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Environmental Horticulture News: Article

Congratulations to our Latest Master Gardener Graduates in the Class of 2020!

February 22, 2020
By Janet S Hartin
Congratulations to our 52 San Bernardino County University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Master Gardener graduates from all corners of the county! Please help Master Gardener Coordinator Maggie O'Neill, previously certified Master Gardeners and myself welcome these new volunteers who co...
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The Faculty Flash Talks, to place in 122 Briggs Hall at 4:10 p.m. on Feb. 26, will feature six scientists. This is an image from a UC Davis Picnic Day celebration. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Six Faculty Flash Talks at Department Seminar on Feb. 26

February 22, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's seminar on Wednesday, Feb. 26 will feature six Faculty Flash Talks. The seminar, set from 4:10 to 5 p.m. in 122 Briggs Hall, will include Joanna Chiu, Jason Bond, Geoffrey Attardo, Rachel Vannette, Julia Fine, and Arathi Seshadri.
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Leslie Saul-Gershenz of UC Davis will speak on "Is Insect Biodiversity, Biomass and Abundance Declining?” at the Hillside Club's Fireside Lecture Series, Berkeley, on March 2.
Bug Squad: Article

Scientists Focusing on Insect Biodiversity and Insect Decline

February 21, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you're looking for a thought-provoking discussion on insect biodiversity and decline, mark your calendars. Chemical ecologist and conservation biologist Leslie Saul-Gershenz of UC Davis and Norman Gershenz, conservation biologist and CEO of SaveNature.
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Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

Considerations of Garden Design.

February 21, 2020
By Denise Seghesio Levine, UC Master Gardener of Napa County First, a disclaimer. While there are many wonderful landscape and garden designers who are Master Gardeners, I am not one of them. Garden design is still pretty experimental for me even after all these years.
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BBQ Acorns
UC Environmental Stewards Blog: Article

Small Actions Add Up To Big Impacts

February 21, 2020
By Eliot T Freutel
If you follow CalNat on social media, this picture taken by Shane Feirer (a colleague at UCANR Hopland Research and Education Center) might look familiar to you. Shane went out to his yard one evening to cook dinner for his family on the BBQ. When he opened it up, he found it was FULL of acorns.
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