University of Nevada, Reno Extension

Researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno plan to study the effects of two herbicides that are known to reduce cheatgrass—a fine wildfire fuel that’s present throughout the West.

Researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno are using new technologies to try to equip growers with “smart” irrigation scheduling.

University of Nevada, Reno Extension’s Living With Fire (LWF) Program presents an online workshop series: “Living With Fire Virtual Series.”

Agriculture producers and others are invited to tour field plots in northern Nevada where the University of Nevada, Reno and its partners are researching drought-tolerant and high-demand crops.

With wildfires burning across the state and much of the West, many residents are shaking their heads, wondering how we got to the point where smoke-filled skies are just something we have to accept as part of living in Nevada.

University of Nevada, Reno’s Extension plans to bring its Master Gardener Program online, improving access to the plant-growing education and training to a wider swath of Nevadans.

The director of University of Nevada, Reno Extension, Ivory Lyles, has been selected to lead a national committee tasked with supporting cooperative extension programs across the country.

Climatologist Tim Brown of the Western Regional Climate Center will discuss the impacts of climate and weather on fire in the fourth session of the Living With Fire Virtual Series.

Beekeepers and educators at the University of Nevada, Reno’s Extension said this week that swarm season is here.

University of Nevada, Reno’s Extension plans to offer a series of “train-the-trainer” sessions this summer to train others in how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis.