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Blog - Forest Research and Outreach : Article

CNR forestry expert testifies before congress

January 29, 2020
By Susan D Kocher
Reposted from UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources news A Berkeley researcher in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management travelled to Washington, D.C., to testify on Tuesday before the U.S.
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

Nutrition Policy Institute receives grant to study Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income California families

January 29, 2020
By Danielle Lee
Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) Senior Researcher and Policy Advisor Wendi Gosliner, in collaboration with Professor Lia Fernald at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, received a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Equity-Focused Policy Research grant to understand the reaso...
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Salinas Valley Agriculture: Article

2020 California Plant and Soil Conference Feb 4-5

January 29, 2020
By Michael D Cahn
The California Plant and Soil Conference will be held in Fresno CA at the DoubleTree Hotel and Convention Center on February 4-5, 2020. This is a very comprehensive conference with talks from speakers invited from industry, government agencies, and universities.
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Woman with clipboard standing in front of a row of plants at a local nursery.
Coordinator News: Article

PlantRight: Help Stop Invasive Garden Plants!

January 29, 2020
By Melissa G Womack
Join PlantRight this spring for its 9th Annual Spring Nursery Survey. UC Master Gardener county programs can offer volunteer and continuing education hours to UC Master Gardener volunteers who visit local nurseries to help PlantRight track the availability of invasive plants in California.
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Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

52 Weeks of Livestock Guardian Dogs: A New Social Media Project

January 29, 2020
By Daniel K Macon
Several years ago, I started a social media project I called Sheep 365. Every day for a full year, I posted a photo of something we were doing in our sheep operation. At first, I thought it would simply be a fun way to share my shepherding year with friends and family.
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A trapdoor spider, Aptostichus sp., one of the species that Jason Bond studies. (Photo by Jason Bond)

Searching the California Floristic Province for Trapdoor Spiders

January 28, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A UC Davis scientist has just received a federal grant to study trapdoor spiders in California, with opportunities for undergraduate students to participate in the research. Citizen scientists also can be involved through public sightings and suggestions for naming a newly discovered species.
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ANR News Blog: Article

ANR in the news Jan. 1-15, 2020

January 28, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Five of the past six years have been the warmest in Bakersfield's recorded history (Bakersfield Californian) Steven Mayer, Jan. 15 Daniel Sumner, an ag economist at UC Davis, said researchers across the state are busy studying the changing patterns of California's Mediterranean climate.
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