Hopland REC

At the onset of my fellowship I was nervous about spending too much time alone. Living by myself in a cottage on a ~5,500 acre remote research site stood in stark contrast to my urban upbringing in the East Bay Area.

Rangeland Stewardship: Grazing for Ecosystem Resilience Principal Investigators Dr. Valerie Eviner and Dr.

Fungal-Bacterial Interactions: Bridging Soil Niches in Regulating Carbon and Nitrogen Processes Grasslands play a vital role in the nutrient cycling process of both carbon and nitrogen.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture's Healthy Soil Program provides funding for on-farm initiatives aimed at implementing soil practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance carbon storage.

My name is Lily (she/her) and I'll be working as a Climate Resiliency Fellow for the Hopland Research and Extension Center through July 2024. My position was made possible through GrizzlyCrops, an AmeriCorps program operated through UC Berkeley's Center for Law, Energy and the Environment.