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Zane and Benjamin planting acorns for the UC Santa Cruz study by Dr. Blair McLaughlin of the Zavaleta Lab.
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HREC Youth Volunteers Support Oak Research

January 17th, 2019
My name is Valentina Evans, and I am a new volunteer at the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center. My partners Benjamin Evans, and Zane Petersen have chosen to volunteer with me at the HREC for our senior project at Ukiah High School.
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New Forestry Advisor in Post

November 19th, 2018
By Hannah M Bird
Great to have Michael Jones our new UCCE Forestry Advisor in post! Read more about Michael here: https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.
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HREC Fieldmap Fires. The red is existing vegetation. Many of the oaks did not burn. Brighter red indicates untouched green foliage, fainter red indicates some damage. Black areas are burnt grasslands, gray areas are primarily  chaparral or chamise.  The two separate black areas are where we did prescribed burns this June. The white spots are ash indicating where a tree did burn. Thanks to Shane Feirer of iGIS for putting this together.
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URGENT: Post Fire Research Opportunities at Hopland REC

August 23rd, 2018
By Hannah M Bird
HREC and Post-Fire Research Opportunities What is HREC? The UC Hopland Research & Extension Center (HREC) is a multi-disciplinary research and education facility in Mendocino County located in the foothills of the Coast Range about two hours north of Berkeley.
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Fire image looking from lysimeter 072718
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A Tale of Two Fires

August 1st, 2018
By Hannah M Bird
Fire has a vitally important role in the California landscape and many fire-related studies have been conducted at the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center (HREC) since 1951.
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Sustainable You! 2018

July 20th, 2018
By Hannah M Bird
Hello All, For those who don't know me, my name is Rachel Wingler and I am the summer intern at Hopland REC. Through my internship I have had the opportunity to work on and help plan the Sustainable You Summer Camp.
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