Proposals are due to SFREC by April 15, 2016. Proposals may be submitted into the REC Manage System via the SFREC website at http://sfrec.ucanr.edu.
SFREC encourages and is able to support research in an array of areas, including beef cattle health and production, grassland and oak woodland ecology, water quality, hydrology, invasive species management, range management and wildlife ecology, among others.
Resources available to researchers at the center include over 5,000 acres of northern Sierra foothill oak woodland–annual grass rangeland as well as irrigated pastures, riparian areas and access to the Yuba River. Several weather stations are established at SFREC and the center also maintains GIS databases that are available to researchers. Facilities include a laboratory for preparation of wet and dry samples, meeting rooms and a 16-bed dormitory.
Located on 200 acres in Orange County, South Coast REC research and extension projects and programs focus on a variety of agriculture and natural resource topics, including variety development, crop and landscape pest management, repository for germplasm collections (citrus, avocado, persimmon and cherimoya), irrigation management, plant nutrition and long-term impacts of changing rainfall patterns on native ecosystems. As reclaimed water is the main irrigation source provided to the center by the local water district, researchers have the opportunity to assist in the development of management strategies for a water source that will become increasingly more important to the long-term sustainability of agriculture and urban environments.
The center provides labor, equipment, research facilities and technical and management support at a reduced recharge rate to UC academics. For example, the current recharge rate is charged on an hourly basis of $9.99. Our goal is to minimize a significant increase in this rate from year to year. Proposals from non-UC organizations will be considered if resources are available but the full cost rate will be charged. Researchers are also directly charged for irrigation costs, which are currently $1.37 per 748 gallons of water (1 CCF).
Proposals may be submitted into the REC Manage System via the South Coast REC website http://screc.ucanr.edu/Research/Submitting_a_Proposal beginning March 22, 2016, and are due April 15, 2016.
The center's Research Advisory Committee will evaluate the proposed research and extension projects for scientific merit and regional appropriateness. Researchers will be notified by email.
For help with submitting a proposal, contact Kat Hicklin, khicklin@ucanr.edu
For questions about the research proposal process/research opportunities at South Coast REC, contact Darren Haver, center director, at dlhaver@ucanr.edu or Chris Martinez, superintendent, at cpmartinez@ucanr.edu.
ANR's Network Project has officially kicked off, according to Gabe Youtsey, chief information officer. The multimillion-dollar investment will bring to county offices and research and extension centers Internet speeds that are hundreds of times faster than what they currently have, as well as better wireless coverage and modern cabling to many locations.
This will provide a host of new possibilities for ANR including ag tech and big data research, modern cloud-based technology tools and new phone/web/video conferencing capabilities.
“We have a lot of work to do to prepare for and complete this project including equipment upgrades, construction and electrical work and finding new service providers to partner with,” said Youtsey.
In order to complete this complex, important project, ANR IT has partnered with ANR Facilities Planning and Management, the Corporation for Education Initiatives in California (CENIC) and Dimension Data.
“We are currently developing our comprehensive project plan, and my hope is that we can have every UC ANR location upgraded by the end of FY 2017, if not sooner,” Youtsey said.
The REC and UCCE locations planned for upgraded in the first phase are:
◦ Desert REC
◦ Intermountain REC
◦ Kearney Ag REC
◦ Sierra Foothill REC
◦ West Side REC
◦ UCCE Colusa
◦ UCCE Central Sierra MCP (El Dorado office)
◦ UCCE Humboldt
◦ UCCE Imperial
◦ UCCE Inyo-Mono
◦ UCCE Los Angeles
◦ UCCE Madera
◦ UCCE Monterey
◦ UCCE Nevada
◦ UCCE Riverside (Moreno Valley Office)
◦ UCCE San Bernardino
◦ UCCE San Joaquin
◦ UCCE Stanislaus
◦ UCCE Sutter-Yuba
◦ UCCE Yolo
“While these locations are planned for our first phase, we will be creating upgrade plans very soon for the remaining UC ANR locations planned for phase 2, which we hope to begin work in late summer or early fall 2016,” Youtsey said. “Our project team will reach out to offices directly to begin the process, and we will send out regular communications on the progress of the project. You can reach our project team anytime with questions at networkproject@ucanr.edu.”
In 1990, he joined the UC Davis Internal Audit Office, where he specialized in IT audits and investigating white collar crimes until 2001. He worked for the California Department of Finance, auditing Water Bonds and Prisons, for 4 years. In 2005, he returned to UC Davis in Accounting and Financial Services until he moved to UC ANR in 2009.
Effective March 1, Jing Yu, manager of Financial Services, will succeed Chin as ANR's interim director of Financial Services. Yu is a California Certified Public Accountant with a master's degree in accounting and over 14 years of business, finance and accounting experience in the institutional, corporate and public accounting firm sectors.
“Jing has been with ANR Financial Services since 2013 and has a track record and proven ability in taking on greater responsibility and in achieving strategic business objectives,” said McGuire.
Please note, this recall is only for the Microsoft Surface Pro and Microsoft Surface Pro 2, and with any Microsoft Surface Pro 3 purchased prior to March 15, 2015 (“pre-March 15, 2015 Surface Pro 3”). If you have a power cable that uses a strain relief (see image of replacement cable), it is the new power cable and you may disregard this recall.
More information is available at www.surface.com/powercord.
If you need assistance or have questions please contact ANR IT Service Desk at help@ucanr.edu or (530) 750-1212.
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