• 2001-02 state budget provides 4.7 percent increase for UC (smaller increase for salaries); fully funds growth in student enrollment
• With 28 new permanent academic positions funded in 2001, CE continues to rebuild its programs
• State extension group honors advisors' work
• Division adds a new budget line for fixed-term positions, projects
• Budget changes will help ANR move funds to high-priority programs
• ANR awards nearly $1.4 million in temporary funding to high-priority programs
• County Director Wain Johnson retires from UC Cooperative Extension; Hickman is county's new director
• South Coast issues call for proposals
• Beta Testers wanted for new online image library
• New greenhouse will bring additional research capabilities to Kearney REC
• ANR welcomes Morgan Doran, livestock and natural resources advisor for Solano, Napa and Yolo counties

Also in this issue:

• Peter Goodell wins IPM award
• Pest Notes online
• Names in the news: Nick Toscano, Joseph Jen
• UC research meeting to examine health of California oaks
• Dewees steps down as director of UCCE Sea Grant
• Job opportunities: Ag and Environmental Issues Advisor for Los Angeles and San Bernardino High Desert Area; Desert Natural
• Resources Advisor for San Bernardino, Riverside and Imperial counties; Livestock/Natural Resources Advisor for Stanislaus County