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Exotics Treatment in the Everglades Complex of Wildlife Management Areas 2006/2007. Jenny Ketterlin Sunrise Field Office Sunrise, FL [email protected] Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Everglades Complex of Wildlife Management Areas. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Exotics Treatment in the Everglades Complex of Wildlife Management
Areas 2006/2007
Jenny KetterlinSunrise Field Office
Sunrise, [email protected]
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Everglades Complex of Wildlife Management Areas
• Everglades and Francis S. Taylor WMA671,831 acres
• Rotenberger WMA28,760 acres
• Holey Land WMA35,350 acres
• Southern Glades Wildlife and Environmental Area30,080 acres
• Frog Pond WMA470 acres
Treatment by private contractors in FY 06/07
• Chemical treatment in Everglades, Holey Land, and Rotenberger WMAs
• Lygodium microphyllum survey in
WCA 3AS of Everglades WMA
• Maintenance and inventory of planted trees in WCA 3AN of Everglades WMA
Chemical treatment
Everglades WMA• 14 acres on 10 tree islands
treated for Schinus• 170 acres treated on Miami Canal
north of I-75 for Schinus• Total of $44,710.52 at $243.00 per acreRotenberger WMA • 540 acres of Schinus and some Australian pine• Total of $99,900.00 at $185.00 per acreHoley Land WMA • 753 acres of Schinus and some Lygodium• $119,943.62 at $159.33 per acre
Cage maintenance
Total of $85,952.00 for 3,731 exclosures removed and 8,107 exclosures cleaned
Cooperative projects with SFWMD
• Chemical treatment of Miami Canal spoil banks
• Treatment of Lygodium on islands surveyed by FWC contractor
• Mechanical removal of S. terenbithifolius on three tree islands in WCA 3AN, west of Miami Canal
• Treatment of 106 acres of Ardesia, pepper, and some guava in Southern Glades
Removal of Brazilian pepperAugust 2006
SFWMD contractors chainsaw pepper trees
FWC employees pull off trunks
Before After
Before
After
Contracts for 2007/08 fiscal year
• Lygodium microphyllum survey in WCA 3A that will include collection of hydrological data with the goal of creating a predictive model for sampling prioritization
• Maintenance of planted trees, more tree planting, and spot exotics treatment in Everglades WMA
• Exotics treatment in Holey Land and Rotenberger WMAs
Emerging issue:Spread of torpedo grass in ATV trails
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