Internet Resources

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4-H Youth Development

• 4-H State Newsletters
• Building Partners for Youth -
• California 4-H Youth Development Program - Helps 100,000 young Californians become responsible adults.
• Equine Education - UC 4-H Youth Development Program Website
• Livestock Judging - UC 4-H Youth Development Program Website

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Agriculture

• Amador County Agriculture Department - Crop Reports, ordinance, grading, Certified Organic Farmer Information, and more.
  
• Available Cost and Return Studies - A developed cost and return studies for many crops in California.
• Calaveras County Agriculture Department - Crop Reports, ordinance, grading, Certified Organic Farmer Information, and more.
  
• California Backyard Orchard - Topics include site considerations, tree selection, propagation, preparation & planting, first year care, irrigation, pollination, pruning & more.
• California Department of Pesticide Regulation - For a current product/label data base to search for pesticides registered for a particular crop in California.
• Crop Data Management Systems - For samples of pesticide labels and MSDS.
• Crop Reports - Amador County
• Crop Reports - Calaveras County
  
• Crop Reports - El Dorado County
• Crop Reports - Tuolumne County
  
• El Dorado Agriculture Department - Crop Reports, ordinance, grading, Certified Organic Farmer Information, and more.
• Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics - Supports library and research activities in agricultural economics and the University of California.
• New Farm Financing Webinar - ATTRA & National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service.
  
• Office of Pesticide Information and Coordination - Coordinates and reviews ANR activities pertaining to pesticide research, experimentation, and use.
• Pesticides and Water Quality - Information on how to avoid affecting water supplies with pesticide use, yet still control pests.
• Spotted wing drosophilas - for commercial growers.
• Spotted wing drosophilas - for backyard growers.
• Special Spotted Wing Drosophila Update! - update from the Farm Advisor.
• Tuolumne County Agriculture Department - Crop Reports, ordinance, grading, Certified Organic Farmer Information, and more.
  
• UC Agriculture & Natural Resources Catalog - Agricultural info online from the UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. From ants to zucchini, it has answers!
• UC Agriculture Labor Management - Labor management information for farmers.
• UC Fruit and Nut Information Center - For an entire database on the crop you are interested in.
• UC Intergrated Pest Management Website - (IPM) Full of useful information. Pest Management Guidelines for many crops, also Weather Data, Pesticide Safety, Invasive Weeds and Pest Notes. Develops and promotes the use of integrated and ecologically sound pest management programs in California
• UC Vegetable Research & Information Center - Information on crops, soils, composting, drip irrigation, diseases, transplanting, and home vegetable storage.
• USDA - Web Soil Survey - Soil data and information produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey.

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Animal Science/Livestock

• Animal Science - University of California, Davis
• ATTRA Publications: Livestock
• UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

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County Links

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Fire Safety

• Amador County Fire Safe Council -
  
• Builder's Wildfire Mitigation Guide - This website has photos to illustrate fire safe construction techniques for most home construction components and links for up to date products that are compliant with California's Wildland Urban Interface Building Standards (Chapter 7A).
• Calaveras County Fire Safe Council -
  
• El Dorado County Fire Safe Council - Countywide Programs: Residential Chipper, Defensible Space Inspection Assistance and on-going Public Education.
• Firesafe Construction Materials and Building Code - New building codes for residents living in the Wildland-Urban Interface were adopted July 1, 2008 to establish minimum standards for construction materials and provide a reasonable level of exterior wildfire exposure protection.  Building codes apply to all new construction in areas of mapped hazard. Homeowners can gain a lot of useful information on fire resistance of building products from the new products handbook available at the Office of the State Fire Marshall.
• Firewise Communities - Firewise Communities program encourages local solutions for wildfire safety by involving homeowners, community leaders, planners, developers, firefighters, and others in the effort to protect people and property from the risk of wildfire.
• Home Landscaping for Fire -
  
• Home Survival in Wildfire-Prone Areas: Building Materials and Design -
  
• Keep Tahoe Safe with Defensible Space is a charity fund established to benefit the education of residents in the South Lake Tahoe basin about defensible space.
• Landscaping Tips to Help Defend Your Home from Wildfire -
  
