Monday, March 1, 2010

Florida Air Potato Roundups

CISMA involved (www.floridainvasives.org/CISMAs.html), Where How Much (lbs), How disposed of


Bradford Co. CWMA 1st annual Bradford County Air potato roundup 250 Using for research

Southwest Florida CISMA CISMA work day 600 Garbage collection

Central Florida CISMA Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park for their first annual air potato raid 706 Dump/request they get buried

Central Florida CISMA Hosted a Disney ‘give a day, get a day’ event 9,480 Dump/request they get buried

First Coast ISWG 4th Annual First Coast Air Potato Round-up 6,725 Sealed landfill

Heartland CISMA Highlands Co. Air Potato Exchange Day 1,060 Landfill (assured process would kill them)

Alachua CISMA 11th Annual Great Air Potato Round-Up (Gainesville) 13,270 Sealed landfill

Total 32,091 (That is ~16 tons)

For more see article here