Rodents a Major Pain in California Orchards This Year Posted on December 3, 2024 Rodents, particularly rats, have wreaked havoc in California orchards and vineyards this year, with some farmers reporting yield losses, damage to trees and destruction of irrigation lines, electrical wiring, and other infrastructure. Farmers face soaring costs not only to replace what has been destroyed or damaged but to control populations of the pests. … Read More from Rodents a Major Pain in California Orchards This Year
Endangered Polynesian Storm Petrels Return to Kamaka Island, French Polynesia Posted on December 3, 2024 Endangered Polynesian storm-petrels, ground-nesting seabirds also known as White-throated storm-petrels, are returning to Kamaka Island, French Polynesia after more than 100 years absence thanks to a successful restoration and rewilding project by Island Conservation, Société d’Ornithologie de Polynésie (SOP Manu), the Reasin family, and the Mangareva Community as part of the Island-Ocean Connection Challenge. … Read More from Endangered Polynesian Storm Petrels Return to Kamaka Island, French Polynesia
Rats are spreading through the Treasure Valley, and they’re here to stay Posted on December 3, 2024 (December 3, 2024) You may want to keep your leftover Thanksgiving turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes sealed up this year, or you could be contributing to an increasing problem in the Treasure Valley: rats. … Read More from Rats are spreading through the Treasure Valley, and they’re here to stay
