• Governor's budget plan includes $1 million augmentation for Cooperative Extension programs
• Doug McCreary takes helm of Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program
• ANR names its first controller: Jake McGuire
• NRS Associate Director Liza Riddle move on to explore new territory
• California Agriculture magazine's special series looks toward 2025
• New leadership team at ERNEP: Director Barbara Sutherland, Administrative Coordinator Edna Lewis Mayhand

Also in this issue:

• In memoriam: Robert W. Pease, Polly Wagenknecht
• Radio features now on ANR website
• Per Pinstrup-Andersen, noted ag economist, to discuss impact of biotech on world food security
• ANR associate editors needed
• Hopland REC calls for proposals
• Job opportunity: CE specialist in resource-dependent work, workers and communities at UCB
• State agencies tap UC Davis environmental research