- Posted by: Gale Perez
From the Journal of Aquatic Plant Management—Special Issue Vol. 59s 2021
Seasonal growth and phenology of water hyacinth, curlyleaf pondweed, and Brazilian egeria in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
John D. Madsen, Christy M. Morgan and John Miskella
Abstract
The Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta (hereafter the ‘‘Delta'') is a 28,000-ha (68,000 acre) tidal estuary formed by the Sacramento River...
- Author: Thomas Getts
I have called California Home for the past 6 years since starting this position and the past two summers are unlike any I have experienced in the west. Growing up in Colorado I remember the smokey skys from the Hayman fire and ash raining down from the High Park fire, which blackened my grandparents' property. Moving to Susanville, we had smoke and ash from the 2016 Willard fire, the 2018 Whaleback fire and the 2019 Walker fire, but none of it was unlike what I was used to back home.
Raining ash and thick air was a novel experience to many of my new friends in Susanville, who had grown up in the Midwest. Where friends I had made who were local said 2016-2019 “was nothing” compared to the 65,000 acre Moonlight fire,...
- Posted by: Gale Perez
Our friend Lynn Sosnoskie (at Cornell University) shared the following announcement with us:
A free (downloadable) resource
Manage Weeds on Your Farm – A Guide to Ecological Strategies
Manage-Weeds-on-Your-Farm.pdf (sare.org)
Manage Weeds On Your Farm - SARE
“I am most pleased to share the good news that our long-awaited...
- Posted by: Gale Perez
From the Journal of Aquatic Plant Management—Special Issue Vol. 59s 2021
An overview of the Delta Region Areawide Aquatic Weed Project for improved control of invasive aquatic weeds in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta
Patrick J. Moran, John D. Madsen, Paul D. Pratt, David L. Bubenheim, Edward Hard, Thomas Jabusch, and Raymond I. Carruthers
Abstract
The 27,540-ha (68,000-acre)...
- Posted by: Gale Perez
The latest information on weed control will be presented at the Weed Management in Agronomic Crops for a Changing Environment online event on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021 from 9:00 AM-12:00 PM (Pacific Time.) The lineup of UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE), UC Davis and Fresno State experts will discuss why we see horseweed and hairy fleabane in most parts of California year-round, herbicide trials in drill-seeded rice, integrated weed management for water-seeded rice, Italian ryegrass control in small grains, cover crops and weed management, and alternatives for managing weeds in alfalfa within changing pesticide regulations.
“We are dealing with a variety of pressing issues in...
