- Author: Jeffrey P Mitchell
July 5, 2024
CASI's Jeff Mitchell was a "three-peater" July 5th on Tom Willey's "Down on the farm" radio program on KFCF's 88.1 FM station on July 5, 2024. He shared information from the recently published article, No-tillage, surface residue retention, and cover crops improved San Joaquin Valley soil health in the long term, that was published in the May 2024 issue of California Agriculture. Willey was a co-author on the work and he talked with Mitchell about how the work came about, what its study goals were, how it was conducted, and what its findings were. Willey's program airs every first Friday of the month and has a loyal following that includes a great diversity of folks who greatly enjoy his 'on the front porch' conversations with his guests. A video of the radio interview is available at the You Tube link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXoyBLlImUo
- Author: Shane Feirer
Last week saw the ESRI Developers Summit come and go in Palm Springs, CA. The Dev Summit is billed as being “designed to show you how to build cutting-edge apps using advanced mapping technology from Esri.” ESRI highlighted many of their new technologies including the ESRI Javascript API that has been updated to support 3d web maps on mobile devices, the ability to incorporate virtual reality/augmented reality VR/AR into your apps, and many other new features. They also highlighted new tools and some of the added functionality to some of their existing tools such as the Python API for ArcGIS and the addition of the ability to work with Rasters in the r-bridge package. To see for yourself what ESRI was highlighting at this years Dev Summit watch the videos of the plenary below.
2018 ESRI Dev Summit Plenary Part 1
- Author: Karey Windbiel-Rojas
Find out more about California Invasive Species Action week, species of concern, schedule of events, and what you can do to help prevent invasive species at https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Invasives/Action-Week.
The University of California has information about exotic and invasive pests on the UC IPM Exotic and Invasive Pests page and the Center for Invasive Species Research.
Also, read some of our recnt blog articles on invasive pests and their impacts in urban areas:
- Help Protect California's Citrus from Asian Citrus Psyllid
- Invasive Pests of Concern for California's Urban Farmers
- Bagrada Bug Continues to Spread in California
- Don't Grow Crazy: An Update on California's PlantRight Program
- Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
- Exotic Pests Invade California Landscapes
Once established, invasive species are extremely difficult to eradicate and can cause not only ecological disruption, but economic problems as well. Everyone has a part to play to keep exotic and invasive species from coming into California and spreading throughout the state.