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SAC Science distilled a success!

9/28/2016

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I had a great time presenting with Sara Kross at the inaugural event of Sac Science Distilled, brought to us by Capitol Science Communicators, Science Says and the Powerhouse Science Center. We packed a bunch of folks interested in science into Old Ironsides and they imbibed and snacked while we gave our talks. It was a fun, interesting, and interested crowd.

Here are some slides from my talk, which summarized my research on bird occupancy in walnut orchards and in hedgerows and riparian patches on orchard margins, bird reduction of the Codling Moth (a major pest for walnut growers), and whether habitat patch presence or characteristics of the patch indirectly affect this pest control service by birds.
And some nice tweets and pictures from Science Says:

Learning about natural predators as #pest control. Talk about integrated pest management! #agriculture #scicomm #SacScienceDistilled pic.twitter.com/uLe3q7yU8p

— Science Says... (@SciSays) September 22, 2016

At the first #SacScienceDistilled! What do you see when you think of #farming / #agriculture? pic.twitter.com/VXSR0WZ0U8

— Science Says... (@SciSays) September 22, 2016

We got some local news coverage as well; thanks KCRA3! (Did I really say those things and in that way?).

Sac Science Distilled is currently held at Old Ironsides on the Sacramento Grid on the third Wednesday of each month. It is free to the public and is a 21+ event.
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