Viewing a recent video from USA Today demonstrating the potential that drones have to help farmers manage water use in the field, it makes one start to think about the open spaces in urban areas – parks, conservation lands, green belts, etc. and how we could really start to micromanage irrigation maintenance and pest issues without extra labor costs for […]

During a recent interview with Channel 6 News in San Diego, Dr. John Kabashima calls for vigilance in combating the Kuroshio Shot Hole Borer that is devastating the Tijuana River Valley. The affected area being so close to riverbeds makes it very difficult to treat this invasive specie with pesticides. Click on the link below to watch the full interview. […]

Rain in Southern California? Yes it really does happen. It was so pleasing to wake during the middle of the night only to hear rain on the roof. What is especially nice is that it is coming down very slow. This constant light mist/drizzle is allowing any moisture that we are receiving to hydrate the soil and the roots of […]

Looking back at old photos of South Coast REC it is amazing to see how much has changed on site and within the surrounding community. Where there were once open fields, orange groves, or even plant nurseries, we are now neighbors to several planned communities, or neighborhoods. What hasn’t changed is our continued mission reaching out to the public. Yes, […]

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Yes folks, we have another rainy Monday morning here in Orange County. Crazy as our weather has been, 100 degrees one day, 65 degrees the next; it may be time to start thinking about adjusting your irrigation controller if you haven’t done so already. With the rainy season upon us (fingers crossed), why waste water that you are being charged […]

UC Cooperative Extension, collaborating with various organizations such as OC Vector, Target Specialty Products, Univar, Orkin, Bell, BASF, Syngenta, and WECO to name a few, hosted the inaugural West Coast Rodent Academy at the South Coast REC demonstration landscapes. The three day workshop on urban rodent management provided attendees an opportunity to develop skills in staged, real-life scenarios and lectures […]

Register today, then help spread the word and share this with your networks! Join us for FIT+ (Forestry Institute for Teachers PLUS), a two-day workshop that provides training in K-12 environmental educationand special access to guest experts and unique California sites. All participants receive Project WET certification and a FREE K-12 curriculum guide. In addition to water and forestry topics, […]

We are in the midst of a new and changing era of Worker Protection Standards (WPS). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) recently published the revised WPS, which is meant to increase protections for agricultural fieldworkers and pesticide handlers from pesticide exposure when they’re working in farms, forests, nurseries and greenhouses. The […]

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