New ISHB Pest Note

The UC IPM Urban Team just published a brand new Pest Notes publication on Invasive shothole borers (ISHB), authored by Beatriz Nobua-Behrmann, UC Cooperative Extension, Orange County; Akif Eskalen, UC Davis Plant Pathology; Stacy Hishinuma, USDA Forest Service; Shannon Lynch, State Univ. of New York-Environmental Science and Forestry; Michele Eatough-Jones, UC Riverside Entomology; John Kabashima, UC Cooperative Extension, Orange County (emeritus).

To read the full publication, visit https://ipm.ucanr.edu/legacy_assets/pdf/pestnotes/pninvasiveshotholeborer.pdf

ISHB Participatory Science Trainings 

Help protect our local forests from invasive shothole borers. Get trained, become an ISHB monitor, and help us gather infestation data. Join our free training which includes an online session on 8/18/2023 12pm-2pm and in person field trainings: 8/19/2023 10am-12pm. Old Agoura Park, Agoura Hills. 8/20/2023 10am-12pm. Girsh Park, Goleta. 8/25/2023 10am-12pm. Pioneer Park, Anaheim. 8/26/2023 10am-12pm. Hidden Valley Trail Aviara, Carlsbad. 8/27/2023 10am-12pm. James Huber Park, Eastvale. Registration required.

Visit our site to learn more and register: https://ucanr.edu/p/76327