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  • Not all effects of drought are as easy to see as on this parched hillside. Photo by Faith Kearns
    Drought focus of Water Resources IMPACT magazine special issue

    Feb 16, 2023

    • Agriculture
  • Volunteers rate the landscape plants during the Fall Open House at the South Coast Research and Extension Center in August 2022. All photos by Saoimanu Sope.
    Your water-efficient landscape doesn’t have to be barren

    Jan 17, 2023

    • Environment
    • Natural Resources
    • Yard & Garden
  • Janet Hartin presents her research at the Lead With Trees conference in Palm Springs.
    Now is the time to plant climate-ready trees, says UCCE researcher

    Dec 6, 2022

  • A new rice crop rotation calculator, available at https://rice-rotation-calculator.ipm.ucanr.edu, helps California farmers determine if the practice makes financial sense for their fields. Photo by Evett Kilmartin
    New tool calculates crop rotation costs, benefits for California rice growers

    Dec 1, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Food
    • Innovation
  • Former Ph.D. student Amninder Singh collects drone and soil moisture data to evaluate the response of hybrid bermudagrass to different irrigation levels using recycled water and a soil moisture sensor-based smart irrigation controller. The study was conducted at UC ANR South Coast Research and Extension Center in Irvine.
    UCCE water management expert helps save water, increase supply in SoCal

    Nov 14, 2022

    • Natural Resources
    • Yard & Garden
  • The new statewide fire coordinator, Katie Low, helps with a prescribed fire at Blodgett Forest Research Station during her studies at UC Berkeley. Photo courtesy Katie Low
    New advisors share crucial wildfire expertise

    Sep 22, 2022

    • Environment
    • Natural Resources
  • UC Cooperative Extension has created a disaster preparedness website with information to help the public prepare for extreme heat, earthquakes, power shutoffs and wildfire.
    Disaster resources available to prepare for heat, wildfire, power outages, quakes

    Sep 1, 2022

    • Environment
    • Family
    • Health
  • UC Davis to study whether agave could be a drought-tolerant and sustainable crop in California. Photo by Stephan Hinni on Unsplash
    Agave: The new drought-tolerant California crop?

    Aug 11, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Food
  • Trees can be watered by drip irrigation systems or soaker hoses as well as hand-held devices. Photo by Janet Hartin
    Save trees first: Tips to keep them alive during drought

    Jun 9, 2022

    • Yard & Garden
  • UC Cooperative Extension experts will discuss grapevine red blotch research on March 16. Photo by Evett Kilmartin
    Grape experts give workshops on drought preparedness, red blotch

    Feb 22, 2022

    • Agriculture
  • UC Davis researchers hope to help the wine industry by identifying traits linked to drought tolerance in grapevine rootstocks. Photo by Gregory Urquiaga
    Researchers pinpoint drought-resistant traits in grape rootstocks

    Dec 17, 2021

    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Food
  • Due to decreased pasture forage, livestock producers have had to cull mature cows and ship more feeder cattle out of state. Photo by Pam Kan-Rice
    Drought pushes California farmers and ranchers to adapt to a drier future

    Nov 4, 2021

    • Agriculture
    • Food
  • Lacy Phacelia cover crop in a vineyard. Photo by Lauren Hale
    Can California native plants be used as cover crops to benefit farmers and native ecosystems?

    Oct 21, 2021

    • Agriculture
  • A UC Davis graduate student measures photosynthesis on cabernet sauvignon grapevines. (Photo by Kaan Kurtural/UC Davis)
    Coastal grape growers can use less water during drought

    Sep 1, 2021

    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Food
  • The cost of water may deter people from growing food in urban areas, says Lucy Diekmann, UC Cooperative Extension urban agriculture and food systems advisor in Santa Clara County.
    Drought hurts urban farmers, too

    Jun 21, 2021

    • Agriculture
  • California's developed water is vital to urban areas, irrigated agriculture and the environment.
    There’s a danger in over-simplifying California water conservation

    Jun 7, 2021

    • Agriculture
    • Environment
  • UC Master Gardener Francie Murphy in her succulent garden.
    Drought-tolerant plants can save water, but beware of those that are toxic

    Feb 8, 2021

    • Yard & Garden
  • Frozen samples were processed and sequenced by researchers at the Energy Department’s Joint Genome Institute (JGI). (Photo: Peggy Lemaux)
    Genomic gymnastics help sorghum plant survive drought

    Dec 2, 2019

    • Agriculture
  • Bigcone Douglas-fir occurs from the San Rafael Mountains in central Santa Barbara County and the Tehachapi Mountains of southwestern Kern County, south through the Transverse Ranges, to the Cuyamaca Mountains in San Diego County. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
    Bigcone Douglas-firs are suffering the effects of wildfires and droughts

    Jan 11, 2019

    • Environment
  • A new generation of ranchers is working to preserve California's rangelands.
    Change on the range

    Oct 30, 2018

    • Environment
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