Past Webinars

2025

Understanding How Herbicides Work (May 15, 2025)
Presenter: Tom Getts, Weed Ecology & Cropping Systems Advisor 
Download the Understanding How Herbicides Work Slides
 
Myth or Fact?: Debunking Pest Myths (April 17, 2025)
Presenter: Lauren Fordyce, Urban and Community IPM Educator    
Watch the recording on YouTube
Download the Debunking Pest Myths Slides
 
What Are You Wearing? Basic PPE for Pesticide Safety (March 20, 2025)
Presenter: Jasmin Ramirez-Strain, Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator 
Watch the recording on YouTube
 
Spotted, Dotted, & Spongy: Have You Seen These Invasive Pests? (February 20, 2025) 
Presenter: Cherie Shook and Lindsey Hack, Invasive Species Educators
Watch the recording on YouTube
 
Protecting Pollinators & Wildlife with New Laws in CA (January 16, 2025)
Presenter: Karey Windbiel-Rojas, Associate Director for Urban & Community IPM/Area Urban IPM Advisor
Watch the recording on YouTube

2024

Rat Management (November 21, 2024)
Presenter: Niamh Quinn, Human-Wildlife Interactions Advisor, Orange, Los Angeles, and San Diego counties 
Watch the recording on YouTube
View the Q&A for Rat Management Webinar 
 
Spooky Insects: Halloween Special (October 17, 2024)
Presenter: Karey Windbiel-Rojas, Associate Director for Urban & Community IPM/Area Urban IPM Advisor
 
Improving Professional Ant Control Services (September 19, 2024)
Presenter: Dong-Hwan Choe, Cooperative Extension Specialist / Professor in the Department of Entomology at University of California, Riverside
 
Back to School Pests (August 15, 2024)
Presenter: Karey Windbiel-Rojas, Associate Director for Urban & Community IPM/Area Urban IPM Advisor
 
Common Wood Decay Fungi in Landscape Trees of California (July 18, 2024)
Presenter: Igor Lacan, Environmental Horticulture and Urban Forestry Advisor in the Bay Area
 
Flea Control & Diseases: Starting from Scratch (June 20, 2024)
Presenter: Laura Krueger, Orange County Mosquito & Vector Control District
 
Moles, Voles, and Gophers! (May 16, 2024)
Presenter: Roger A. Baldwin, Cooperative Extension Specialist: Human-Wildlife Conflict Resolution
 
Mosquitoes & Ticks of Public Health Concern (April 18, 2024)
Presenter: Mary Sorensen, Placer County Mosquito & Vector Control District
 
Insect Egg Identification: Easter Egg Hunt! (March 21, 2024)
Presenter: Karey Windbiel-Rojas, Associate Director for Urban & Community IPM/Area Urban IPM Advisor
Watch the recording on YouTube
 
Springtime Weed ID & Management (February 15, 2024)
Presenter: Dr. Clebson Gomes Goncalves, Diversified Agriculture Advisor, Lake & Mendocino Counties
Watch the recording on YouTube
 
Peach Leaf Curl & Springtime Fruit Tree Diseases (January 18, 2024)
Presenter: Akif Eskalen, Professor of Cooperative Extension in Plant Pathology
Watch the recording on YouTube

2023

What's Biting Me? (November 16, 2023)
Presenter: Siavash Taravati, Area Urban IPM Advisor, Los Angeles Basin
No recording available
 
Backyard Citrus Pests (October 19, 2023)
Presenter: Sandipa Gautam, Area Citrus IPM Advisor 
 
Invasive Species Success Stories (August 17, 2023) 
Presenter: Randall Oliver, Invasive Shothole Borers (ISHB) Communications Coordinator
Watch the recording on YouTube
 
Natural Enemies & Beneficial Bugs: What are they? (July 20, 2023)
Presenter: Eric Middleton, Area IPM Advisor, San Diego County
Watch the recording on YouTube
View the Q&A for Natural Enemies & Beneficial Bugs Webinar

Summertime Household Pests (June 15, 2023)
Presenter: Dr. Andrew Sutherland, Area Urban IPM Advisor, San Francisco Bay Area
Watch the recording on YouTube

Birds: Friends or Foes? (May 18, 2023)
Presenter: Breanna Martinico, Human-Wildlife Interactions Advisor, Napa, Lake, and Solano Counties
Watch the recording on YouTube

Aphids, Scales, and Mealybugs, Oh my! (April 20, 2023)
Presenter: Karey Windbiel-Rojas, Associate Director for Urban & Community IPM/Area Urban IPM Advisor
Watch the recording on YouTube
Download the Aphids, Scales, and Mealybugs, Oh My Slides                                          

