TUESDAY MORNING NOTES - December 6, 2011

[Kirk Astroth]

TMN submittal:
http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/tuesday/form/submittal_form.html 

Tuesday Morning Notes 

December 6, 2011

 

 

FOCUS ON FACULTY:

 

I'd like to welcome Jean E. McLain who assumed her new position as Associate
Director of the UA Water Resources Research Center as well as Associate
Research Scientist at the WRRC and the Department of Soil, Water and
Environmental Science as of last Monday, November 28.  Jean comes to the
WRRC from the USDA-Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Arid-Land
Agricultural Research Center in Maricopa, Arizona, where she has been a
Research Scientist since 2004.  At the USDA, she directed numerous research
projects focused on establishing the human health and environmental risks of
using reclaimed municipal wastewater for irrigation.  She received her
doctorate from Duke University in Microbial Ecology after earning degrees in
Forest Science from Yale University and Forestry from the University of
Vermont.  In addition, Jean has authored or co-authored more than 30
scientific publications and book chapters, and is an active member of the
Soil Science Society of America and the American Society for Microbiology.
Jean can be contacted at jmclain at cals.arizona.edu.

 

TECH TIP OF THE WEEK:

 

These days we are bombarded with "facts" via the Internet:  Email, Facebook
posts, Twitter, etc.  Rumors circulate fast in these days of instant
worldwide communication.  How do you know fact from fiction?  The well-known
Snopes.com <http://snopes.com/>  has been debunking urban legends since
1995.  Another site for debunking erumors is TruthOrFiction.com
<http://truthorfiction.com/> .and for the politically minded, there is
FactCheck.org <http://factcheck.org/> , a non-partisan project of the
University of Pennsylvania.  So before forwarding, reposting or retweeting,
you may want to check the facts!

 

NEW & REVISED PUBLICATIONS:

 

New

*	A General Guide to Global Positioning Systems (GPS) - Understanding
Operational Factors for Agricultural Applications in Arizona
<http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/farm/az1553.pdf>  by Pedro Andrade-Sanchez and
John T. Heun

 

Revised

*	Turfgrass Consumptive Use:
<http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/water/az1353.pdf>   Flagstaff, Arizona by Paul
Brown  
*	Cypress Bark Beetles (HTML version
<http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/insects/az1316/>  / PDF version
<http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/insects/az1316.pdf> ) by Jeff Schalau  
*	Pinyon Needle Scale
<http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/insects/az1315.pdf>  by Jeff Schalau and
Deborah Young
*	Cut Stump Application of Herbicides to Manage Woody Vegetation
<http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/az1401.pdf>  by Jeff Schalau  

 

UPCOMING EVENTS:

 

A U.S. Land Value AAEA Extension Section & C-FARE webinar will take place on
Tuesday, December 13, 12:00pm ET.  Webinar will include an overview of
economic forces shaping land asset values, a view from the Midwest, as well
as a southern and western perspective discussion.  The event is sponsored by
the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - Extension Section

C-FARE (Council on Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics) and hosted by
the Ag In Uncertain Times <http://aginuncertaintimes.farmmanagement.org/>
Team.  For more information, contact Trent Teegerstrom
<mailto:tteegers at ag.arizona.edu> .

 

 

Kirk A. Astroth
Interim Associate Dean and Director
Arizona Cooperative Extension
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
PO Box 210036
Tucson, AZ  85721-0036
520.621.7205
520.621.1314 (fax)

 

To submit tips, suggestions, ideas for changes and anything that could help
us be more effective, use  the "Director
<http://extension.arizona.edu/state/directors-suggestion-box> 's Suggestion
Box" - all submissions are anonymous.  

 

 

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