Clearwater County Extension

Clearwater County Extension "Providing practical education you can trust to help people, businesses, and communities in Clearwater County."

The mission of UI Extension, Clearwater County is to provide programming to Clearwater County residents that benefits lives and improves the local economy. Our efforts are focused on natural resource management and land stewardship, rural economic development, and 4-H and youth. We also provide services in the form of information publications, connections to expertise on campus, and collection of soil, insect, and plant samples for identification and anaylsis.

06/27/2022
Short-Season, High-Altitude Gardening Publications & Resources from University of Idaho ExtensionPacific Northwest garde...
04/17/2020

Short-Season, High-Altitude Gardening Publications & Resources from University of Idaho Extension

Pacific Northwest gardeners may find the growing season where they live too short to grow certain vegetables. Air and soil temperatures may be lower than optimal for plant growth. Untimely frosts or snow, combined with low humidity and excessive wind, make it necessary for the home gardener to use special practices to get the best production.

University of Idaho Extension provides research-based publications on a variety of topics for the home gardener. Horticulturists explain how to maximize a gardener’s chances for success in the face of untimely frosts and snow and lower air and soil temperatures as well as soil preparations, protective coverings, varieties, and mulches.

Publications are available to download from https://www.uidaho.edu/extension/publications.

Don’t have internet? Have internet but unable to download? You can still contact us by sending us an email to [email protected] or calling our office 208-476-4434. If calling our office, please leave a message with your name and phone number and we will contact you about what publication you would like and where to send it.

Find information that interests you by searching through our publications catalog at the University of Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

04/17/2020

Basic W**d Management
Taken From: Kootenai County Noxious W**d Control Department

Some suggestions for w**d management during spring and summer:

Prevention: Using clean equipment that is not contaminated with w**ds parts or seed.

Mechanical Controls: Mowing, w**d eating or cutting/bagging flower heads to keep w**ds from producing seed. These approaches work best in summer months.

Cultural controls: Seeding using grass seed mixes and fertilizers to encourage fertility in bare areas. Buy grass seed with 0% w**d seeds and be sure the grasses will grow in your area.

Chemical controls: Keeping the edges of the fields and fences clean with glyphosate ingredients. For grassy areas, products with 2,4-D plus a surfactant, will work on noxious w**ds (for example spotted knapw**d, common tansy, and hawkw**d). For Dalmatian toadflax, oxeye daisy and leafy spurge a dicamba product such as Banvel will damage the root and control the plant. (Note: Trade names are used to simplify the information; no endorsement or discrimination is intended.)

Herbicides are not as useful in the heat of the summer (July through early September). Temperatures above 85ºF will cause plants to slow their growth to conserve energy and water, which means the plant doesn’t take in the herbicide. Also, high temperatures cause quick evaporation of sprays, making the herbicide disappear before the plant is affected by the chemical. Ideal spraying temperature is between 50ºF and 80ºF.

Remember to read and follow the label to ensure any application made is safe and legal. Do not use a pesticide unless both the w**d and application site are specifically listed on the label.

01/09/2020

Law for Landowners: Open Range, Herd Districts, & Drones
January 30, 2020 6 - 8 pm
2200 Michigan Ave. Orofino, ID
Cost $10.00 per person
208-476-4434 or email [email protected]
Many legal issues confront rural landowners, including easements, trespass, liability, and environmental regulation to name a few. This year's program will focus on legal issues surrounding Idaho open range, and herd district laws as well as laws that relate to the increasing prevalence of drones flying over private land.

02/21/2019

How to Plan & Manage a Timber Harvest on Your Property

Thursday, March 21, 2019, from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm, at the Extension office, 2200 Michigan Ave., Orofino, Idaho. Sign-In begins at 5:30pm.
Cost is $10.00 per person. Call the UI Extension office at 208-476-4434 to register or email [email protected] to request information.

02/21/2019

Natural Resource Planning for Rural Landowners

Thursday, March 14, 2019, from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm, at the Extension office, 2200 Michigan Ave., Orofino, Idaho. Sign-In begins at 5:30pm.
Cost is $10.00 per person. Call the UI Extension office at 208-476-4434 to register or email [email protected] to request information.

02/21/2019

How to Control Ventenata & Other Annual Grasses
Tuesday, March 5, 2019, from 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm, at the Extension office, 2200 Michigan Ave., Orofino, Idaho. Sign-In begins at 6:30pm.

Cost is $15.00 per person. Call the UI Extension office at 208-476-4434 or email [email protected] to register or request information.

11/27/2018

If you would like to receive our newletters, and our program brochures & announcements throughout the year, please contact us at [email protected] or 208-476-4434. It's FREE!!

Address

2200 Michigan Avenue
Orofino, ID
83544

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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