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Happy Holidays and New Year in advance! Enjoy our new issue of the Curious Gardener! Gardening in Placer County: A Different Kind of Gold ................ 1 Important Invasive Species Updates from UC IPM....................... 3 Nevada County Demonstration Garden News ....... 4 BotLat: Winter Food .

Dr. Roger Baldwin, Cooperative Extension Specialist in Human-Wildlife Conflict Resolution in the Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology at UC Davis, discussed the management of voles, rats, and mice in agricultural fields with a particular emphasis on an IPM approach.

For 47 years the Butte Environmental Council (BEC) has been instrumental in initiating, supporting, and teaching sound environmental practices in our area.

This is a success story about a former animal biology student, two professors, her practicum and its publication in a prestigious journal.

Smile! You're on the ESA Camera! The Entomological Society of America (ESA) has shared images taken at its joint meeting with the Entomological Society of Canada and the Entomological Society of British Columbia, held Nov. 13-16 in Vancouver, B.C.

In this issue: Jax Patterson describes the Reemergence of Palm Desert Charter Middle School Garden project; Rita Kraus celebrates smashing pumpkins at the Desert Compost Project; All County Recognition Event January 21, 2023; Michelle Felix-Derbarmdiker chronicles the RCRCD Greenbelt Monarch Habitat...

The UC Master Gardeners of Santa Barbara County invite you to join us for a free, online Garden Talk on Monday, December 5th from 7:00-8:00PM. UC Master Gardener Pam Lombardo will share a research-based presentation, Growing Healthy Rose. Join us on Zoom for an informative evening.

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With Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV) on the rise, and Covid-19 and the flu remaining constant worries, disinfectant products are more and more likely to be used in the home, office, school, restaurant, and other public areas.

Due to severe water shortages, rice acres planted in California plummeted by 37% from 2021 to 2022, according to numbers released recently by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service.