Natural Area Teaching Laboratory Annual Report 2007-2008
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Transcript of Natural Area Teaching Laboratory Annual Report 2007-2008
What we Proposed to LVL Committee for 2008
Complete nature trails & signage Finish fencing (CITF funds)Advertise trials to public (work with Cultural Plaza group)Update and implement Upland Pine Restoration planComplete re-starting of 10-year old plot rotationEstablish a surveyed grid system in NATL-east; take
vegetation photos from grid points for permanent record.
Recruit volunteers to help eradicate invasive species & pick up trash (especially along new fence lines)
Recruit classes to do management/restoration experiments in NATL
Use GPS to map trailsUse GPS to map locations of invasive species
What we Proposed to LVL Committee for 2008
~ALL DONE!Complete nature trails & signage Finish fencing (CITF funds)Advertise trials to public (work with Cultural Plaza group)Update and implement Upland Pine Restoration planComplete re-starting of 10-year old plot rotationEstablish a surveyed grid system in NATL-east; take
vegetation photos from grid points for permanent record.Recruit volunteers to help eradicate invasive species &
pick up trash (especially along new fence lines)Recruit classes to do management/restoration
experiments in NATLUse GPS to map trails Use GPS to map locations of invasive species (50m grid
system works fine for this)
Several Volunteer Events• Pulling invasive species (Ardisia)
• Planting native plants
• Picking up trash
Other activities in 2008 NATL operating manual created TA manual created Longleaf Pine Restoration plan adopted 2000 plugs of wiregrass planted Earth Day event Two burns completed (spring and
summer) New chair lined up (Jack Putz) Graduate TA’ship line secured (4 TAs in 4
semesters) Support from Provost’s office secured
Proposed Activities for 2009 Finish developing NATL-east
Build new walkway (200 ft across wooded marsh) Produce content for kiosk
Finish basic trail guides for all trails Host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for trails Advertise NATL to departments; record use
of NATL Continue eradication of exotic species Continue pine restoration (burning &
planting) Revise kiosk content and signs (as needed)
Budget Report and Spending Plan“[The chair of NATL] … will annually
submit a spending plan to the Lakes, Vegetation and Landscaping Committee (LVLC) for its approval, and the Chair of NAAC will submit an annual report about the uses of endowment funds to LVLC.” See handout
Also available on the web at: http://natl.ifas.ufl.edu/NAACmin9sep08.pdf