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

A person displays a goldspotted oak borer specimen.

Invasive beetles are killing oak trees; UC ANR community scientists are fighting back

June 12, 2025

By Caroline D Champlin

The invasive goldspotted oak borer has spread across SoCal, leaving boneyards of dead trees behind. This June, UC ANR and community partners launched an effort to track this pest.

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Students enthusiastically engage with a water filtration demonstration during the Children's Water Education Festival

SoCal youth inspired by UCCE advisor’s passion for water conservation

May 29, 2025

By Michael Hsu

Esther Lofton, UCCE urban watershed resilience advisor, engaged students in LA and Orange counties with lively activities to celebrate Water Awareness Month in May.

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Daniel Swain, wearing a plaid shirt, gestures with his left hand

Ask Daniel Swain anything about weather and climate on May 31

May 29, 2025

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

Daniel Swain, UC ANR climate scientist, will host a live “Ask Me Anything”-style session online at 6:30-7:15 p.m. Pacific Time on Saturday, May 31.

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Volunteers needed for “blitz” to stop oak-killing beetle

May 14, 2025

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

To save oak trees, UC Cooperative Extension is organizing a GSOB Blitz, a community-powered effort to detect and map goldspotted oak borer infestations, in June.

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Water in a stream flows over river rocks with forest in background

UCLA, UC ANR establish water supply-wildfire research and policy coordination network

April 10, 2025

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

UCLA’s Climate & Wildfire Research Initiative (CWRI) is launching a new Urban Water Supply + Fire working group to function as a research and policy coordination network. This effort formalizes a forum where UCLA can come together and coordinate efforts with the University of California Agriculture and…

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