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The Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis is currently closed to the public due to COVID pandemic precautions, but a jubilant crew helped celebrate the Feb. 1st birthday of its director, Lynn Kimsey, a UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology who has administered the museum since 1990.

Watch for eight-legged encounters! The American Arachnological Society's 2022 meeting is scheduled June 26-30 on the University of California, Davis, campus.

Are you interested in cover cropping but want to talk to growers who have actually done it? Interested in learning about the benefits of cover cropping? The Western Cover Crop Council is holding a tour in the Sacramento Valley. The attached flier contains the agenda and registration details.

A team of scientists from University of California, Davis, have identified a new gene variant in wheat that can increase the amount of the grain produced, new research published in the journal PLOS Genetics finds.

UPDATE.....please note that TEHAMA WALNUT DAY has been re-scheduled to March 3, 2022 due to the COVID levels. We are still hoping for an in-person meeting and have moved it back a month in hopes the COVID levels will be better allowing us to hold our meeting as planned.

The 11th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, initially scheduled for Feb. 20 during Presidents' Day weekend, has been changed to Sunday, March 6, due to concerns about the Omicron COVID-19 surge. It will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the UC Davis Conference Center, 550 Alumni Lane.

This month's Master Gardener spotlight is on Julie Dillon, Master Gardener, Class of 2019. Julie has been with us for several years and has found a wide variety of ways to support our outreach to the community.

If you've ever visited a local fair, you might have seen rows of vases filled with beautiful, perfectly formed flowers with prize ribbons proudly attached and wondered who the people are that entered and won these contests.

Reposted from the UC Berkeley News In his years managing California woodlands, Rob York has come up with a few quick and easy ways to gage whether a forest is prepared for wildfire. The first question I like to ask is, Can you run through the forest?' York says.

An all-star lineup of tree pest experts from UC Cooperative Extension and other organizations will speak about Pests & Diseases of Southern California Trees at the Winter 2022 Street Tree Seminar. Offered online through Zoom, the seminar takes place Thursday, February 24 from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm.