NFWF Grant Profile

In partnership with the University of Florida, the USFWS will establish strike teams for early detection to identify, and rapidly respond to eradicate of any found terrestrial invasives before they can establish footholds. Early inventory work has already discovered numerous sightings, with ongoing debris removal efforts complicating matters by inadvertantly transporting problem species. Efforts will focus on south Florida and the eastern Everglades, near National Wildlife Refuges, with the goal of avoiding infestations and adding costs to restoration and species recovery efforts.