Exotics Treatment in the Everglades Complex of Wildlife Management Areas 2006/2007
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Cage maintenance
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Total of $85,952.00 for 3,731 exclosures removed and 8,107 exclosures cleaned
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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
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Removal of Brazilian pepperAugust 2006
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SFWMD contractors chainsaw pepper trees
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FWC employees pull off trunks
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Before After
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Before
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After
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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
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Emerging issue:Spread of torpedo grass in ATV trails
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