The Forest and Rangeland Systems Program Team will meet May 1, from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., and May 2, 8 a.m. to noon, at the ANR building at 2801 Second Street in Davis.

At the meeting, program team participants will give input on UC Cooperative Extension specialist and advisor positions to propose for priority needs. The 2014 call for positions closes May 19.

John Harper, the new leader of the Sustainable Natural Ecosystems Strategic Initiative, will discuss future plans for the initiative. Doug Parker, director of the California Institute for Water Resources and the water initiative leader, will give an update on drought issues and UC's role. Bill Tietje, UCCE specialist in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy...

Colleagues,

You may have seen the FY 2014 USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative request for grant applications. I would like to point out that the call offers a new section this year called "Critical Agricultural Research and Extension (CARE)." 

The FY 2014 AFRI Foundational Initiative request for applications is at http://www.nifa.usda.gov/fo/foundationalprogramafri.cfm. This page includes links to the request for applications, the NIFA Grants.gov Application Guide, the application package and abstracts of funded projects.

Doug Parker
Director of California Institute for Water Resources and Leader of Water Quality, Quantity...

Dear Colleagues,

As the Strategic Initiative leaders, we encourage you to attend the 2013 ANR Statewide Conference, which serves as the Initiative meetings for this year. We're excited about this opportunity to convene all of the Initiatives and promote cross-initiative discussions and partnerships. 

Join your colleagues for three days of lively discussions about ANR’s role in identifying and addressing challenges in agriculture and in natural and human resources with an eye to how our Strategic Vision, through the Initiatives, shapes this important work. Take a look at the science sessions, which have...

The Water Strategic Initiative panel seeks your input for planning its conference on Nov. 14–15 at UC Davis.

Please complete a short survey to let the planning committee know which topics you think are most important to address at the water conference. The survey asks you to rate a list of six topics based on the importance for inclusion at the conference and to suggest other issues you think should be covered. The survey will be available until 5 p.m. on July 27.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Doug Parker, Water Strategic Initiative leader, at (510)...