Climate Change And The Challenges To Invasive Pest Management Workshop

Is Climate Change On Your Radar? 

Come and join us on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, to learn about climate change and the challenges it presents to invasive pest management. Learn how climate change will have impacts on California agriculture that will result in winners and losers in terms of not only crop success, but also in the pests and weeds that will challenge agriculture. Learn about vector-borne diseases and the need to apply pesticides where they’ve never been used before and 21^st century pest management of invasive species.

The workshop on climate change and invasive pest management is sponsored by the Mariposa County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office and Mariposa County University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE).  In addition to information on climate change and pest management, you will also learn about reducing the risk of pesticide exposure using required personal protective equipment (PPE) as well as laws and regulations for complying with pesticide use reporting and electronic Ag data management.

If you need continuing education hours for your Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) license or your private applicators certificate, this workshop offers 5 hours of continuing education credit including 2 hours of laws and regulations. It will be held at McCay Hall, 2820 Hwy 140, Catheys Valley, CA on Wednesday, February 22, 2012. Online registration will begin on January 3^rd, 2012. On-site registration for the workshop will begin at 8:00 a.m. and the workshop will run from 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. The cost for the workshop is $35 and includes lunch, refreshments and handout materials.

Reservations are preferred; please RSVP by February 16^th, 2012.

For more information or registration materials, please contact the UCCE office at (209) 966-2417 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Online registration can be found at: http://cemariposa.ucdavis.edu/. Come join us on February 22^nd and learn about climate change and the challenges to invasive pest management.

Article by Tina Buirch

Mariposa County Dept. of Agriculture