Registration EPPC Sessions (Jacquemontia Room) Vendors, Posters (Juno Beach,jupiter Beach and Palm Beach Rooms) EPPC Annual Business Meeting and Awards Presentations EPPC Social,Club Safari

joint FNPS/EPPC 112, 3/4, and full day field trips FNPS Board Meeting

Registration Vendors, Posters (Juno Beach,jupiter Beach and Palm Beach Rooms) Outdoor Plant Sales joint FNPS/EPPC Concurrent Sessions (Jacquemontia, Coccoloba and Schinus Rooms) Dinner Social, jupiter Beach Civic Center - Buses leave hotel entrance at 6:00 and 6:30pm. (Veggie-friendly menu, live music by Morning Wood, very casual, open-air, beach front setting)

Registration Vendors, Posters (Juno Beach,jupiter Beach and Palm Beach Rooms) Outdoor Plant Sales FNPS Annual Business Meeting and Awards Presentations FNPS Concurrent Sessions (Jacquemontia, Coccoloba and Schinus Rooms) Plant Identification Workshop, David Hall, WPB Loxahatchee Preserve* Repeat Plant Identification Workshop, David Hall, WPB Loxahatchee Preserve* Meet Florida authors and artists social, Club Safari.

FNPS 112,3/4, and full day field trips

*PLANT IDENTIFICATION WORKSHOP 1:00pm - 4:00pm Plant identification workshop. 4:30pm - 7:30pm Repeat workshop - WPB Loxahatchee Preserve. 4.5 miles west of 1-95 on Northlake Blvd. $10 fee will be collected at conference. map included.

Moderator: Audio Visual:

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David Jones, National Pork Service Doug Devries, National Park Service

Welcome and Introduction • Greg Jubinsky, FLEPPC Chairman

EPPC SESSIONS

Wednesday, June 3 Jacquemontia Room

Keynote Address - The National Strategy on Exotic Invasive Planu • William Brown, Science Advisor to the Secretary o( the Interior

The status of exotic plants in the preserves of southern Florida • Keith Bradley and George Gann,lnstiMe (or Regional Conservation

Release and establishment of Oxyop. vitiosa for the biological control of melaleuca in south Florida

• Ted 0, Center, Thai K,Van, Min Rayachhetry, Gary R, Buckingham, and Susan A. Wineriter, USDA and U o( Florida, IFAS

Standardizing invasive plant assessment methods for field inventory • Randall K, Stocker, U o( Florida, Center (or Invasive and Aquatic Plants

Invasive Exotic Plant Mapping and Assessment on North Key largo, Monroe County, Florida • Curtis Kruer and Jen Taylor, Florida Keys Environmental Restoration Trust Fund

Sanibel Island's Brazilian Peppers are "Shakin' in Their Roots" • Dan Clark, City o( Sonibellsland

Break

Francois Laroche, South Florida Water Management Oistria Ed Freeman, Sarasota County

Fisheating Creek ... ecosystem in trouble • Jackie Smith,FL OEP

The effect on the invasive process of phenotypic and genetic differences among Melaleuca quinquenervia populations

• Sylvan R, Kaufman, Rutgers University

Biological Control of Hydrilla and Eurasian Watermilfoil: Insect Quarantine Research • Christine Bennett and Gary Buckingham et, al" USDA-ARS

Lunch on your own


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Moderator:

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Wednesday,June 3

George Gann, Institute for Regionol Conservation Katherine Johnson, Corps of Engineers

Antibacterial and antifungal screening of Florida's invasive plant species • Bruce C. Cochrane, University of South Florida

Season's Over and the Natives are Returning to Key Island • Judy Haner, Michael Shirley,James Burch, Heather Stoffel,JiII Ryder, Marilyn Roman

and Sharon Soppe, Fl DEP and Rookery Boy Notional Esluarine Resean:h Reserve

Biological control of melaleuca: quarantine research into insects to control melaleuca

• Susan A. Wineriter, USDA, Gary R. Buckingham, ARS and J. Howard Frank, U of Florida IFAS

Factors influencing establishment success of Melaleuca qulnquenerv/a in Everglades National Park

• JeanMarie Hartman, Marcus Knowlton, and Sylvan Kaufman, Rutgers University

Resource Tracking using Geoindex at Estero Bay Aquatic & State Buffer Preserves • Paul Hinchcliff, Fl DEP

Ochyromera flgustrl (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), an immigrant natural enemy of Chinese Privet, Ugustrum sinense (Oleaceae) in Florida

• James P. Cuda. University of Florida and Mark C. Zeller, DEP

FlEPPC Annual Business Meeting and Awards Presentations

Break

Dan Clark, City of Sanibel Jackie Smith, DEP

Why should we all become corporate business managers? • Alison Fox, University of Florida

Weakening the grip of Ai",Potato • Jeffrey J. Mullahey, UF IFAS and Stephen H. Brown, lee Co. Extension Svc.

