Learn about the new online temperature inversion data for sites in the Russian River watershed.  This data can be used to help determine if wind machines could be part of a solution for frost protection.

Read all about it in the April 2014 Viticulture Newsletter.

Happy Anniversary UCCE!  We look good for 100 years!

Back: Henning Fett, Coho Program; Lisa Bell, SOD; Paul Vossen, Specialty Crops Advisor; Tiffany Melville, Admin; Rhonda Smith, Viticulture Advisor; Paul Olin, CASGEP Advisor; Karen Giovannini, Ag Ombuds; Sarah Nossaman Pierce, Coho Program.

Front: Deborah Curle, Office Manager; Mimi Enright, Master Gardener Coordinator; Stephanie Larson, Director and Livestock & Range Management Advisor; Judy Ludovise, 4-H Program Rep; Linda Peterson, BFRDP Coordinator; Jeremy Cusimano, Sr Ag Program Assistant; Michael Lennox, Ranch Planning & Conserv Mgt Coordinator

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To celebrate the 100^th anniversary of the founding of our nation's Cooperative Extension system, the University of California's Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources is sponsoring a day of science and service on May 8.

We need your help to make our science projects successful. The more people who participate, the more data we'll have to analyze.

Everyone in California is invited to participate. It's quick and easy. Go to beascientist.ucanr.edu, choose a project, and record your observations about conserving water, growing food or counting the numbers of pollinating bees, birds and butterflies in your neighborhood. You can share your observations on an interactive map and upload photos if you like.

This is a great opportunity to learn about California's natural resources and the role of agriculture in all our communities.

For 100 years UC Cooperative Extension has been turning science into solutions to build healthy communities. From creating new varieties of fruits and vegetables, fighting off invasive pest attacks, and helping school kids learn about healthy eating, UC's work benefits every Californian.

In March, Amelia Johnson (California Sea Grant/UCCE Sonoma) along with Tim Ryan and Will Boucher (Watershed Stewards Project, AmeriCorps members with California Sea Grant) represented the Russian River Coho Salmon Monitoring Program at the 32^nd Annual Salmonid Restoration Federation Conference in Santa Barbara, California.

Amelia (pictured) presented data from the coho program during her talk “Are low summer flows limiting survival of salmonids at the stream and watershed scales in the Russian River watershed?”  Amelia discussed data from the 2013 summer snorkel and fall flow surveys the coho program conducted across the watershed. Data showed limited habitat availability during the peak dry season for coho salmon, due to dry and intermittently flowing stream reaches.

The continued collection of this data could help prioritize future restoration and water conservation efforts as well as hatchery coho stocking by the Russian River Coho Salmon Captive Broodstock Program.

For more information, visit Sea Grant Extension Program