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The Green Blog shares news and information related to forestry/wildfire, sustainability, climate, environmental stewardship and other green topics.

Left to right, UC ANR vice provost Mark Lagrimini, associate vice president Wendy Powers, and IREC director Rob Wilson took part in the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new IREC Multi-purpose Conference and Laboratory Building.

UC research facility brings state-of-the-art conferencing to Tulelake

July 27, 2018

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources marked the opening of a new conference and laboratory building at its Intermountain Research and Extension Center in Tulelake July 26, bringing to the region a state-of-the-art facility for business meetings, job fairs, trainings, conferences and community events...

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Workers at Kearney raise a tower to blanket the 330-acre research center with high-speed wireless internet. (Photo: Julie Sievert)

Connectivity is key for high-tech farms of the future

July 23, 2018

The dizzying impact of the digital revolution on many sectors of society from retail to law enforcement, politics and entertainment has also altered the picture on California farms.

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UC and Israel sign agricultural research agreement

July 20, 2018

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

Pledging to work together to solve water scarcity issues, Israel's Agricultural Research Organization signed a memorandum of understanding with UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources and UC Davis on July 16.

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The USDA-funded Tribal Food Security Project team includes members of the Karuk, Yurok and Klamath Tribes along with UC researchers. In front row, Jennifer Sowerwine is second from left and UCCE farm advisor Deborah Giraud is far right. Photo courtesy of Karuk Píkyav Field Institute.

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USDA awards UC and Karuk Tribe $1.2 million for collaborative research and education to increase tribal ecosystem resilience in a changing climate

July 18, 2018

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

As California and the nation grapple with the implications of persistent drought, devastating wildfires and other harbingers of climate change, researchers at UC Berkeley's College of Natural Resources are building on a decade-long partnership with the Karuk Tribe and the U.S.

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UCCE advisor Rachael Long holding a lacewing, a beneficial insect that feeds on aphids. She is standing in a cover crop in a walnut orchard. (Photo: California Farm Bureau)

Grow cover crops to attract beneficial insects, add nutrients, suppress weeds and build soil

July 17, 2018

By Rachael Long

George Washington, the father of our country, said it well when he proclaimed he grew crops to eat and sell and crops to replenish the soil. Generations of farmers follow his footsteps.

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