Western IPM Center

Read about this year's funded projects, learn about a new biocontrol technique for wheat stem sawfly, and check out new #IPM resources in Spanish in our March newsletter. buff.ly/hT0ryYv (Photo by Kelsey Dawson)

Keep your eye open for Season 6 of our podcast Fresh Growth: Approaches to a More Sustainable Future from Western Ag Practitioners. Episode 1 w/ Glenn Elzinga, Alderspring Ranch, will be posted next week. Meanwhile, check out our previous 34 episodes. ow.ly/LggG50YvtOX

Biopesticides can be part of an effective #IPM strategy. Learn what they are, how they're discovered and how they work at @UCIPM's next Urban & Community Webinar 3/19 at noon PDT. buff.ly/wO21wi2

Learn about @IPMInstitute's Pesticide Risk Tool and how it is currently being used in supply chains and certification programs at @ncipmc's next webinar 3/18 at 10 AM PDT. buff.ly/cbzXCbF

Invasive grasses increase #fire frequency and change how landscapes recover after fire. Learn more at @NAISMAorg's webinar "Invasive Grasses and Wildfire Risk in California: From Landscape Patterns to Restoration Solutions " 3/18 at 11 AM PDT. buff.ly/EnRzcLA

Public health professionals: learn about the threat of flies and cockroaches to public health and how to manage them with IPM at @NEHAorg’s next Vectors & Pests Webinar 3/17 at noon PDT. #PublicHealth #IPM buff.ly/1YxQWBs

Learn how to set up urban trees for success in the next Cultivating Healthy Plants webinar 2/26 at 11 AM PST. Register here: buff.ly/tvdTnsg

It's National Invasive Species Awareness Week! @NAISMAorg is hosting webinars on #invasive pests like feral pigs and new world screwworm and offering outreach resources. #NISAW2026 naisma.org/programs/nisaw/

The next UC Ag Experts Talk from @UCIPM will focus on red blotch disease of almond, covering symptoms, inoculum sources, and both cultural practices and fungicide timings for disease management. 2/18 at 3 PM PST, register here: buff.ly/NVYL1NQ

Stopping the New World Screwworm: learn about the sterile insect technique and how sterilized males can reduce numbers and spread in this February webinar. Register: ncipmc.org/webinar-record… @Max_Scott_Lab @K_Nikolouli @NCSU_DEPP @InsectMolecBio @txextension @USDA_APHIS @DACVPM @VAFAWvet @USAnimalHealth

Small edit: the webinar will be at 11 AM PST.

Hear from @NAISMAorg 2/18 at 10 AM PST about how to strategically use your voice to advocate for policy change in your field, like #InvasiveSpecies or #IPM. buff.ly/xhgLuAA

Hear about the value and benefits of #insects and how to help them at the next "What's Bugging You?" webinar from @CornellIPM 2/6 at 9 AM PST. buff.ly/2lGRCaY

This month's newsletter is an update on new world screwworm: a new sterile fly release area that goes 50 miles into Texas, a map of detections in Mexico, and new funding from @USDA_APHIS for research projects to help manage this pest. Read more here: buff.ly/UQ3pFUD

Check out @NWRISCC's webinar 1/27 at 12:30 PST about how changing environments affect weed biocontrol agents! It will also cover success stories in weed biocontrol in the Northwest. Register here: buff.ly/wyXlRCL

Host-plant resistance is a useful #IPM strategy to combat disease. The next Pests and Progress webinar from @ncipmc 1/21 at 10 AM PST will cover a farmer's efforts breeding cucumbers, melons and winter squash for downy mildew resistance. Register here: buff.ly/D0MgivE

Do you have great data management skills and pesticide/agronomic knowledge? @CDFAnews is hiring a Senior Environmental Scientist to analyze pesticide regulatory impacts on CA agriculture and lead the development of research plans to assess these impacts. buff.ly/YvSxTBn

The next Cultivating Healthy Plants webinar will cover how to identify and attract beneficial insects to your #garden. #Insects can have many benefits including pollination and predation. 1/15 at 11 AM PST, register here: buff.ly/qixdIOn

Learn how to manage ectoparasite pests--lice, mites and fleas--of backyard chickens at @UCIPM's first Urban & Community Webinar of the year, 1/15 at noon PST. Register here: ucanr.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Calling all entomologists: @OregonState is hiring a combination position of Instructor and Educational Program Coordinator to further develop their Entomology minor and teach related classes. Reach out to the Horticulture Dept for more information. buff.ly/HprcC4J