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Invasive Spotlight: Nutria

Adult nutria with white muzzle and whiskers, and long, round tail.<br>(Credit: J Gross)

Nutria are found near rivers, streams, lakes, ponds and wetlands. Their burrowing and feeding on...

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Posted on Saturday, June 13, 2020 at 10:00 AM

Tags: aquatic (0), California Department Fish and Wildlife (0), CDFW (0), invasive (0), invasive species week (0), nutria (0), pest (0), pest management (0), rodent (0), rodents (0), San Joaquin (0), UC IPM (0)

Focus Area Tags: Environment, Natural Resources, Pest Management

Invasive Spotlight: Eastern gray squirrels and Eastern fox squirrels

Eastern gray squirrel. (Credit: JP Clark)

While some may find them cute, both the Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) and the...

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Posted on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at 9:00 PM

Tags: California Department Fish Wildlife (0), CDFW (0), control (0), game (0), invasive (0), invasive species week (0), management (0), tree squirrel (0), UC IPM (0)

Focus Area Tags: Environment, Natural Resources, Pest Management, Yard & Garden

Are coyotes becoming bolder in California while humans shelter in place?

Urban coyote sightings can be recorded at the Coyote Cacher website. (Credit: National Park Service)

Coyote sightings are on the rise in San Francisco, even taking naps in patches of green spaces in...

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Posted on Friday, April 17, 2020 at 12:00 PM

Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Posted by: Elaine Lander

Tags: coyotes (4), Quinn (13), UC IPM (248), Wildlife (10)

Focus Area Tags: Environment, Natural Resources, Pest Management

Oh Deer!

Mule deer (Credit: WP Gorenzel)

The sight of deer in the wild can be delightful but when these animals invade your garden,...

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Posted on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 3:00 PM

Tags: damage (17), deer (2), exclusion (6), garden (37), landscape (43), pest (95), pest management (49), Pest Notes (84), Timm (2), UC IPM (248), vertebrate (3), wildlife (10)

Focus Area Tags: Pest Management, Yard & Garden

The Truth About Turkeys

A flock of wild turkeys in a residential neighborhood.<br>(Credit: K Windbiel-Rojas)

It has been rumored that Ben Franklin proposed the turkey as the national bird and symbol of...

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Posted on Monday, November 25, 2019 at 4:55 PM

Author: Elaine Lander

Tags: California Department Fish and Wildllife (2), CDFW (4), community (5), community (5), control (53), pest (95), pest management (49), thanksgiving (2), UC IPM (248), urban (10), wild turkey (2), wildlife (10)

Focus Area Tags: Pest Management, Yard & Garden

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