Krenite ... New herbicide approved for melaleuca control • Ed Pullea, DuPont Agricuhuml Pmduas

Hole-In-the-Donut wetland restoration and mitigation program: an update of construction and environmental monitoring progress

• Michael R. Norland, Everglades Notional Pork

Greg Jubinsky, Florida DEP

Reports from DEP's upland invasive plant control pilot project and Florida's regional exotic plant management working groups

Thursday, June 4

7:00 AM· 5:00 PM Joint FNPSIEPPC 1/2,314 and full day field trips. CHECK FIELD TRIP BOARD FOR DEPARTURE TIMES

A. Blowing Rocks Preserve, Tequesta See coostal dune. hammock. and scrub restoration at work. And. with luck, the rocks will blow! Easy to moderate. 1/2 day. Guide: Mike Renda. The Nature Conservancy.

AA. Jonathan Dickinson State Park, North Palm Beach Observe exotic plant erodication efforts in the park and visit historical Trapper Nelsan's Loxahatchee River homesite. Moderate. 112 day. Guide: Dick Roberts.DEP

B. Gumbo Limbo Nature Center & Patch Reef Park, Boca Raton Rare coastal beach. dunes. and hammocks including colonies of the endangered beach jacquemantia. Easy. 314 day. Guide: Steve Bass. City of Boca Raton.

C. Barley Barber Swamp Preserve, Indiantown FPL's preserve includes 900·year old cypress trees. Exotic plant management proctices will also be hIghlighted. Easy to moderate. 314 day. Guide: Boyd Gunsaulus.SFWMD.

0·1, 0·2. West Palm Beach Water Catchment Area, West Palm Beach An airboat trip across the marsh with stops on swamp maple and slash pine tree islands observing melaleuca and Iygadium management Two sessions,AM and PM. Easy. 112 day. Limited to cwo outings of 12 people each. Steve Smith. SFWMD, Jackie Smith. DEP.

E. Pal Mar Heights Hiking and wading through diverse uplands and wet prairies of western Martin County. These once-platted subdivisions have been pre-served as natural public lands largely through the efforts of Ms. Hurchalla. our tour guide. Moderate to difficult. 314 day. Guide: Maggie Hurchalla. FNPS Cocoplum chapter and former Martin Co. commissioner.

F. Limestone Creek restoration, Jupiter Re-creating meandering tidal creek channels. removing invasive exotic plants. and installing native landscapes. This project entails all the above and more. Easy to moderate. 1/2 day. Guide: Dan Boyar. SFWMD.

G. Juno Beach scrub A trek through rare coastal scrub. Learn how these sensitive, botanically diverse lands were acquired by Palm Beach Co. and how they are being managed. Strang sun, high heat Bring lats of water and sun protection. Moderate. 3/4 day. Guide: Steve Farnsworth, Palm Beach Co. ERM.

H. Lygodium in the Loxahatchee River Corridor, Jupiter See Old World Climbing Fern Hell. Hike the cypress sloughs and pine (latwoods that are being overwhelmed by this vining fern. Easy to moderate. 314 day. Guides: Keith Bradley, Inst. for Reg. Cons .• Randall Stocker, UF Ctr for Aquatic Plants.

I. Restoring Lake Worth's Munyon Island Lorge-scale spoil removal. tidal sea gross (lots re-creation and mangrove installation. $5 water ferry fee to island. Easy. 1/2 day. Guide: Julie Bishop. Palm Beach Co. ERM.

Thursday, June 4

J. DuPuis Forest State Preserve, Indiantown SFWMDs 20,000 acres of beautiful pine flotwoods and cypress sloughs are being invoded by melaleuco, Brazilian pepper, and Old World Climbing Fern. Easy to moderate. 314 day. Guide: Pete David, SfWMD.

K. Everglades National Park, Hole·in·the·Donut, Homestead Long·term restoration aims to convert thousands of tropical acres from Brazilian pepper hell to wet prairie heaven amidst diverse tropical forests. Park entrance fee. Easy to moderate. Full day. Guide: David Jones, ENP.

L. Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid High upon peninsular Florida's oldest lands, scrub joys survive in owesome scrub communities thot depend upon ecosystem preserva· tion and management in the face of rapacious land development and invading exotic plants. Strong sun and high heat Bring lots of water and sun protection. Moderate. Full day. Guide: Richard Moyroud, Mesozoic Landscapes, Inc.

M. West Lake Park & Anne Kolb Nature Center, Ft. Lauderdale Exotic trees have been removed to reveal this jewel, Broward County's largest remaining relic of coastal mangroves and Udal lagoons. Easy canoeing Full day. Guide: Gil MacAdam, Broward Co. Parks.

N·I. N·2. Nature photography workshop, Royal Palm Beach Pines Ecosite Gomer photography tips from a pro! Two sessions,AM and PM. Bring single-lens reflex comera, close-up gear (macro lenses, flash, etc.), tripod and lots of /i/m! PresentaUon to proceed each field trip in the Schinus (no kidding!) Conference Room Easy. 1/2 day. John Lopinot, Palm Beach Post. (Register for either N·I,AM session; or N·2, PM session.)

O. Melaleuca and Lygodium management clinic, Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Boynton Beach A working clinic for those willing to share natural areas management ideas at a refuge in peril. Limited to 12 participants. Full day. Guide: Su Jewell , LNWR.

5:30 • 8:30 FNPS Board Meeting

8:30·8:45

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Moderator:

10:30·12:00 educate,

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3:45·5:00

JOINT FNPS/EPPC SESSIONS

Friday, June 5 jacquemontia Room

Welcome, Janice Broda, FNPS President and Greg Jubinsky, EPPC Choir

Keynote presentation: Clyde Butcher, "Florida's biological landscape."

Keynote presentation: Roger Hammer, "How to tell the good from the evil."

Break

BEGIN CONCURRENT SESSIONS: Jacquemontia, Coccoloba and Schinus Rooms

Randall Stocker, Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants

JOINT EPPC/FNPS PANEL DISCUSSION· How can EPPC and FNPS work jointly to preserve.

publish. convince and cajole our way towards a healthy environmental future for Floridar • Randall Stocker, Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants • Janice Broda, FNPS President • Cameron Donaldson, FNPS Editor • Richard Workman, FNPS • Richard Moyroud, DACS Endangered Plant Advisory Council Choir • Tony Pernas, EPPC • Greg Jubinsky, EPPC • Logan Brightman, Cenlral Florida Native Nursery • Ken Langeland, University of Florida, IFAS

Lunch on your own

Dan Boyar, SFWMD Jeff Mullahey. UF IFAS

LAND ACQUISITION AND MITIGATION • Kay Brennan, PB Co. ERM, "Palm Beach Couney's Public Land AcquiSition" • Fred Davis, SFWMD, "Land for Water's Sake" • Dan Boyar, SFWMD, "Canal C·IS revegetation and Limestone Creek restoration" • Amy Goddeau, FL DOT, "DOT wetland mitigation projects along Canal C·IS" • Jim Lee, Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc., "Considerations for a successful wetland

habitat restoration plan" • Boyd Gunsalus, SFWMD, "Mitigation: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"

Break

Steve Farnsworth, PB Co. ERM Gwen Burzyki, Dade DERM

RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL AREA • Gil McAdam, Broward Co. Parks, "Restoration of West Lake" • Carmen Vare, PB Co. ERM, "Munyon Island: a case study of environmental enhancement" • Craig Huegle, Pinellas Co., "Managing Brooker Creek Preserve" • Steve Farnsworth, PB Co. ERM, "Prescribed burning of the Seacrest Scrub: a case study"

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Friday, June 5 Cocc%ba Room

Jack Stout. University of Central Florida Debbie Butts. Hillsborough County

PLANT SCIENCE & RARE PLANT MANAGEMENT • Dawn Berry. FL GFC. "Fire Effects on Rare Lake Wales Ridge Plants" • George Gann. Inst for Reg. Cons. "Extirpation of Native Plants in South Florida" • Dameron Black.Alice Bard and jack Stout. University of Central Florida. "Management

and Restoration of Clasping Warea at Lake Griffin State Park"

Lunch on your own

PLANT SCIENCE & RARE PLANT MANAGEMENT, (Cant.) • Rebecca Yahr. Archbold 8iological Station. "Factors affecting the growth of the endangered lichen

Cladonia perforota and implications for management and restoration" • Mike Owens. FL DEP, "Survey and Monitoring of Listed Plant Species at Fakahatchee

Strand State Preserve" • james DeCoster. Louisiana State University. "Pine Savannas of Everglades National Park" • john Zahina. SFWMD. "Distribution of plant communities and species in WCAs 2 and 2A of the

