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New database helps Californians understand proposed groundwater plans

August 22, 2023
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
To achieve groundwater sustainability under California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, or SGMA, demand management policies that encourage water conservation will be necessary, says Ellen Bruno, University of California Cooperative Extension specialist in quantitative policy analysis at U...
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Hidden cameras spot wildlife returning home after 2018 megafire

July 18, 2023
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
During the summer of 2018, the Mendocino Complex Fire ripped through UC's Hopland Research and Extension Center (HREC), transforming the Northern California property's grassy, oak-dotted hillsides into a smoldering, ash-covered wasteland.
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