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Ventura County 4-H: Article

California 4-H Mindfulness Retreat

June 19, 2020
The California 4-H Mindfulness Retreat by Claire B., Santa Rosa Valley 4-H The California 4-H offers a Mindfulness Retreat each year in Cambria at Camp Ocean Pines. The goal of the retreat for members to develop their health and learn strategies to practice mindfulness.
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The IT team helped ANR employees get equipment needed to work remotely when the coronavirus pandemic made it inadvisable to work in ANR offices.
ANR Employee News: Article

STAR award winners celebrated

June 19, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
The 2019-2020 winners of UC ANR's Staff Appreciation and Recognition (STAR) Awards were recognized and celebrated on June 18. The awards reward outstanding individual and team performances by staff. Individual Awards Zeva Cho, 4-H Youth Development Program, CE San Mateo/San Francisco.
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UC ANR is dedicated to confronting racism and working to help create an open and equitable society
Healthy Communities Blog: Article

Diversity • Equity • Inclusion

June 19, 2020
By Glenda L Humiston
UC ANR and the entire UC community are dedicated to helping create the open and equitable society to which we are all entitled.
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Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

Learning from Experience

June 19, 2020
By Daniel K Macon
I've been fortunate to have the opportunity to get a fair bit of formal education - from my undergraduate days at UC Davis studying agricultural economics to the online coursework I took while obtaining my master's degree at Colorado State University.
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EPA Temperature Chart 2016
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Hot and Bothered

June 19, 2020
Temperatures have been increasing on planet earth since the 19th century. According to NASA, (https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/decadaltemp.php) the average global temperature has increased by 2F since 1880, with two-thirds of that warming occurring since 1975.
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Verbena Fields poppies and bioswale, Laura Lukes
The Real Dirt: Article

Discovering Verbena Fields in Chico

June 19, 2020
If you seek a peaceful place to explore nature and local history on foot or by bicycle, it may be time to explore Verbena Fields. This 20-acre site was historically a floodplain for Lindo Channel and later became used as a gravel mine for road construction.
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Ants head for food on the UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Of Ants, Hummingbird Feeders and Feelings

June 18, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
How do you keep ants off your hummingbird feeders? That was a question a Bug Squad reader asked: "I was wondering if you had any tips on how to keep ants off and out of the hummingbird feeder? I've put Vaseline on the line it hangs from, and that helped for a long time.
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