Florida Invasive Species Partnership (FISP)
If landowners and land managers in Florida wish to achieve long-term success, it is critical to:
- Reach out and collaborate with all stake holders, including private landowners.
- Focus on prevention as well as treatment.
Goals:
- Increase effectiveness and decrease costs by working together.
- Provide tools to develop a unified approach and bridge the gap between landowners.
- Encourage development and implementation of new and innovative approaches.
Objectives:
- Develop Incentive Program Matrix of existing incentive programs that could target the problem on public and private lands.
- Establish Matrix on an interactive website
- Promote partnership efforts, such as Cooperative Weed Management Areas (CWMA), to encourage collaborative efforts on a statewide, regional and local level.
- Provide central "clearinghouse" for CWMAs and innovative approaches.
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