DEP Contract No. PL263, Attachment A, Page 1 of 1

TASK ASSIGNMENT NOTIFICATION FORM

DEP CONTRACT NO. PL263

Task Assignment Number: _1006_____________________________________ Date: ____08/31/2021

Contractor: _FNAI/FSU_________________________________________________________________________________

Contractor Contract Manager: _Dan Hipes __________________________________ Phone Number:_850-224-820 7

DEP Contract Manager: _Deborah Burr ______________________________ Phone Number:_850-245-2773

DEP Task act Manager: _Deb Stone ______________________________ Phone Number: _850-245-2971

Task Description (Use additional sheets if necessary): Support of Land Management Activities on Florida State Parks. ___

Final Deliverables and Due Dates: _See attached Details for 1006_______________________________________________

Performance Measures: _See attached Details for 1006_______________________________________________________

Financial Consequences: No payment will be made for unsatisfactory deliverables

Term of Task Assignment: _Upon Execution through June 15, 2022

TASK ASSIGNMENT TYPE AND NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNTS:

FEE SCHEDULE FIXED PRICE TOTAL TASK ASSIGNMENT VALUE

X X $70,980

TOTAL TASK ASSIGNMENT VALUE $70,980

Funding Information:

Org Code EO Object Code Fund-Year Category Project # Module Amount

3750-0500-000 QK 139900 423001-22 080039 80108 1130 $18,151.50

CONTRACTOR FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Contract Manager Date Contract Manager Date

APPROVED:

Contractual Authority Date _________________________ _____

Task Manager Date

Budget Representative Date

Contractual Authority Date cc: Procurement Administrator (MS93) Bureau of Finance & Accounting (MS78) - 2 copies

Sheryl Boutin Digitally signed by Sheryl Boutin Date: 2021.08.31 14:36:49 -04'00'

Deb Stone Digitally signed by Deb Stone Date: 2021.09.02 08:59:21 -04'00'

Deborah Burr Digitally signed by Deborah Burr Date: 2021.09.02 13:28:13 -04'00'

Callie DeHaven Digitally signed by Callie DeHaven Date: 2021.09.02 13:53:17 -04'00'

Julie Wammack for Laurel Fulkerson

Digitally signed by Julie Wammack for Laurel Fulkerson Date: 2021.09.09 14:11:40 -04'00'

Daniel Hipes Digitally signed by Daniel Hipes Date: 2021.09.09 14:19:48 -04'00'

3750-0900-000 NA 139900 348014-11 080111 80047 U2620 $52,828.50

PL263-Task Assignment 1006 – Details

Support of Land Management Activities on Florida State Parks Bureau of Natural and Cultural Resources

This Scope of Work describes four separate task activities to be completed by the Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) during FY2022 to support land management activities on Florida State Parks.

Task Activity 1: Invasive Plant Sampling on FL State Parks Phase 3

FNAI will continue to assist BNCR with the development of a standardized approach to monitoring invasives plants on Florida State Parks through:

1.1. Assist with planning and facilitation of up to 16 hours of meeting time (in summer 2021 through Jan/Feb 2022) with the DRP Invasives Coordinators to collect input on protocol changes. Facilitation will include setting topic order, timeframes, and details for the agenda, gathering and reviewing any reference materials to share, and making sure there is a logical progression of topics and that critical topics aren’t missed. Input collected at the first meeting will be used to edit the existing protocol (v4) to develop a new draft which will be reviewed at the following meetings. If in-person meetings are not practical, given health restrictions, these meetings will be conducted remotely at a reduced cost.

1.2. Assisting with data collection form creation, sampling design, database development, and data analysis to reduce DRP workload. This will include the following:

1.2.1. Development of an ArcPro Python script that will allow users to select invasive plant survey or treatment points, lines, and polygons within management zones and output a summary report for NRTS transcription

1.2.2. Development of a ESRI geodatabase template for invasive plant data collection

1.2.3. Creation of a Field Maps form for invasive Plant Data collection based on the geodatabase template

1.2.4. Development of a script or other process that DRP staff can use to generate random points to guide invasive plant sampling

1.3. Providing two training events covering the use of the newly developed protocol for up to 25 attendees each. One event will be in Northern Florida (Gainesville or Tallahassee), and one will be in South/Central Florida (Wekiva area). Each training will last up to 2 days and will include a field and office component. Training will cover data collection using DRP Trimble TDC600 data loggers to collect data using ESRI Field Maps.

