Useful Contacts for
Farmscaping Information

Farmscaping Information
Bat Habitat
Bat Houses
Seed Suppliers
Windbreaks, Shelterbelts and Hedgerows

Useful Websites

Farmscaping Information

Central Coast Wilds specializes in farmscape planning, installation, and management. They provide information and native plants in order to meet several farm system goals:

• beneficial insect habitat
• wind break
• erosion control
• riparian stabilization
• non-point source water pollution reduction

http://www.centralcoastwilds.com

Dr. Robert Bugg
Cover Crops/Restoration Ecology
UC-Sustainable Agriculture Research
& Education Program (SAREP)
Davis, CA 95616
(530) 754-8549
rlbugg@ucdavis.edu

Dr. Bugg works with the Biologically Integrated Orchard Systems (BIOS) project and is knowledgeable about beneficial insects associated with various cover crops.

W.E. Chaney
Farm Advisor, Entomology/vegetable crops
UC-Cooperative Extension
1432 Abbot St.
Salinas, CA 93901
(831) 759-7359
FAX: (831) 758-3018
wechaney@ucdavis.edu

Bill Chaney has done work on enhancing biological control of aphids through the use of insectary plants grown in fields of vegetables.

Dr. James Dutcher
University of Georgia
Coastal Plain Experiment Station
P.O. Box 748
Tifton, GA 31793
(912) 386-3374

Dr. Sharad Phatak
University of Georgia
Coastal Plain Experiment Station
P.O. Box 748
Tifton, GA 31793
(912) 386-3901
phatak@cpes.peachnet.edu

Both Dr. Phatak and Dr. Dutcher have done extensive research into biological control, and the Coastal Plain Experiment Station is a center of innovative research in this area.

Diane Mathews Gehringer
2774 Silver Creek Rd.
Kutztown, PA 19530
(610) 285-4317

Ms. Gehringer, formerly with the Rodale Institute, is knowledgeable about biological control.

Bat Habitat

Rachael Long
Farm Advisor
UC-Cooperative Extension
70 Cottonwood St.
Woodland, CA 95695
(530) 666-8143

Jim Kennedy
Bat Conservation International
P.O. Box 162603
Austin, TX 78716
(512) 327-9721

Dr. Steve Cross
Southern Oregon State College
1250 Siskiyou Blvd.
Ashland, OR 97520-5071
(541) 552-6749

Bat Houses

Natural Insect Control
R.R. #2
Stevensville, Ontario
Canada LOS ISO
(905) 382-2904
FAX: (905) 382-4418

Peaceful Valley Farm Supply
P.O. Box 2209 #P
Grass Valley, CA 95945
(530) 272-4769
http://www.groworganic.com

The Green Spot
Dept. of Bio-Ingenuity
93 Priest Rd.
Nottingham, NH 03290
(603) 942-8925
FAX: (603) 942-8932

Danny Smith
P.O. Box 703
La Porte, TX 77572-0703
genes96597@aol.com
FAX: (281) 471-6477

Seed Suppliers
See Appendix C

Windbreaks, Shelterbelts and Hedgerows

Mary Kimble
Yolo Country Resource Conservation District
221 W. Court St., Ste. 1
Woodland, CA 95695
(530) 662-2037 ext. 3

The Yolo County Conservation District is doing some excellent ongoing work concerning hedgerow establishment, plant selection, types of beneficials attracted, and budgets for hedgerow installation and maintenance.

Bruce Wight
National Windbreak Forester
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Federal Building
100 Centennial Mall North
Lincoln, NE 68508-3866
(402) 437-5178 ext. 36
bwight@telspec.itc.nrcs.usda.gov
http://www.unl.edu/nac/

The folks at USDA’s National Agroforestry Center have technical information about the benefits, planting, maintenance, and impact on wildlife of windbreaks, hedgerows, snowfences.