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Robert Garant proudly showed off a collection of chain saws he’s used to maintain the nearly 2 acres he and his wife, Gladys, have lived on for 47 years in San Diego County’s bucolic mountain hamlet of Julian.
The retired school bus driver said pruning the oak trees and dense shrubbery around their home isn’t just an aesthetic endeavor. Maintaining what’s commonly known as defensible space, he explained, can be a matter of life and death.
“We actually saved our house by clearing that whole perimeter,” said Garant, recalling the ferocious Cedar fire in 2003 that burned down over 2,800 buildings but spared their home. “The only thing I lost was a hose.”
USDA ARS The webinars will highlight opportunities for entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and others.
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Aug 31, 2021 to Sep 02, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought disaster upon small businesses and the people and communities dependent upon them, with Fortune estimating over 100,000 businesses closing.
Even before 2020, the forces of high finance, competition from corporations and smartphone apps were pressing on small businesses, according to Keith Taylor, University of California Cooperative Extension specialist. But promising solutions exist.
A new free webinar series, Community Economic Development Innovations for a Post-pandemic Economy, will highlight some of these opportunities for entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and other interested members of the public.
Bureau of Land Management and partners use weevil to combat invasive weed
First release of the yellow starthistle rosette weevil on BLM-managed public lands
EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. The Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service and University of California Cooperative Extension have released yellow starthistle rosette weevils to combat the invasive weed, yellow starthistle, at the Magnolia Ranch day-use recreation area in El Dorado County. This is the first time the weevils have been released for biological control on BLM-managed public lands and only the second time the insect has been used in the United States.
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The new podcast CattleCal discusses cattle research. It is cohosted by Pedro Cervalho, University of California Cooperative Extension feedlot management specialist. The podcast episodes range in length from 8 to 30 minutes.
Cattle ranchers have a new source for cattle research news from UC Cooperative Extension. CattleCal podcast is produced by Pedro Carvalho,
University of California Cooperative Extension feedlot management specialist; Brooke Latack, UC Cooperative Extension livestock advisor; and Richard Zinn, UC Davis professor in the Department of Animal Science.
The podcast episodes range in length from 8 to 30 minutes. Ranchers can listen to the research updates on Spotify on demand on their computers or mobile devices.
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Mechanical vine pruning, as seen at this University of California research station, can leave many open wounds on vines, making it necessary for a good fungicide application to protect the vines against systemic wood diseases. Some growers have elected to remove and replant vineyards because of the yield loss.
Grapevine trunk disease and the suite of pathogens that cause it are known to be problematic in California and the Pacific Northwest. So much so that wine grape growers in some cases have elected to remove and replant vineyards because of the yield loss.
Alix Whitener, a technical services manager with FMC who covers the Pacific Northwest, says the disease symptoms result from complexes of systemic wood-infecting fungi, bacteria, and even viral pathogens. It s not just wine grapes that are affected, but fruit and nut trees are also susceptible to damage.