- 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...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
In the wake of last fall's devastating Southern California wildfires, UC Cooperative Extension natural resources advisors are gathering in Palm Desert March 4 and 5 to discuss wildfire reasons, resilience and recovery. The news media have been invited and have shown interest, so the likelihood is high the conference will result in press coverage. A news release distributed by the UC Riverside news service is available online.
The conference begins with field trips the morning of the 4th to areas burned by recent wildfires -- one on desert landscape, the other on mountainous terrain. Afternoon workshops and an evening...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
UC Cooperative Extension made two appearances in the news over the weekend, one covering the planting of 1,000 trees at the coast, the other the possible closing of a mountain camp.
The Salinas Californian covered the tree planting day sponsored by UC Cooperative Extension on the Central Coast.
UCCE natural resource specialist Bill Tietje said the planting day, mentioned in this blog in...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
The Los Baños Enterprise ran a story today about a UC Cooperative Extension project aimed at increasing visibility for Merced County agriculture. ANR program leader Maxwell Norton, who is also a farm advisor in Merced County, figures highly in the article. He is the person who mapped three trails through the county that people can drive to see one of Central Valley agriculture's most beautiful displays: fruit trees in full bloom.
He told the paper that, when preparing the blossom trail maps, he made sure people who are enjoying spring's beauty don't have to make left-hand turns on busy roads...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Two reporters with McClatchy Newspapers, Dorothy Korber and Carrie Peyton Dahlberg, collaborated on a story this week that gave two UC Davis nutrition experts the chance to share their no nonsense nutrition advice with readers.
Among other publications, the story appeared in:
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