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Register for ANR Program Team meetings

To respond to ANR’s recent call for positions, some program teams will be holding meetings soon to discuss and prioritize new position requests. Visit the ANR Program Team Meetings website to register and to see the latest information. The following program teams plan to meet:

• Youth Families and Communities-related Program Teams – Registration is open
  February 19-20, UC Davis Conference Center
  Positive Youth Development/Youth Science Literacy Program Team
  Healthy Behaviors for Preventing Childhood Obesity Program Team
  California Communities and Food Systems Program Team

• Pest Management Program Team – Registration is open
  March 25-26, Bowley Center and UC Davis Conference Center
  Spray Application Technology Workgroup and Weed Workgroup will also meet.

• Agronomic Crops Program Team – Registration will be available soon. 
  March 4-5, locationTBD

Workgroup chairs and program team leaders who are interested in holding a workgroup or program team meeting should complete a short request form. The Program Support Unit will be in touch with you to discuss the details.

For more information, visit http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams. If you have questions, contact the Program Support Unit: 
Sherry Cooper, (530) 750-1256
Lauren McNees, (530) 750-1257
Angela Oates, (530) 750-1258
Saundra Wais, (530) 750-1260
Alex Zabelin, (530) 750-1259

 

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Program teams and workgroups to meet in November and December

Several program teams and workgroups plan to meet before the end of the year.

On Nov. 12-14, the Ornamental & Environmental Horticulture, Nurseries & Master Gardener Program Team and the Water Resources Program Team and their workgroups will meet at Putah Creek Lodge in Davis.

Agenda: http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams/Nov_13-14,_2013_Meeting/Nov_12-14_Agenda.
Lodging information: http://ucanr.edu/sites/PSU/DavisLodging.
Registration: http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams/Nov_13-14,_2013_Meeting/Registration_676.

On Nov. 14-15, the Meat Production and Food Safety Program Team will meet at John Ascuaga's Nugget in Sparks, Nev.

Agenda: http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams/Meat_Production_Program_Team/Agenda.
Lodging information: http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams/Meat_Production_Program_Team/Lodging.
Registration: http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams/Meat_Production_Program_Team/Registration_948.

On Nov. 19-20, the Forest and Rangeland Systems Program Team will meet in Redding. The meeting space will be announced later.

Agenda: http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams/Nov_19-20_-_Forest_-_Rangeland/Agenda_975.
Registration: http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams/Nov_19-20_-_Forest_-_Rangeland/Registration_-_Nov_19-20_132.

On Dec. 3-4, the Vegetable Crops Program Team will meet in the Buehler Alumni Center at UC Davis.

Agenda: http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams/Dec_3-4,_2013_Meeting/Agenda_427.

Registration: http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=11597.

Other workgroups interested in holding meetings in conjunction with these program teams, or at any other time this fall, should complete the meeting request form at https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=7922. The Program Support Unit will be happy to coordinate other meetings.

For more information, please contact ANR Program Support Unit.

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Water program teams to meet Feb. 1

The Ornamental & Environmental Horticulture, Nurseries & Master Gardener program team and the Water Resources program team will meet on Feb. 1 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the UC Davis ARC in Meeting Rooms 1, 2 and 3.

The two program teams will meet to form project teams that are interested in applying for grants in the next round of the ANR competitive grants program, and to discuss and propose new positions in response to the upcoming ANR call for new positions, said Doug Parker, director of the California Water Resources Research Institute.

The Ornamental & Environmental Horticulture, Nurseries & Master Gardener program team is composed of workgroups for Floriculture and Nursery, Landscape, Turfgrass and Urban Horticulture. The Water Resources program team is composed of the Anadromous and Inland Fish and Water Quality workgroups.

The Feb. 1 gathering is not a strategic initiative conference but a meeting of program teams and the workgroups under them. The program teams will be working to set a research agenda.

ANR provides resources for ANR employees to travel to program team meetings. In addition to their meetings at strategic initiative conferences, ANR supports one meeting per program team per year.

Other program teams that wish to meet on the same date to achieve efficiencies should contact Sherry Cooper as soon as possible so she can secure meeting space. Cooper can be reached at slcooper@ucdavis.edu and (530) 752-1581.

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EIPD schedules April 25-26 conference

The Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases Strategic Initiative has named its panel of experts and scheduled its first conference for April 25-26, 2012, announced Beth Grafton-Cardwell, the EIPD Strategic Initiative leader. To make efficient use of participants’ time and travel funding, the conference is being held in conjunction with a separate but related UC Davis conference on April 24, in which participants will learn the best ways to educate the general public about the threat of invasive species.

At the April 25-26 Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases Strategic Initiative Conference, ANR participants and speakers will discuss how UC ANR can respond to emerging pest and disease problems by building partnerships, solving problems and informing policy.

The April 24 conference, “Educating Society about the Threat of New Invasive Species to California’s Plant Ecosystems,” is funded by the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Spring Programmatic Initiative. It is open to a wide audience, including biologists, social scientists and communications experts.

UC program teams and workgroups will meet at the EIPD conference to coordinate team efforts and plan activities. To reserve space for these activities, contact Sherry Cooper at slcooper@ucdavis.edu.

The EIPD panel is currently developing the conference agenda and revising the text of the EIPD Strategic Initiative plan. Updates and conference registration information will be posted on the EIPD website.

Members of the EIPD panel are

John Adaska, professor of Clinical Diagnostic Pathology, California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System (CAHFS), Tulare Lab

Kassim Al-Khatib, CE specialist and director of the UC Integrated Pest Management Program, UC Davis

Rick Bostock, professor of plant pathology, UC Davis, and executive director of the National Plant Diagnostic Network

Rich Breitmeyer, director of the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory, UC Davis

Kent Daane, CE specialist and entomologist, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley

Glenn Nader, livestock and natural resources farm advisor, Sutter, Yuba and Butte counties

Bob Timm, CE wildlife specialist and director of the Hopland Research and Extension Center, Hopland

Georgios Vidalakis, CE specialist and plant pathologist, UC Riverside, and director of the Citrus Clonal Protection Program

Rob Wilson, weed management farm advisor and director of the Intermountain Research and Extension Center, Tulelake

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Program teams to meet in February

An ANR Program Teams Conference will be held at the Rec Pool Lodge at UC Davis, Feb. 7 - 9, 2012.

Program teams planning to participate thus far include:

• Healthy Behaviors for Preventing Childhood Obesity
• Youth Science Literacy in Nutrition, Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Youth Development
• California Communities

Preliminary plans call for discussion of cross-cutting issues and concerns at the beginning and end of the convening for these program teams, with the bulk of the time spent in individual program team and/or workgroup meetings.

Among the topics to be discussed are collaborative work on existing or new competitive grant proposals, proposals for new ANR academic positions, and development of the teams as ongoing “communities of practice” to advance strategic initiative priorities.

These program teams are still in a formative stage, and we welcome the participation of a wide spectrum of ANR personnel. Please mark Feb. 7 - 9 on your calendars to join us. Details on the agenda and meeting logistics will follow in the coming weeks and will also be posted at http://ucanr.org/sites/HFC.

Other program teams that wish to meet on these same dates to achieve efficiencies should contact Sherry Cooper as soon as possible so she can secure meeting space. She can be reached at slcooper@ucdavis.edu and (530) 752-1581.

Dave Campbell
Healthy Families and Communities strategic initiative leader

 

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