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ESRI User Conference 2023 – Day 2: AGOL Map Viewer

July 12, 2023
By Sean D Hogan
The thing that I possibly like the most about the ESRI Users Conference is that you not only get to see all of the recent updates that the company has recently developed but also glimpses of what is coming soon.
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Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Feral Cats and Their Impact in Communities

July 12, 2023
By Lauren Fordyce
Many of us at UC IPM are cat lovers and owners. Cats are popular household pets that bring joy and companionship to many families. Feral cats, on the other hand, can cause problems in our communities and around our homes and gardens. Feral cats are unsocialized, unowned cats that live outdoors.
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In this 2017 archived photo, Jerry Powell (seated at microscope) talks to colleagues at a Lepidopterist Society meeting at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. From left are entomologist Max Klepikov of Berkeley; UC Davis distinguished professor Don Strong of the Department of Evolution and Ecology; and Eric Lopresti, then a UC Davis graduate student. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Bohart Museum to Dedicate Open House to Jerry Powell

July 12, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When the Bohart Museum of Entomology of UC Davis hosts a Night at the Museum (formerly known as Moth Night) it will be dedicated to the late Jerry Powell, longtime director of the Essig Museum Entomology, UC Berkeley, and an international authority on moths. He died July 8 in Berkeley at age 90.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Avocado Sunblotch

July 12, 2023
By Ben A Faber
Unlike other plants, avocado (Persea americana Mill.), is not a host for very many viral diseases.
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Under the Solano Sun: Article

When Trying New Things in the Garden Works Out

July 12, 2023
For the past four years I've grown almost every kind of vegetable I thought I'd like to eat, multiple varieties of each. Somehow this rampant experimentation has not extended to flowers.
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The Bohart Museum of Entomology insect presentation fascinates these youngsters at the Vacaville Public Library. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Booking Insects at Vacaville Public Library: Bring 'em On!

July 11, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's so quiet at times that you can almost hear a bee buzz or a walking stick walk or a Madagascar hissing cockroach hiss. The audience, ranging from toddlers to teens to senior citizens, are inside the the Vacaville Public Library.
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La encargada del curso de Administradores de Clima de UC, Rose Brazil-Few, está creando un programa para la producción de composta en Chico. Fotografía cortesía de Rose Brazil-Few
Blog Verde: Article

El curso de administradores del clima: ‘es el trabajo más satisfactorio’

July 11, 2023
By Basilisa M Rawleigh
Instructor del curso para administradores del clima inspira cambios en el condado de Butte Habiendo crecido en el condado de Butte, Rose Brazil-Few ha sido testigo de la devastacin que el cambio climtico ha dejado en las comunidades y los ecosistemas a travs una severa sequa o mortferos incendios fo...
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Internationally recognized moth expert Jerry Powell sorting and identifying insects on Dec. 7, 2013 at the Bohart Museum of Entomology.
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Jerry Powell, 1933-2023

July 11, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Professor Jerry Alan Powell, an international authority on Lepidoptera and a longtime director of the Essig Museum of Entomology, UC Berkeley, died July 8 in Berkeley at age 90.
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