ANR News Releases

The explosive growth of the Park Fire in Northern California was fueled by recent, intense heat waves and extremely dry vegetation conditions seen at many locations across the state.

From Siskiyou County through Riverside County, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources has hired UC Cooperative Extension experts to help Californians address challenging issues.

Growing up in Upper Lake, along the North Shore of Clear Lake, Matthew Barnes lived near several of the Lake County region's seven federally recognized tribes.

"If you know how to shear, you'll never be poor," Stephany Wilkes remembers John Harper, University of California Cooperative Extension livestock and natural resources advisor for Mendocino and Lake counties, telling her sheep shearing class in 2013.

Want to learn how to use drones to map and collect field data? DroneCamp 2024 will be held at California State University, Monterey Bay in Marina on June 24-28. For people who cannot attend in person, there is also an online option available. No experience is necessary.