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ANR in the news April 1-15, 2020
Published on: April 30, 2020
Missy Gable talked with Fast Company about how to grow a vegetable garden.
Missy Gable talked with Fast Company about how to grow a vegetable garden.

Pandemic And Wildfire: California Is Preparing For A Crisis Within A Crisis

(CapRadio) Ezra David Romero, April 15

…To protect human health, prescribed burns are not allowed for the time being on Forest Service land. But Ryan Tompkins, a forest advisor with the UC Cooperative Extension for Plumas, Sierra, and Lassen counties, says it's still early enough to prepare for wildfire with other tools like thinning and in some cases burning. 

“It is really difficult because of the concerns about smoke and COVID, but sort of now is our chance to be...

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Tags: Daniel Sumner (30), Devii Rao (3), Elizabeth Grafton-Cardwell (1), Franz Niederholzer (6), Matthew Shapero (5), Max Moritz (29), Niamh Quinn (12), Rose Hayden-Smith (11), Ryan Tompkins (2), Susie Kocher (10)
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ANR in the news April 19-30
Published on: April 30, 2019
To control western tussock moth caterpillars, “use pressure washers to push the larvae off the trees before they start wandering around,” Andrew Sutherland said.
To control western tussock moth caterpillars, “use pressure washers to push the larvae off the trees before they start wandering around,” Andrew Sutherland said.

CDFA awards grant for Proactive IPM program

(Morning Ag Clips) April 30

The California Department of Food and Agriculture has awarded funding for one project in the initial funding cycle for the Proactive Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Solutions grant program. The project, titled “Proactive Biological Control of Spotted Lantern Fly, Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae)” was awarded $543,936.

The three-year project will develop biological control agents for spotted lantern fly, an invasive pest that has not yet arrived in California but is spreading rapidly across the eastern US. This pest has the potential to affect many high-value California crops including grapes, walnuts,...

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Tags: Andrew Sutherland (2), Barbara Goulet (1), California Naturalist (7), Carissa Koopmann Rivers (2), David Haviland (5), David Lile (1), Frank Mitloehner (13), Janelle Hansen (1), Kaan Kurtural (8), Kari O’Reilly (1), Kate Scow (1), Kent Daane (4), Kerry Wininger (1), Mark Hoddle (25), Ryan Tompkins (2), Tapan Pathak (6), Tom Getts (1), Tracy Schohr (4)
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