Preventing Pest Problems at Seeding (March 16, 2023)
Presenter: Lauren Fordyce, Urban and Community IPM Educator    
Watch the recording on YouTube

Download the Preventing Pest Problems at Seeding Slides

Dealing with Pantry Pests (February 16, 2023)
Presenter: Karey Windbiel-Rojas, Associate Director for Urban & Community IPM/Area Urban IPM Advisor
Watch the recording on YouTube            

Houseplant Problems (January 19, 2023) 
Presenter: Lauren Fordyce, Urban and Community IPM Educator    
Watch the recording on YouTube

Download the Houseplant Problems Slides

2022

December 2022—no webinar this month

Using Disinfectants & Wipes Safely (November 17, 2022)
Presenter: Meredith Cocks, National Pesticide Information Center
Watch the recording on YouTube

Trees for a Changing Climate (October 20, 2022) 
Presenter: Janet Hartin, Area Environmental Horticulture Advisor in San Bernardino, Los Angeles, and Riverside Counties
Watch the recording on YouTube

Arachnophobia (September 15, 2022) 
Presenter: Dr. Lynn Kimsey, UC Davis Dept. of Entomology and Nematology and Bohart Museum of Entomology
Watch the recording on YouTube

Pesticides and Water Quality (August 18, 2022)
Presenter: Karey Windbiel-Rojas, Associate Director for Urban & Community IPM/Area Urban IPM Advisor
Watch the recording on YouTube

Controlling Weeds (July 21, 2022)
Presenter: Karey Windbiel-Rojas, Associate Director for Urban & Community IPM/Area Urban IPM Advisor
Watch the recording on YouTube

Invasive Species in California (June 16, 2022) 
Presenter: Beatriz Nobua-Behrmann, Urban Forestry and Natural Resources Advisor
Watch the recording on YouTube

Squirrels! (May 19, 2022) 
Presenter: Dr. Niamh Quinn, Human-Wildlife Interactions Advisor, Orange, Los Angeles, and San Diego counties
Watch the recording on YouTube

April 2022—no webinar this month

Understanding Subterranean Termites: the Social Cockroaches Eating Our Homes (March 17, 2022) 
Presenter: Dr. Andrew Sutherland, Urban IPM Advisor, San Francisco Bay Area
Watch the recording on YouTube

Bed Bug Prevention (February 17, 2022) 
Presenter: Dr. Siavash Taravati, Area Urban IPM Advisor, Los Angeles Basin 
Watch the recording on YouTube

New Year, New Pests (Invasive Pests, Part 1) (January 20, 2022) 
Presenter: Karey Windbiel-Rojas, Associate Director for Urban & Community IPM/Area Urban IPM Advisor
Watch the recording on YouTube

2021

December 2021—no webinar this month

Understanding Pesticides (November 18, 2021)
Presenter: Karey Windbiel-Rojas, Associate Director for Urban & Community IPM/Area Urban IPM Advisor
Watch the recording on YouTube

Controlling Ants Around the Home (October 21, 2021)
Presenter: Dr. Siavash Taravati, Area Urban IPM Advisor, Los Angeles Basin
Watch the recording on YouTube

Identifying Insect Pests in the Home and Garden (September 16, 2021)
Presenter: Elaine Lander, UC Statewide IPM Program
Watch the recording on YouTube

Weed Identification (August 19, 2021)
Presenter: John Roncoroni, Weed Science Farm Advisor, Emeritus
Watch the recording on YouTube

Plant Diseases and Abiotic Disorders (July 15, 2021)
Presenter: Dr. Belinda Messenger-Sikes, UC Statewide IPM Program
Watch the recording on YouTube
Download the Plant Diseases and Abiotic Disorders Slides

IPM for Rodents (June 17, 2021)
Presenter: Dr. Niamh Quinn, Human-Wildlife Interactions Advisor, Orange, Los Angeles, and San Diego Counties
Watch the recording on YouTube

Springtime Household Pests (May 20, 2021)
Presenter: Dr. Andrew Sutherland, Area Urban IPM Advisor, San Francisco Bay Area
Watch the recording on YouTube

Navigating the UC IPM Website & New Features (April 15, 2021) 
Presenters: Karey Windbiel-Rojas and Elaine Lander, UC IPM Program
Watch the recording on YouTube

What is IPM? (March 18, 2021)
Presenter: Karey Windbiel-Rojas, Associate Director for Urban & Community IPM and Area IPM Advisor, UC IPM Program
Watch the recording on YouTube

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