…flows must be consistent with the 2009 salmon biological opinion as determined by NMFS and CDFW. To read the full plan, click here. Cont. from the Department of Natural…
Considerations for Codling Moth Treatment
…other factors before making a codling moth treatment. Making an application for the pest could have implications down the road on navel orangeworm management and some biological controls. “With codling…
CA Water Agencies File Suit Against Reclamation
…reassess its ESA-related actions. The existing measures, adopted in 2008 and 2009, are based on biological opinions issued under the Endangered Species Act. The measures are responsible for the largest…
Proposals Could Further Limit Water Flows
…the Sacramento river. It goes beyond what the salmon biological opinion currently allows and it’s confounding on what they think they’re going to achieve.” Wade says this idea would go…
Food Safe Technology
…formation. Use this information to develop and evaluate biological-based intervention strategies for pathogen reduction while maintaining product quality. 3. Develop and evaluate process models, including economic analysis models, in order…
Drought Alert: Call to Re-examine ‘Harmful Actions’
…is required to recover the species, the FWS is placing additional stress on a broken water delivery system. This request is outside of the requirements of the 2008 Biological Opinion,…
Protecting California Citrus With Natural Enemies
…classical biological control program to reduce ACPs in the state’s urban areas. They have imported from Punjab, Pakistan two natural enemies of ACP, which attack different developmental stages of immature…
Bat Population Decline
…flying mammals around. That story is ahead on “This Land of Ours.” Bat Population Decline From: National Speleological Society White Nose Syndrome A Project of the Biological Response Committee Spring…
Bats and Agriculture
Cathy Isom tells us how bats play a significant role in agriculture. That story is ahead on “This Land of Ours.” Bats and Agriculture From: Center for Biological Diversity The…
Agri View: Ornamental Fish
…Live rock serves as the principal biological and chemical filter in many marine-type tanks, and the encrusted organisms usually provide much of the background coloration in the tank. The vast…
Farmers Check Impact of Spring Storms
…Niederholzer said, which slows the biological activity of the flowers. In many orchards, stormy weather also prevented honeybees from flying. Although prunes self-pollinate, Neill Mitchell said, the bees help increase…
Western View: Next Big Thing?
…provider of enzyme and microbial technologies, and it is moving into the field of Ag Biological. In the mid-1900’s, the company spearheaded development in enzymes used in detergents. The enzymes…
Klamath Water Allocation Brings Relief For Farmers
…the Klamath River for coho salmon and the water supply to be reserved in Upper Klamath Lake for Lost River and shortnose suckers, consistent with a joint biological opinion prepared…
Worms Make Winery More Sustainable
…become the first American winery to use the innovative, closed-loop biological wastewater treatment system to process 100% of its winery wastewater. Powered by billions of earthworms working rapidly in concert…