Greetings from Imperial County!

Eric Natwick, Long Time Advisor Retires

Long time advisor Eric Natwick retires

CONGRATULATIONS TO SHANNA!!!!! STAR award winner

Shanna Abatti, 4-H Youth Development Program Representative, UC Cooperative Extension Imperial County

"Shanna moved our local 4-H program into a force to be reconed with in the local community and on the state and national stages.  She challenges and mentors youth to be their personal best, is well-respected by leaders, colunteers and staff, and has increased menber ship significantly.  Her leadership and innovation has transformed 4-H programming in Imperial County."

http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=24407

Meet our NEW Irrigation and Water Management Advisor

Aliasghar (Ali) Montazar, Ph.D.

Biography:

Dr. Aliasghar (Ali) Montazar joined UCCE on June 1, 2017 as an Area Irrigation and Water Management Advisor.

Education:

Montazar earned a Ph.D. in Irrigation and Drainage from University of Tehran, Iran; a M.S. in Irrigation Structures from Tarbiat Modares University, Iran; and a B.S. in Irrigation Engineering from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.

Experience:

Prior to joining UCCE, Montazar was working as a Project Scientist in the Department of Plant Sciences at UC Davis since June 2014.  From 2011 to 2014, he was a Research Associate in the Department of Land, Air and Water Resources (LAWR), UC Davis.  He was formerly an associate professor at the Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran.  Montazar has more than 15 years of research, extension, teaching, and technical consulting experience and has served in several leadership positions in agricultural water management and irrigation engineering in California and abroad.

Specialty:

Irrigation and water management, measurement and modeling of surface energy balance variables/ET and crop coefficients, irrigation scheduling drainage and water quality, on-farm irrigation system management and evaluation, salinity management and control practices, deficit irrigation, environmental instrumentation and modeling. 

Bilingual in language(s) other than English:

Persian & Arabic 

Areas of Expertise:

• Conservation and Efficient Use of Water
• Soil, Plant, Water, Nutrient Relationships
• Drainage and Irrigation Systems and Facilities
• Management of Saline and Sodic Soils and Salinity
• Watershed Protection and Management
• Nutrients and Water in Agricultural Landscapes
• Sustainable Food Systems
• Research and Extension Centers
• Water Quality, Quantity, and Security
• Agriculture
• Soil and land

Web/Social Media Site:

http://ceimperial.ucanr.edu/

http://ceriverside.ucanr.edu/

Desert Research and Education Center

Watch this short but very informative video about DREC.

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Links

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