Brent Hales toured Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center with Nikolai Schweitzer, agricultural supervisor; Dustin Flavell, superintendent and interim director; and Darren Haver, associate director for the Research and Extension Center System and South Coast REC director. Photo by Deanne Meyers

Since joining UC ANR on July 3, Brent Hales, associate vice president for research and Cooperative Extension, has been traveling the state, meeting his new colleagues.

Hales has been meeting individuals to learn about their research and extension activities and learning what UC ANR programs do in different communities. Recently he has visited Hopland Research and Extension Center, Sierra Foothill REC and the UC Davis campus.

At UC Davis, Hale met with UC Cooperative Extension specialists, Agricultural Experiment Station faculty and graduate students. UCD photos by Trina Kleist

Hales met Gail Taylor, UC Davis Distinguished Professor, John B, Orr Professor of Environmental Plant Sciences and chair of the Department of Plant Sciences.

Justin Valliere, UC Cooperative Extension specialist, gave a presentation about managing invasive plant species in ecosystems.