Florida Native Plant Society

Gelsemium sempervirens, Carolina jasamine. Not only beautiful in the wild, this plant makes a wonderful, low maintenance, water-wise landscape plant. © Shirley Denton

ACTION ALERTS

The FNPS tracks legislation and public policies that affect the conservation of Florida Native Plants. Issues that affect our mission and that call for some form of immediate action are presented in Action Alerts. These alerts are provided to make you aware of issues that relate to the preservation, conservation, and restoration of Florida's native plants.

To nominate an issue for an Action Alert, or further attention, see FNPS policies and procedures on the Legislation and Policy page. When Action Alerts are posted, recommendation for appropriate action will be provided.

For urgent issues, please contact Ben Mercadante by email at natives01@earthlink.net, or Karina Veaudry, Executive Diretor, FNPS at 321-388-4781.

To receive Action Alerts via e-mail, send an email to info@fnps.org.

FNPS Supports "Q-37" Revisions to USDA Regulations

Implementation of the revised "Q-37" regulations by the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) would represent a huge step forward in the establishment of proactive measures to prevent the introduction of non-native plant pests and potentially invasive non-native plant species. The revisions would require non-native plants to be screened for potential invasiveness, or presence of pest insects and diseases BEFORE IMPORTATION. Read the FNPS letter

Display date: 10/24/2009 Drop date: 02/26/2010 Last change: 10/24/2009
Changed by: Cindy Liberton

FNPS landscape ordinance guidelines available for download

These landscape ordinance guidelines are intended to be used by local governments that wish to adopt or amend their existing landscape ordinance to encourage or require the use of appropriate native vegetation in all landscaped areas. This document provides sample language that can be adopted (in whole or in part) by a local government that wants to promote these goals and acquire the benefits of appropriate native landscaping.Click here to view the model ordinance in pdf format. Click here to view the model ordinance in Word document format. Right-click either link, then select "Save Target (or Link) As", to download.

Display date: 05/07/2008 Drop date: 10/08/2011 Last change: 08/14/2009
Changed by: Cindy Liberton

FNPS Land Management Partners Needs Volunteers from Each Chapter

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Display date: 09/20/2008 Drop date: 10/20/2011 Last change: 10/29/2009
Changed by: Cindy Liberton