Here are the main stories in this issue:

• Dynes testifies on state budget
• Listening sessions attract over 500 stakeholders
• Nominate a UCCE colleague for a service award
• Oak Woodland, Fire, Forestry and Monitoring Working Groups to meet May 5 & 6
• Names in the news
• Anne Cotter and Keith Mayberry retire
• ANR shows a hit on UCTV Web site
• UC nondiscrimination policies revised
• In memoriam: Bruce Bearden
• Hopland REC calls for proposals