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Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

Short Term Drought: What are Your Plans for the Next 3 Months?

November 13, 2019
By Daniel K Macon
Last Saturday evening, the Tahoe Cattlemen's Association held it's annual membership dinner. Ranchers from Placer and Nevada Counties sat down to a wonderful tri-tip dinner prepared by the Del Oro High School FFA chapter.
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Noted honey bee geneticist checking out a bee swarm at the University of Arizona, Tempe.
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Robert Page Jr. to Deliver BrainFood Seminar Nov. 14 at Alumni Center

November 13, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Internationally recognized honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr., recipient of the 2019 UC Davis Distinguished Emeritus Award, will present a BrainFood Seminar at 11:30 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 14 in the Walter A. Buehler Alumni Center on The Social Contract: How Complex Social Behavior Evolves.
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Brown Marmorated Stink Bug. (photo credit: Hectonichus via Wikipedia)
The Backyard Gardener: Article

Stink Bug Update

November 13, 2019
By Dustin W Blakey
Brown marmorated stink bugs found in Inyo and Mono counties.
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Daddy-Long-Legs spider legs
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Rethinking Spider Legs

November 13, 2019
Spiders. Whether dangling or leaping, scurrying or creeping, spiders usually make me flinch indoors and out. I don't know why, since I was raised in the country where spider webs stretched across rows of orange trees and rose arbors.
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ANR Adventures: Article

Tomorrow will be a better day yet!

November 12, 2019
By Wendy Powers
The meeting over the long weekend in San Diego is rarely my favorite meeting, but I managed to leave with some reading. I need to become more of a reader if I am to keep up with it. A manuscript I hope to read talks about the changing role of higher education dealing with wicked problems.
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UC Davis doctoral candidate Brendon Boudinot edited a special collection of articles published Nov. 12 in the journal, Insect Systematics and Diversity. (Photo by Jill Oberski)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Brendon Boudinot Edits Special Collection, 'Current Techniques in Morphology'

November 12, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Doctoral candidate Brendon Boudinot of the Phil Ward lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, edited a special collection of articles published today (Nov. 12) on Current Techniques in Morphology for the Entomological Society of America journal, Insect Systematics and Diversity (ISD).
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Fresno County 4-H: Article

November 2019 Guidelines

November 12, 2019
In This Edition: Fresno County 4-H Leaders Council & Committee Meetings, Pg. 2 Handbook for New Families, Pg. 2 Tractor Supply Paper Clove *Update*, Pg. 2 CCLS (Community Club Leaders)-Need to Know, Pg. 2 Shooting Sports News Training Days, Pg.
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