Northern Everglades" • james R. Snyder. USGS. "Seasonal variation in re-sprouting ability of native and non-native

hardwoods in South Florida" • Kathy C. Burks. FL DEP. "St.-john·s-Worts: Beauties and Beasts in Florida"

Break

Brad Bennett. Florida Internotional University Mike Bodle. SFWMD

ETHNOBOTANY • Daniel F.Austin. Florida Adantic University. "Ethnobotany of Florida's weedy vines" • Cristina A. Ugarte. Florida International University. "Edible plants in southern Florida: Evidence

from the Totonac people of Mexico" • Brad Bennett. Florida International University. "Saw palmetto: A vital plant resource from

Pre-Columbian to present times"


Ted Center, USDA Brian Nelson, SWFWMD

Friday, June 5 Schinus Room

1:00-3:30 GQI'I1ROL OF EXOTIC PEST PLANTS cJ~.,.).O {C/II.P'# ed D. Carter. FL Dept o(Corrections, "The Role of the DOC in Pest·Plant Control"

"'f" 1\ • Doria Gordon, The Nature Conservancy, "Using Fire to Control Skunkvine (Paederia (oetida)

3:30 - 3:45

Moderator:

3:45-5:00

in an invaded sandhill" • Ernie Feller, SFWMD, "Large scale control of Hydrilla in the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes" • Robert Pemberton, U5DAARS, "Relationship Between Length of Time in the NurseryTrade and

Probability of a Plant Species Becoming Invasive"

Break

Richard Walesky, P8 Co. ERM

PANEL ON MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL AREAS OWNED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Richard Walesky, P8 Co. ERM • Joanne Davis, Land Design South • Rosa Durando, Environmental Advocate • Steve Bass, Gumbo Umbo Environmental Complex

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FNPS SESSIONS

Saturday, June 6 Jacquemontia Room

Welcome

President's Address, Janice Broda

Keynote presentation: • Dan Austin. "Displacement of Native Ecosystems by Invasive Alien Plants: The Florida Experience"

Break

FNPS Annual Business Meeting and Awards Presentations

Lunch on your own

FNPS 1998 Landscape Awards

NATIVE LANDSCAPE DESIGN WORKSHOP • Bill Bisset, "Site analysis" • Rufino Osorio, "Site preparation" • Steve Farnsworth. "Choosing the right plants for your site" • Rob Hopper. "Traditional and non-traditional (but legal) places to get native plants"

Break

NATIVE LANDSCAPE DESIGN WORKSHOP (Cont_> • Nancy Bissett. "Establishing and maintaining a native landscape" • Craig Huegel. "Landscape features for wildlife"

Panel Discussion/Questions


1:00·3:30

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3:45·5:00

Saturday, June 6 Cocc%ba Room

Debbie Butts, Hillsborough County Candace Weller, Pinellas NPS Chapter

HOMEOWNER ISSUES • Olivia McLean, SFWMD, "Hurricanes: Are we ever really ready!" • Elena Edwards,Jonathan Dickinson State Park, "Butterfly Gardening" • Mark Minno, SJRWMD, "Florida Butterflies" • Chris Lockhart. Habitat Specialists, Inc., "Natural Areas Impacts of Landscaping with Carrotwood" • Pat Undley, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Foundation "A Walk on the Wild Side"

Break

Sheryl Bowman, Hillsborough County Judith Buhrman, Pinellas NPS Chapter

HOMEOWNER ISSUES, (Cont.) • Jim Duquesnel. Florida Park Service. "Training Guidelines for Herbicide Use in Natural Areas" • Ken Langland. University of Florida, "Exotic Plant Control for Homeowners" • Pat Faehnli. Aquatic Systems & Resource, Inc., "Water gardening with native plants" • Craig Watson, UF IFAS, "Building a backyard habitat pond"


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Saturday, June 6 Schinus Room

Mike Bodle, P8 NPS Chapter Amy Ferriter. P8 NPS Chapter

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION • Wendy Andrew. "Disney's Animal Kingdom Horticulture: stage. actor and special effects" • Darrin Duling. Pan's Garden. "An Island of Native Vegetation on Palm Beach" • Susan Toth. Pine Jog Environmental Education Center "Creating model schools in

environmental education" • Mike Bodle. SFWMD. "Biocontrol: a view from outer space"

Break

David Black, SFWMD Bob Bareiss. FNPS Treasurer

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, (Cont.) • Steve Bass. Gumbo Umbo Environmental Complex. "Weed Wrenches" • David Black. SFWMD. "The Royal Palm Pines Natural Area" • Maria Minna, "Native plants in the schoolyard: your key to science inquiry"

FNPS FIELD TRIPS

Sunday, June 7

Po Royal Palm Beach Pines Ecosite, Royal Palm Beach Palm Beach County purchased these 750 acres o( pine flatwoods and wet prairies to preserve their beauty and diversity (orever. See land management in action within a diverse botanical landscape. Easy. 3/4 day. Guides: Bob Deacy. Dave Black. SFWMD.