• Living with Wildfire in the Tahoe Basin - The Living With Fire program helps inform residents of the Lake Tahoe Basin on how they can live more safely in high fire hazard environments. The purpose website provides information on what to do before (create defensible space), during (procedures for evacuation) and how to cope after a wildfire does occur and help your landscape recover.
• National Fire Protection Association -
• Nevada Fire Safe Council - Serves as a bridge between fire services and public agencies, and communities threatened by wildfire on both the California and Nevada side of the Tahoe Basin. The goal is to create a network of local community support, and provide assistance to threatened communities to 1. Improve resident's understanding of the fire threat and accept personal responsibility for some level of community protection, 2. Identify and rate the risks and hazards, 3. Develop and prioritize mitigation projects, and 4. Procure funding assistance to implement mitigation measures.
• Tahoe Fire Commission - Follow the activities of the Lake Tahoe Basin Fire Commission established in July 2007 to consider various approaches to reducing the threat of wildfire in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The Commission will evaluate fuel management practices used in the basin, recommend changes to reduce vulnerability to wildfire, and recommend ways to effectively educate homeowners on fuel reduction and fire protection methods.
• Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team - Informational site on the Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team. The team includes local fire agencies and state and federal land managers working together to reduce forest fuels in the Lake Tahoe basin.
• Tahoe Fire Safe - Get Defensive! Find out more about how to create defensible space, participate in defensible rebate program and what’s going on with reducing fire risk at Lake Tahoe.
• Tahoe Fire Safe Council -
  
• Tuolumne / Calaveras Ranger Unit -
  
• Tuolumne Highway 108 Fire Safe Council -
  
• UC Homeowner Wildfire Assessment - This online assessment form will guide you through a series of questions about your home and yard, and then provide you with a customized report about its vulnerability to wildfire. You will also receive guidance for possible home improvements and routine maintenance steps that you can take that may reduce your vulnerability to wildfire
• Yosemite Foothills Fire Safe Council -
  

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Food Safety/Health & Nutrition

• Ask Karen-USDA Food Safety Education - Automated 24/7 response system from the USDA.
• Colorado State University Cooperative Extension - Safefood Rapid Response Network- The purpose of this web site is to help consumers and producers make informed decisions.
• Expanded Food and Nutrition Program - Teaches low-income families (particularly those with young children) to make the most of their food resources and meet their nutritional needs.
• Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety
• Food Saftey Fact Sheets~New Food Safety Educational Materials
• Freezing Vegetables - Colorado State University Extension - New
• Kansas State University Food Safety - Food Safety from A-Z, Food Science Links, Food Safety News, Publications of Sale.
• National Center for Home Food Preservation - This website is for science-based information on home food preservation for Extension educators, other educators and home food preservers.
• Parenting Press Magazine - Useful parenting help and family fun ideas.
• UC Davis - Food Safe Program - Food Safety - Hot Topics, Food Safety Experts, Consumer Advice, Food Industry Resources, Food Industry Referrals/Contacts and more.

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Forestry

• California Tahoe Conservancy - Develops and implement programs through acquisitions and site improvements to improve water quality in Lake Tahoe, preserve the scenic beauty and recreational opportunities of the region, provide public access, preserve wildlife habitat areas, and manage and restore lands to protect the natural environment.
• Center for Urban Forest Research - Research that demonstrates new ways that trees add value and to increase understanding and appreciation of the urban forest.
• Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Program -
• UC Center for Forestry - Center conducts research and educational programs to sustain forest land systems.
• U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit - Protects Lake Tahoe and its famed water quality by specially managing a diverse range of resources, particularly the complex watershed systems that form the basin surrounding the lake. Conservation, restoration and protection programs also include forest health and hazard fuels management, habitat, and wilderness management to name a few.

