Green Blog

When San Juan Bautista resident Michael Cent was looking for ways to rehabilitate a large backyard pasture infested with invasive foxtail weeds, he called Devii Rao, the UC Cooperative Extension range and natural resources advisor in San Benito County.

As sorghum plants cope with drought conditions, the plants' roots and adjoining microbial communities are communicating in a chemical language that appears to improve the plants' chances under water stress. It's amazing, said Peggy Lemaux, UC Cooperative Extension specialist.

Pests have always been a bane of human existence. Modern society has developed effective pest management, but there is no kind and gentle way to kill things, said Brian Leahy, the director of the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, in remarks at the April 2018 IPM Summit.

The changing climate predicted for California including less rain and higher day and nighttime temperatures is expected to cause chronic stress on many street tree species that have shaded and beautified urban areas for decades.

Because periodic droughts will always be a part of life in California, the UC California Institute for Water Resources (CIWR) produced a series of videos to maintain drought awareness and planning, even in years when water is more abundant.