UC Delivers Categories

Water Quality - Return

2018

• Improved understanding leads to better management of nitrogen fertilizer on the central coast

2017

• City of Irvine adopts new Integrated Pest Management policy solving pest problems while minimizing risks to people and the environment.
• UC IPM coordinates a statewide conversation about the role of chlorpyrifos
• UC IPM delivers IPM solutions to Californians

2015

• 4-H Water Wizards: Water literacy through after-school science programs
• App helps coastal farmers better manage nitrogen fertilizer and water

2013

• Bringing integrated pest management to schools

2012

• UC and IR-4 support California's fresh produce

2011

• GreenNet: Collaboration builds social capital
• Pest Management Alliances lead to IPM adoption
• Educating California’s youth on water issues
• Factors and Practices that Influence Livestock Distribution
• Reduce pollution with proper fertilizer timing

2010

• Urban runoff study motivates change in landscape practices

2009

• Award-winning documentary showcases Marin farm families
• The 4-H Agua Pura fotonovela project
• UC involves middle school students and teachers in wetland restoration
• Water quality courses assist California's ethnic Chinese growers

2008

• Connecting youth with natural resource management
• Field trials identify more native plants suitable for urban landscapes
• Redwood Forest Foundation - A new approach to forest ownership
• Strategic Supplement Placement Changes Beef Cow Distribution
• Watershed U. - Training stakeholders for effective watershed management
• Wildfire education and outreach: Helping the San Diego community

2007

• Central Coast Vineyard Floor Management Practices and Economics
• Choosing a landscape company with environmentally sound practices
• Innovative Almond Pest Control Reduces Toxic Pesticide Use and Improves Environment
• Management practices to conserve water and reduce off-site movement of sediment and pesticides in drainage waters
• Nurseries implement management practices to protect water quality
• Oakdale Livestock Forum
• Organic olive production short course and manual
• Ranch Course Graduates Identify and Fix Water Pollution Problems
• Self-Help Kiosks Used to Extend IPM Information to Gardeners
• Stream Crossing Replacements on Timber Harvest Sites Cause Minimal Erosion
• UC spotlights solutions to dairy water pollution challenges
• Water quality and continued grazing can coexist at Pardee Reservior

2006

• Irrigation Strategies for Erosion Reduction in the Salton Sea Watershed
• Making Dollars and Sense of Nontoxic Antifouling Strategies for Boats
• Raspberry Producers Reduce Water Use on the Central Coast
• Staying Afloat with Nontoxic Antifouling Strategies for Boats
• UCCE leads formation of Tuolumne County Resource Conservation District
• Using Polymers to Reduce Sediment and Nutrient Losses from Central Coast Vegetable Fields

2005

• Ranchers Use New Method to Improve Water Quality for Salmon

2004

• Engaging Latino Youth and Families in Water Resource Issues
• FIT- Bringing A Natural Resources Curriculum to the K-12 Classroom
• Protecting the Environment and Human Health Through Worker Training
• Ranchers Protect Water Quality on the Central Coast
• 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
• Fun In The Sun: 4-H Helps Enrich Summer For Kids In Need
• Insecticide Choice for Alfalfa May Protect Water Quality
• Master Gardeners Protect the Environment
• North Coast Rangeland Owners Benefit from Water Quality Planning Courses & Applied Research
• Pheromone Mating Disruption Reduces Insecticides in Peaches
• Ranchers Voluntarily Protect Rangeland Water Quality