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Horticulture/Gardening

• A Gardener's Guide to Preventing Deer Damage - (Dept of Fish and Game) Provides information on deer resistant plants, the application of commercial deer repellents, and the construction of deer-proof fencing.
• California Backyard Orchard - Topics include site considerations, tree selection, propagation, preparation & planting, first year care, irrigation, pollination, pruning & more.
• California Native Plant Society - Information on plants native to CA with photos, and links to other native plant information.
• California Wildflowers - A guide to 128 species, provided by the Calif. Academy of Sciences. Look up by color, common or scientific name, or family.
• Deer Resistent Plant List for Central Sierra - Fact: There are no deer resistant plants. But there are plants that most deer wll not eat if there is an abundance of food. Most of the plants listed in this document will not be eaten by deer if there is another choice; however this is not a guarantee they won't at least take a sample now and then.
• Fair Oaks Horticulture Center - An instructional facility with many demonstration plantings. Monthly workshops are held throughout much of the year.
• Garden Watchdog - Reviews and ratings of over 3,000 gardening catalogs and vendors. Includes links to each company's website and e-mail address.
• Grape Growing in your backyard and other backyard growing, berries, flowers, pest control, poisonous plants and more.
• International Society of Arboriculture - (ISA) Find a local certified arborist. Lots of good tree care information.
• Master Gardener Program - UC-trained volunteers extend research-based information to the public about home horticulture and pest management. The information is provided to the public in classes, telephone hot-lines, at community events and in demonstration gardens.
• Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for Backyard Fruits and Vegetable Growers
• Plant Right - Plant Right was designed to be mindful of differences in major ecological zones where invasive plants are concerned.
• UC Guide to Healthy Lawns - Click on landscapes, gardens and turf, then scroll down to lawn and turf pests and management.
• UC Master Gardener Videos - Videotaped lectures from the UC Master Gardener Training Classes.
• UC Davis Arboretum - The Arboretum specializes in plants adapted to a Mediterranean climate. The site includes an arboretum map and event calendar.
• Vegetable Planting Dates - This guide lists vegetables and when to plant them at what elevations.

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Lake Tahoe Basin

• Home Landscaping Guide for Lake Tahoe and Vicinity -
• How to Install Best Management Practices in the Lake Tahoe Basin -
• Lake Tahoe Invasive Weed Website - The Lake Tahoe Basin Weed Coordinating Group works to stop the introduction and spread of invasive weeds.
• Living with Wildfire in the Tahoe Basin - The Living With Fire program helps inform residents of the Lake Tahoe Basin on how they can live more safely in high fire hazard environments. The purpose website provides information on what to do before (create defensible space), during (procedures for evacuation) and how to cope after a wildfire does occur and help your landscape recover.
• Nevada Fire Safe Council - Serves as a bridge between fire services and public agencies, and communities threatened by wildfire on both the California and Nevada side of the Tahoe Basin. The goal is to create a network of local community support, and provide assistance to threatened communities to 1. Improve resident's understanding of the fire threat and accept personal responsibility for some level of community protection, 2. Identify and rate the risks and hazards, 3. Develop and prioritize mitigation projects, and 4. Procure funding assistance to implement mitigation measures.
• Tahoe Fire Commission - Follow the activities of the Lake Tahoe Basin Fire Commission established in July 2007 to consider various approaches to reducing the threat of wildfire in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The Commission will evaluate fuel management practices used in the basin, recommend changes to reduce vulnerability to wildfire, and recommend ways to effectively educate homeowners on fuel reduction and fire protection methods.
• Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team - Informational site on the Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team. The team includes local fire agencies and state and federal land managers working together to reduce forest fuels in the Lake Tahoe basin.
• Tahoe Fire Safe - Get Defensive! Find out more about how to create defensible space, participate in defensible rebate program and what’s going on with reducing fire risk at Lake Tahoe.
• Tahoe Fire Safe Council -
• Tahoe Resource Conservation District (TRCD) is one of nearly 3000 conservation districts across the country helping people protect land, water, forests, wildlife and related natural resources. Current programs focus on erosion control, runoff infiltration, invasive species control, and native landscaping. TRCD staff is also available for assistance with fire defensible space, water conservation, fertilizer management and wildlife habitat enhancement.
• University of Nevada Cooperative Extension - UNCE provides technical expertise, outreach and education on maintaining water quality in the Lake Tahoe basin.

