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Check out the registration and agenda information for these upcoming meetings: Livestock Symposium February 27 (Catheys Valley and Visalia) and February 28 (Bakersfield), 2019 Prescribed Fire Workshop May 17 and 18 (Blodgett Forest Research Station, Georgetown), 2019...

Identification. Collaboration. Camaraderie. The scientists and butterfly/moth enthusiasts who gathered Saturday, Feb.

Sometime back between the Napa-Sonoma fire and the recent fire which destroyed the town of Paradise in Butte County, I had an opportunity to attend a seminar, presented both by Fire Safe Sonoma and the Master Gardeners of Sonoma County, on protecting our homes against wildfires.

Nominations are being accepted now for the annual UC ANR Staff Appreciation and Recognition (STAR) Awards. The deadline for submission is April 5, 2019. The STAR program is your opportunity to celebrate and reward the great contributions of ANR's people.

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Please read the following information carefully. Deadline: February 20, 2019 The new single sign on login system will be enforced for all UC ANR employees beginning February 20, 2019. If you haven't reset your password, please do so as soon as possible.

February 17, 2019 About fifteen members of the CIG (Conservation Innovation Grant) Project on organic reduced disturbance farming systems took part in a very stimulating three-day workshop on cover cropping that was sponsored by Paicines Ranch February 7th to 9th.

In a growing number of communities, food policy councils (also called food system alliances) have emerged to address gaps in local policies that focus on food. Most communities have transportation, housing or land use policies, but food policies are frequently missing.

San Joaquin County UC Cooperative Extension in Stockton maintains pesticide-free roses as one of two trial sites in California for the American Rose Trials for Sustainability, reported Angelina Dequina in the Daily Titan. The other California location is at California State University, Fullerton.

Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) is an annual grass that can sometimes behave as a biennial or short-lived perennial in California. The species is upright in habit (to about 3 feet in height); seeds germinate in the late fall and the plants grow vigorously through the winter and early spring.