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Green Blog: Article

Extreme weather accelerates nitrate pollution in groundwater

November 13, 2024
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Extreme weather spurred by climate change, including droughts and heavy rains, may increase the risk of nitrates from fertilizers ending up in groundwater, according to a recent study from researchers at the University of California, Davis.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Irrigation in a Freeze

November 13, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Confronted with approaching freezing conditions a grower has several options to mitigate the potential cold damage. There are foliar sprays like copper that can reduce the incidence and need to be applied several weeks in advance of cold.
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Honey bee nectaring on tower of jewels, Echium wilpretii. This is a non-native, but isn't it pretty? The California Master Beekeeper Program is offering a class on "Planning Year-Round Native Plant Pollinator Garden" on Nov. 17. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

CAMBP Classes on Pollinator Gardens and Apiary Technology

November 12, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Like to learn about planning a year-round native pollinator garden or about technology in the apiary? The California Master Beekeeper Program (CAMBP) has announced its last two classes of 2024. One is a three-hour course, Planning Year-Round Native Plant Pollinator Garden from 9 a.m.
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Climate Smart Agriculture: Article

Meet Michael: Community Education Specialist

November 12, 2024
By Michael Jaquez
Michael Jaquez is one of our newer Community Education Specialist with the Climate Smart Agriculture team at University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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Monterey County: Article

4-H Leader's Council Meeting November 19, 2024

November 12, 2024
Dear members of the Monterey County 4-H Leaders Council, On Tuesday, November 19th, the 4-H Leaders Council will hold its monthly meeting at 7pm. The location will be in the large Conference room, 1432 Abbott Street.
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Samuel Davidson Laughlin, shown here at his home in Castle Rock, Wash., contracted malaria when he was a color bearer for the Union Army during the Siege of Vicksburg.
Bug Squad: Article

Mosquitoes, Malaria and the Civil War

November 11, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Not many Americans think about mosquitoes and malaria on Nov. 11, Veterans' Day. But they should. The mosquito played a major adversarial role in our nation's Civil War. Some 30,000 soldiers died of malaria, and more than half of the 2.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Wild Fire and Soil

November 11, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Low-severity wildland fires and prescribed burns have long been presumed by scientists and resource managers to be harmless to soils, but this may not be the case, new research shows.
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