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UCCE in the County of San Luis Obispo: Article

California Forest Stewardship Workshop: San Luis Obispo County

August 7, 2024
Register now for a California Forest Stewardship Workshop: San Luis Obispo County Online beginning August 27thOctober 22nd 2024 and in-person Saturday, September 21st in San Luis Obispo County Join the workshop to understand and protect your forests by developing a Forest Management Plan.
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UCCE in the County of San Luis Obispo: Article

State Certified Prescribed Burn Boss Refresher Course

August 7, 2024
PROMETHEUS FIRE CONSULTING LLC Offered in Association with SOUTH BAY REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING CONSORTIUM Present: STATE-CERTIFIED PRESCRIBED FIRE BURN BOSS REFRESHER COURSE DATE: 09/16/2024 TIME: 0900 - 1300 LOCATION: Students will access the course virtually through Google Meet.
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Pest tips for August

August Pest Tips

August 7, 2024
By Lauren Fordyce
Summer is in full swing and while it's been quite hot in many parts of California, it's been very cool in others.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Non-chemical Weed Control

August 7, 2024
By Ben A Faber
This is a website designed for wildlands weed control, but the practices fit right into those of orchard crop grower, as well This decision support tool provides land managers with guidance on a range of methods for managing invasive plants in wildlands using non-chemical approaches exclusively, for...
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Kern County: Article

Kern UCCE/DWR Weekly Crop Water Use Report 08-05-2024

August 6, 2024
Please see below link to access "How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use (ET) Reports to Assist Farm Water Management" How to Use Weekly Crop Water Use Report Please see below link to access "Weekly ET Report 08-05-2024" ET Report 08-05-2024 Please see disclaimer link below: University of California Divisi...
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Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator for the Bohart Museum of Entomology, holds a drawer of California dogface butterfly specimens. The butterfly is California's state insect. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Can You Name California's State Insect?

August 6, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Can you name California's state insect? Did you know that California has a state insect? It does. Is it the honey bee? No. Is it the lady beetle (ladybug)? No. Bumble bee? No. It's the California dogface butterfly (Zerene eurydice), an insect found only in California.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

CA Avocado Acreage Expands

August 6, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Each year the California Avocado Commission partners with Land IQ to produce a Statewide Avocado Acreage and Condition Analysis report utilizing digital satellite imagery, aerial photography and analytical tools to survey California avocado groves.
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Svastra obliqua, "the sunflower bee," foraging on a blanketflower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Svastra: the Sunflower Bee

August 5, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's nicknamed "the sunflower bee" for good reason. It forages on sunflowers. We recently spotted a longhorned bee, Svastra obliqua, also called "the sunflower bee," on Gaillardia, aka blanket flower, a member of the sunflower family, Asteracease.
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