Q. West Lake Park & Anne Kolb Nature Center, Ft. Lauderdale Exotic trees have been removed to reveal this jewel. Sroward County's largest remaining relic o( coastal mangroves and tidal lagoons. Easy canoeing. Full day. Guide: Gil MacAdam. Broward Co. Parks.

R. Canoeing the Loxahatchee River, Jupiter Paddle bock into old Florida along this National Wild and Scenic River corridor. A truly beauti(ul experience. Canoes (ees o( $12.50 per person. double occupancy will be colleaed at con(erence only. Moderate canoeing with portages. Full day. Guide: Dick Roberts. DEP.

S. Custard Apple Trail, John Prince Park, WPB The great results volunteers can achieve are seen along this bird·rich lake(ront trail. See what a lot o( hard work. exotic plant removal. and native plant installations can achieve. Easy. 1/2 day. Guide: Bruce Offord. DEP.

T. Rare Plant Recovery in Jonathan Dickinson State Park Test your botanical mettle in diverse plant communities ranging (rom wedands to scrub and see how endangered (our petal paw. paws are responding to preservation techniques. Park entrance (ee. Moderate to difficult. 3/4 day. Guide: Anne Cox. FlU.

U. Butterfly gardens, West Palm Beach Tour local lepidopteran hotspots including colonies o( the rare Atala butterfly. Learn how to attract. encourage. and keep butterflies in the urbon landscape. Easy. 1/2 day. Guide: Kathy Malone. SFWMD.

V. Canoeing the WPB Loxahatchee Preserve Water Catchment Area, WPB Tour the grassy marsh in this historic and splendid 10.000 acre wedand reservoir preserved by order o( Henry Flagler. Moderate canoeing through the marsh. 3/4 day. Guide: Pat Painter. Gaia Consortium.

W. The Savannahs State Preserve, Jensen Beach Unique. expansive wedands cached within coastal dunes. Diverse plants. birds. and wildli(e inhabit the Savannah's pristine wedands. lakes. and (orests . Moderate hiking and canoeing. Full day. Guide: J.B. Miller. DEP.

X. MacArthur Beach State Park, Palm Beach Gardens See the coastal hammocks. mangrove strands. lagoons and beaches where John D. MacArthur once (rolicked alone. Park entrance fee. Easy. 1/2 day. Guide: Ann Mathews. DEP.

Y. Fakahatchee Strand, Collier County Spend a damp day amongst some o( South Florida's rarest plants including orchids growing in some o( our oldest cypress wedands. Difficult to very difficult. Full day. Guide: Dan Austin. FAU.

BB. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Boynton Beach See the birds. smell the cypress. stroll the borders o( the Everglade but look out (or the invasive plants that are putting this refuge in peril. Moderate. 1/2 day. Guide: Su Jewell. LNWR

CONTRIBUTORS

American Cyanamid

Applied Aquatic Man., Inc.

Brewer International

Florida Center for Environmental Studies

G.W.P.,lnc.

Helena Chemical

Natural Resource Planning Svcs., Inc.

Paynes Prarie Native Plant Chapter

SePro,lnc.

South Florida Water Management District

Terra International

Timberland Enterprises, Inc.

Zeneca Professional Products

PUBLICATION OF SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS

All conference registrants will receive the forthcoming symposium proceedings

which are being published jointly by the National Park Service, EPPC, FNPS

and SFWMD. Thanks in advance to proceedings editor, David Jones.

FNPS do Betsy Bicknell

P.O. Box 6116 Spring Hill, FL 34611

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu Ifnpslfnps.htm

The officers of the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council

and the

Florida Native Plant Society

recognize the significant contributions to this symposium

provided by

The South Florida Water Management District

FL EPPC c/o Dan Thayer P.O. Box 24680

Wesc Palm Beach, FL 33416-4680 http://www.fleppc.org

Documents

JOINT SYMPOSIUM - FLEPPC · • Keith Bradley and George Gann,lnstiMe (or Regional Conservation Release and establishment of Oxyop. vitiosa for the biological control of melaleuca