UC Delivers

Water Resources - Return

2016

• Using Micro-Sprinklers in Strawberry Production Saves Water

2015

• 4-H Water Wizards: Water literacy through after-school science programs
• App helps coastal farmers better manage nitrogen fertilizer and water
• Enhanced irrigation and crop management technologies developed in Five Points, Calif.

2014

• Educating public workers about aquatic invasive pests

2013

• Every child a scientist
• Surface residues and no-tillage reduce soil water evaporation

2012

• Sustained conservation tillage tomato systems show promise

2011

• CIMIS conserves water and increases water availability for urban users
• Educating California’s youth on water issues
• Factors and Practices that Influence Livestock Distribution
• Practical method for measuring vineyard crop coefficients improves irrigation management
• Reduce pollution with proper fertilizer timing
• UCCE delivers agricultural programming to Los Angeles school children

2010

• Urban runoff study motivates change in landscape practices

2009

• Bay Friendly Water Walks Teach Public to Conserve
• Irrigation research delineates tradeoffs in fruit quality and yield
• New Grazing System Improves Forage Availability and Water Use Efficiency
• The 4-H Agua Pura fotonovela project
• Water quality courses assist California's ethnic Chinese growers

2008

• Field trials identify more native plants suitable for urban landscapes
• Inmates dig their way to new careers in horticulture
• Redwood Forest Foundation - A new approach to forest ownership
• Strategic Supplement Placement Changes Beef Cow Distribution
• Students in Mariposa County experienced 'Ag in the Classroom'
• UC delivers oak woodland planning support to California counties
• Watershed U. - Training stakeholders for effective watershed management
• Wildfire education and outreach: Helping the San Diego community

2007

• Nurseries implement management practices to protect water quality
• Situational Analysis for the Mendocino County Water Agency
• UC studies overhead center-pivot irrigation in no-tillage systems

2006

• Irrigation Strategies for Erosion Reduction in the Salton Sea Watershed
• Raspberry Producers Reduce Water Use on the Central Coast
• UC Riverside Researchers Improve Drought Tolerance in Plants
• UCCE leads formation of Tuolumne County Resource Conservation District
• Using Polymers to Reduce Sediment and Nutrient Losses from Central Coast Vegetable Fields

2004

• Engaging Latino Youth and Families in Water Resource Issues
• FIT- Bringing A Natural Resources Curriculum to the K-12 Classroom
• Salt Tolerance of Landscape Plants for Reclaimed Water Irrigation

2003

• 3 Year Study Examines Most Efficient Sprinkler Spacing
• Cost-benefit Analysis of Gasoline Additives & Environmental Effects
• Dairy farmers save money, prepare for regulations using manure as fertilizer
• Fair Oaks Horticulture Center
• Fun In The Sun: 4-H Helps Enrich Summer For Kids In Need
• Ranchers Voluntarily Protect Rangeland Water Quality