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National 4-H Council today (Sept. 29, 2023) announced that Michaela Auyeung of Los Gatos, is a runner-up for the 2024 4-H Youth in Action Award. Auyeung is recognized nationally for her commitment to providing STEM access and improving mental and physical well-being for girls in her community.

Visitors at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house learned about such "household vampires" as mosquitoes, fleas, lice, ticks and bedbugs, and many also participated in the family arts-and-crafts activities.

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Minimizing suspended sediments in irrigation runoff is desirable for several reasons. For growers reusing tailwater for watering their crops, they must assure that the water has minimal food safety risks by testing it for generic E coli and/or treating it with chlorine.

I am pleased to announce the selection of Lynn Schmitt-McQuitty as Director of County Cooperative Extension effective Oct. 1.

Medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, associate professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and chair of the Designated Emphasis in the Biology of Vector-Borne Diseases (DEBVBD), will speak on tsetse flies at the next department seminar, set for 4:10 p.m., Monday, Oct.

UC President Michael Drake recently approved six new members for the UC President's Advisory Commission on Agriculture and Natural Resources. These new members will help represent some missing geography and interest groups' perspectives, said Vice President Glenda Humiston.

Hello, our UC Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners hope to see you this coming Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.

Editor's note: This new monthly feature provides an opportunity to recognize UC ANR colleagues and teams. Send your shout-outs to contentpipeline@ucanr.edu.

If you haven't done it yet, it's that time of year to be doing leaf analysis for citrus and avocados. Analysis prevents deficiency symptoms from appearing and maintains good yields, all else being well done.