If in-person training sessions are not practical, given health restrictions, they will be conducted remotely at a reduced cost.

1.4. Sampling for invasive plants at Florida State Parks lacking staff capacity (spring 2022).

Sampling will be conducted using the transect between random points approach developed in 2021. These surveys will be used to develop a reliable cost per acre to perform this work at other parks in the future. FNAI will also complete spatial summary of the data (not including comparison with existing NRTS records).

Task Activity 2: Review of literature on aerial application of Naled for mosquito control

FNAI will write a literature review summarizing current research on the potential for non-target impacts from the Ultra-Low Volume (ULV) aerial application of Naled (Dibrom) for control of adult mosquitos. We will address the following questions:

A. What are the current best practices for aerial ULV application of Naled?

B. What are the potential impacts on non-target native invertebrates, particularly rare, listed, and at-risk taxa? Impacts will be summarized by taxonomic group, life stage, season, habitat, etc., as appropriate for brevity.

C. What are the potential impacts on honeybees?

D. Are there bioaccumulation concerns that could impact vertebrates?

E. What restrictions could be considered to minimize impacts (concentration/rate, applications per year allowed, seasonality, time of day, etc.)?

Copies of all referenced literature will be provided.

Task Activity 3: Arthropod Control Plan Web Map

FNAI will develop a web map to provide a single public access point for current Mosquito Control District (MCD) Arthropod Control Plans (ACP). The map will allow users to click on a state park or other conservation land, and get:

A. A link to download the current ACP B. Date of ACP approval.

C. Conservation Land Contact information D. MCD contact information.

Task Activity 4: Summary and Analysis of the long-term impacts of DRP Prescribed Fire Application

FNAI will analyze patterns observed in DRP long-term land management database (NRTS) with the goals of demonstrating the benefit of prescribed fire in FL State Parks with a particular focus on:

• trends in burn seasonality (growing/dormant) and frequency.

• proportion of units burned (acres in burn to total unit size)

• pyrodiversity

• relationship between equipment availability and acreage burned

• development intensity/proximity and burn frequency

• potential climate change impacts

• relationship between fire seasonality and frequency and basal area of pine and non-pine, shrub height and cover (from F4 stand and NC data)

• summary of number staff (OPS vs FTE) involved in prescribed fire efforts and, as possible, discussion of historical staffing trends

• discussion of agency partnerships which help facilitate fire

Deliverables:

Task Deliverable Date of Submission Total Payment

1.1 Documented completion of 16 hours of

meeting time Apr 15, 2022

$13,008 if conducted in person (as two central FL meetings) or $11,700 if conducted remotely

1.2

• ArcPro Python script that allows users to select invasive plant survey or treatment points, lines, and polygons within management zones and output a summary report for NRTS transcription

• ESRI geodatabase template for invasive plant data collection

• Field Maps form for invasive Plant Data collection based on the geodatabase template

• Python script or other process that DRP staff can use to generate random points to guide invasive plant sampling

Dec 15, 2021 $6,189

1.3 Documented completion of two

training sessions Apr 15, 2022

$8,597 in person or $7,943 if conducted remotely

1.4

• Report summarizing sampling results

• All sampling data in BNCR specified

ESRI File Geodatabase format Jun 15, 2022 $20,000

• Literature review report with all details specified above

• Digital copies of all literature cited

Apr 15, 2022 $9,000

3 Arthropod Control Plan Web Map with functionality specified above Apr 15, 2022 $4,186

Report summarizing long-term impacts of DRP Prescribed Fire Application

Jun 15, 2022 $10,000

TOTAL: $70,980

Payment and Invoice Schedule:

The CONTRACTOR shall submit invoices as deliverables are received according to the above schedule. All invoices shall be received no later than June 15, 2022.

Invoices should be submitted electronically and should be sent to the DEP CONTRACT MANAGER, Deborah Burr, Deborah.Burr@FloridaDEP.gov and to Budget Representative, Sheryl Boutin Sheryl.Boutin@FloridaDEP.gov

All invoices shall include the corresponding reporting period.

(For Example: Reporting Period: July 1, 2021 – October 10, 2021).

mailto:Deborah.Burr@FloridaDEP.gov mailto:Sheryl.Boutin@FloridaDEP.gov