I had a cordial meeting today with some FWC staff folks to discuss management issues affecting the Scrub Lupine restoration project.
The takeaways I got was that they would no longer send equipment down the path next the first planting area, would agree to conduct some temporary trimming to reduce the canopy overgrowth in some of the planting areas and will plan a more extensive removal and herbiciding of overgrowth within the next year as the budget allows.
They also said they would like to burn the site again and asked how that would affect the lupines. I referred them to Cheryl Peterson at Bok Jack Stout at UCF, who are much better informed than I am.
I also briefly mentioned the trash pile near the southwest gate and tree fall along the fence lines.
I also reported recent hog damage and told them that there was probably a lot of background info they might find useful on the site's chronology on this blog.
