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Thrips/TSWV Western San Joaquin Co.: Article

2025 Second Report

April 21, 2025
By Neil McRoberts
General background We are a little slow getting off the mark with our updates this year.  The UC ANR web platform was changed in the last month and we're having some issues migrating the old website and blogs over to the new platform.  In the meantime we're using this web hosting platform…
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Brown mouse with a white underside.
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Hantavirus: What to Know

April 21, 2025
By Niamh M Quinn, Roger A Baldwin
Hantavirus has been in the news a lot lately. Betsy Arakawa, wife of the late actor Gene Hackman, recently passed away in New Mexico due to the disease and California has already seen 3 hantavirus-related deaths this year. In this article we share information to help you understand hantavirus and what you…
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UC Master Gardeners of Merced County: Event

Workshop: Outdoor Container Gardening- rescheduled to 5/17/25

May 17, 2025

Designing and Caring for Outdoor Container Gardens workshop is now this Sat, May 17. Join Cathy Fossum, our local Merced County Master Gardener houseplant and container gardening expert as she covers: Designing and planting a multi-year outdoor container gardenSelecting container plants that do…
UC Master Gardeners of Merced County
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UC Marin Master Gardeners: Article

The caterpillars in my garden

April 21, 2025
By Bonnie A Nielsen
 As Eric Carle once wrote, there was a “very hungry caterpillar.” It hatched from an egg and began its search for food. After about two weeks, it became a big, fat caterpillar—two thousand times its original size! Then, it built a small cocoon, stayed inside for another two weeks, and eventually emerged…
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Gray wolf from the Lassen pack among a herd of cattle in July of 2022
Food Blog: Article

Study calculates cost to ranchers of an expanding wolf population

April 21, 2025
By Emily C. Dooley
Tina Saitone, a University of California, Davis, professor and Cooperative Extension specialist in livestock and rangeland economics, sought to quantify the direct and indirect costs after the California Department of Fish and Wildlife launched a pilot program to compensate ranchers for wolf-related losses.
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Thriving Forward: Article

Digging into Youth Development

April 21, 2025
By Matthew R Rodriguez
Healthy Soil > Healthy Plants Spring is the season where gardeners start prepping, planting, and pampering their gardens. As a gardener newbie myself, I am learning how to grow peas, long day onions, garlic, and other plants. To help me learn, I have several trusted colleagues that I can consult,…
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UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties: Event

Laurel Street Container Garden Tour

Apr 30, 2025

Join the UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties for a free educational walking tour of the 25 round plant containers along Laurel Street. Learn how they selected the wide variety of beautiful plants you’ll see, and how to plant and care for them.The tour begins in front of Wells Fargo…
UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties
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Sheep To Shawl 2025
Elkus Ranch Environmental Education Center: Event

Sheep To Shawl 2025

Jun 7, 2025

Watch our sheep being sheared, see spinning demonstrations, dye some wool, visit our friendly livestock and gardens. Enjoy a snack for lunch in our picnic area.
Elkus Ranch Environmental Education Center
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John Pehrson, standing behind a walker, smiles under the John E. Pehrson Hall sign on the building named in his honor.
ANR Employee News: Article

In memoriam: John E. Pehrson

April 21, 2025
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
 John E. Pehrson, UC Cooperative Extension citrus specialist emeritus, died on Jan. 30 in La Verne. He was 97. Pehrson joined UCCE as a farm advisor in 1953 for Orange County, moved to UCCE in Tulare County as a citrus advisor in 1966, then became a …
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