- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
The media were on hand last Friday when 4-H member Laura Webber led a group of fellow 4-H'ers in planting 15 trees at Elkus Ranch near Half Moon Bay to launch her 4-H Million Trees initiative.
The San Mateo County Times posted a story today. It outlined Laura's lofty goal - to inspire 4-H clubs across the nation to join her in planting one million trees to help combat global warming.
"Fifteen down, 999,985 to go," wrote reporter Julia Scott. She also recorded Laura's optimism.
"There's 6.5 million 4-H members total. If we can get everybody...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
The Riverside Press-Enterprise ran a story over the weekend about the recovery of native plant species in Southern California deserts recently burned by wildfire. The article says scientists believe it is too soon to determine how plants will recover.
Reporter Gail Wesson gathered the bulk of her material for the story at the UC Natural Resources Continuing Conference, held last week in Palm Desert. She quoted conference speaker Jan Beyers of the U.S. Forest Service as saying a lot of native plants came up in the area affected by the 2006...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
A story in the San Francisco Chronicle yesterday called into question the current USDA and CDFA attempts to eradicate the light brown apple moth in Bay Area communities. According to UC Santa Cruz botanist Daniel Harder, cited by reporter Jane Kay, "It's not such a nasty pest."
The reporter also spoke to UC Davis entomology professor James Carey. He said the plan to completely eradicate LBAM "won't work."
"The pest has been here so long and is so widespread . . . it's virtually impossible to eradicate them," Carey is...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
The Modesto Bee ran a story yesterday about a new book by Beverly Mills and Alicia Ross titled "Cheap. Fast. Good!" The article provided 10 common sense tips for readers for saving money on groceries and keeping food prices from busting your budget.
In offering resources, the paper prominently listed UC Cooperative Extension, with the phone number of the Stanislaus County office, a provider, the article said, "of nutrition classes and publications on frugal food tips."
In short, the tips in the article say:
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Track spending
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Make a plan
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- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Keith Matheny of the Desert Sun joined UC natural resources advisors, specialists and professors on a field trip to view the aftermath of the Paradise Fire, where 3,000 acres burned in 2005, and the Sawtooth-Millard Complex Fire, where 35,000 acres burned in 2006.
Matheny noted in the article that much of the plant regrowth is invasive species that are threatening the recovery of native plants and creating more fuel for wildfires in the future.
The article quoted Dee Zeller, a naturalist at the Big Morongo Canyon Preserve:
"From 2005 to now, you had to hunt to find Sahara mustard. Now you don't...