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Oaks/Rangeland

• California Rangeland website - Estimating the Cost of Replacing Forage Losses on California Annual Rangeland.
• Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program - Dedicated to the conservation of California's 10 million acres of oak woodlands.Program develops research information and conducts educational programs on the stewardship of hardwood rangelands.
• The California Oak Mortality Task Force -Sudden Oak Death - The task force is a non-profit organization that focuses on the effects of Phytophthora ramorum, the organism that causes Sudden Oak Death.

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Pest Management

• Mosquito Research Program - Funds and coordinates research and education on mosquito-borne diseases and environmentally safe methods to improve mosquito control.
• Pests of Home and Landscape - Pest Notes - The University of California's official guidelines for pest monitoring techniques, pesticides, and nonpesticide alternatives.
• UC Intergrated Pest Management Website - Full of useful information. Pest Management Guidelines for many crops, also Weather Data, Pesticide Safety, Invasive Weeds and Pest Notes. Develops and promotes the use of integrated and ecologically sound pest management programs in California

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Viticulture

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Weeds/Invasive Plants

• California Department of Food and Agriculture Noxious Weed Programs and "Encycloweedia" - Notes on identification, biology, and management of plants defined as noxious weeds by California laws.
• Center for Invasive Plant Management - Assists in invasive plants management by promoting ecologically sound management of invasive plants in western North America by sponsoring research, conducting public education, and facilitating collaboration and communication among researchers, educators, policy makers, natural resource managers, and the concerned public.
• El Dorado County Invasive Weed Management Program - Describes the county's noxious weed programs and includes links to a number of weed-related sites.
• Lake Tahoe Invasive Weed Website - The Lake Tahoe Basin Weed Coordinating Group works to stop the introduction and spread of invasive weeds.
• Managing Yellow Starthistle - a Landowners Guide - Download Managing Yellow Starthistle - a Landowners Guide (PDF, 16 pgs) or stop by our office for a free copy.
• Identification: Weed Photo Gallery - The UCIPM Weed Photo Gallery includes many weed species found in California farms & landscapes. More species will be added from time to time.
• Yellow Starthistle Guidelines - Identification, Biology,and Management from UC Integrated Pest Management Website.

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Cooperative Extension Regional and County Offices

• Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
• CE Administrative Office for all region
• Cooperative Extension County Offices

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Campus Resources

• UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources
• UC Davis College of Agriculture & Environmental Science
• UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
• UC Riverside College of Natural & Agricultural Science

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Research and Extension Centers

• Agriculture Issues Center - Analyzes issues important to California and western agriculture and conducts applied research.
• Desert Research & Extension Center
• Hopland Research & Extension Center
• Intermountain Research and Extension Center
• Kearney Foundation of Soil Science - An endowment-supported program that funds research and sponsors outreach activities directed to its current five-year mission (Understanding and Managing Soil-Ecosystem Functions across Spatial and Temporal Scales).
• Kearney Research & Extension Center
• Lindcove Research & Extension Center
• Ornamental Horticulture Research & Information Center - Research, news and information on the California horticulture industry. Includes downloadable UC publications on many gardening topics.
• Research and Information Centers - The RICs are commodity-specific focal points for UC researchers and private and public constituencies that provide resource and information development.
• Renewable Resources Extension Act Program - Addresses educational needs in managing the nation's renewable resources.
• Sea Grant Extension Program - The California branch of a national effort that supports advanced research on marine issues of vital concern.
• Shafter Research & Extension Center
• Sierra Foothill Research & Extension Center
• Small Farm Center - Provides production and marketing information to farmers who are not reached by traditional extension programs.
• South Coast Research & Extension Center
• Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program - Integrates three main goals: environmental health, economic profitability, and social and economic equity.
• West Side Research & Extension CenterAgricultural Issues Center - Analyzes issues important to California and western agriculture and conducts applied research.

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