ENDANGERED PLANT ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING October 23 & 24, 2014 1911 SW 34 Street Gainesville, Florida 32608 October 23 (1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.) Welcome and Opening Remarks........................................................................

 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES

Division of Plant Industry

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

5B-40.001:Definitions

5B-40.003:Obtaining a Permit to Harvest Plants on the Endangered and Commercially Exploited Plant Lists

5B-40.004:Issuance of Permit to Harvest Plants on the Endangered and Commercially Exploited Plant Lists

5B-40.005:To Harvest Plants on the Threatened Plant List

5B-40.0055:Regulated Plant Index

5B-40.0056:Procedures for Amending the Regulated Plant Index

5B-40.008:Investigating Suspected Violations, Preservation of Endangered, Commercially Exploited and/or Threatened Plants Involved, and Reporting Suspected Violations

5B-40.010:Endangered and Threatened Native Flora Conservation Grants Program

The Division of Plant Industry announces public meetings to which all persons are invited.

DATES AND TIMES: October 23, 2014, 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.; October 24, 2014, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon

PLACE: Division of Plant Industry, 1911 Southwest 34th Street, Gainesville, FL 32608

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: Endangered Plant Advisory Council meeting.

October 23 & 24, 2014, 1911 SW 34 Street, Gainesville, Florida 32608

October 23 (1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
Welcome and Opening Remarks	Richard Moyroud
Approval of Agenda (Additions, Changes)	Council
Review and Approve Minutes of Last Fall Meeting	Council
Presentation by Dr. Collette Jacono – Marsilea sp. discussion
Presentations by grant applicants/recipients on activities performed on past grant funded conservation programs as well as Q/A for future conservation program	Applicants
Submit Completed Application Evaluation Forms on EPAC GRANT Proposals for Fiscal Year 2015 – 2016	Council
October 24 (8:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon)
Welcome	Richard Moyroud
Four Year Interval Review of Regulated Plant Index (approx 177 plants)	Council
An updated Regulated Plant Index will be provided to council members prior to the meeting.
Review of Proposed (last year) and specific listed plants	Council
Proposed last year:
• Peperomia alata (winged peperomia) 4.5-Endangered
• Calliphysalis carpenteri (carpenters groundcherry) 6.5 Endangered
Carryover from last year:
• Echinordorus floridanus, Florida burhead, Not native and shouldn’t be listed.
• Warea cuneifolia, n/a, Proposed? Carryover from last year discussion.
• Marsilea ancylopoda, blunt-spined water-clover, Not native?
• Peperomia alata, n/a, Proposal from Steven Woodmansee.
Election of Officers	Council
Comments or Concerns from Council or Interested Parties	Group
Schedule Next Meeting	Council

Adjourn

A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Bryan Benson, EPAC Secretary; Division of Plant Industry, 1911 Southwest 34th Street, Gainesville, FL 32608; [phone]

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 7 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Bryan Benson, EPAC Secretary; Division of Plant Industry, 1911 Southwest 34th Street, Gainesville, FL 32608; [phone]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).

For more information, you may contact: Bryan Benson, EPAC Secretary; Division of Plant Industry, 1911 Southwest 34th Street, Gainesville, FL 32608; [phone].