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The River Fire started to move downhill toward the Hopland REC headquarters on July 27. Photo by Hannah Bird
ANR Employee News: Article

Wildfire impacts ANR community

August 2, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Dear Colleagues, There are 19 wildfires threatening communities all over the state and causing concern for our friends and colleagues. We've been in touch with our colleagues in the fire zones and everyone is safe and, as far as we know, no ANR members have lost homes.
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Kings County UC Cooperative Extension: Article

August 2018

August 2, 2018
Please Add the 2019 Kings Fair dates to your calendar .... The 2019 Kings Fair is scheduled for May 30-June 2, 2019.
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Stanislaus County: Article

Summer Newsletter 2018

August 2, 2018
Scholarships Water Diversion Short Course Confined Bovine Feeding Operations Ranchette Livestock/Poultry Owner Animal Health Meeting Pink Eye...
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UCCE Advisor Rachael Long demonstrates using a sweep net to monitor for alfalfa weevils.
Intermountain REC News: Article

Intermountain REC brings state-of-the-art conferencing to Tulelake

August 2, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Intermountain Research and Extension Center (IREC) celebrated the grand opening of a multipurpose conference and laboratory building on July 26. The facility will be available for use by private and public groups for business meetings, job fairs, trainings and conferences.
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Noticias: Article

¡Bienvenidos a 4-H California Focus!

August 2, 2018
By Miguel Sanchez
Un abuelo y su nieto llegaron juntos a Sacramento para participar en la conferencia Cal Focus que se llev a cabo, recientemente, en donde un grupo de 80 adolescentes del club 4-H aprendieron sobre la historia de California, cmo funcionan el gobierno y cmo crear leyes que beneficien a sus comunidades...
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From left, Mark Lagrimini, vice provost of research and extension, and AVP Wendy Powers joined IREC director Rob Wilson for the ribbon cutting of IREC's new multipurpose conference and lab building.
ANR Employee News: Article

Intermountain REC brings state-of-the-art conferencing to Tulelake

August 1, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Intermountain Research and Extension Center (IREC) celebrated the grand opening of a multipurpose conference and laboratory building on July 26. The facility will be available for use by private and public groups for business meetings, job fairs, trainings and conferences.
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ANR Adventures: Article

Thinking differently

August 1, 2018
By Wendy Powers
I left the ASABE meeting today to head back west. I decided to test my luck along the way by assuming I could jump on an earlier flight back to SMF in time to make a Southwest connection to SoCal. No such luck.
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Most Californians don't have a desert landscape designed to withstand the limited water and high temps like the desert garden display at the UC Santa Cruz botanical garden. (Credit: Lauren Snowden)
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Hot Weather Tips for the Summer Garden

August 1, 2018
By Melissa G Womack
This week much of California is under a heat advisory or excessive heat warning, with high temperatures estimated to range from 90 to 108 degrees. Many home gardeners are wondering how they can help their plants, trees, or shrubs survive the intense summer heat.
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A tattered, torn and tired monarch nectars on a salvia in the Kate Frey Pollinator Garden at Sonoma Cornerstone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A Tattered, Torn and Tired Monarch

August 1, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
First monarch butterfly sighting of the year. A tattered and torn monarch--a male (as identified by Art Shapiro, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology at UC Davis) fluttered into the Kate Frey Pollinator Garden at Sonoma Cornerstone last Sunday and landed on a salvia.
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