Ongoing research

The UC ANR Fire Network invites UC ANR colleagues to a “Cooperative Extension Fire Peer-Learning Exchange” in Wawona, (within Yosemite National Park), April 15-17.

How can farmers and ranchers continue to grow our food while facing challenges of a changing climate, increasingly scarce water, land use pressures and rising costs? UC and UC ANR scientists are using surveys and interviews with people in the state's agricultural sector to learn what folks need to stay…

Incorporating hedgerows in rice could provide growers with an alternative method for managing field margins without relying on pesticide applications to control the pests along the edges of rice fields.

 Steven V. Swain, UC Cooperative Extension environmental horticulture advisor for Marin and Sonoma counties, died unexpectedly in San Francisco on Feb. 8. He was 58. He earned a bachelor's degree in biology from UC Santa Cruz in 1989 and got his start in commercial arboriculture working with Lewis…

 William "Bill" Weitkamp, Jr., UC Cooperative Extension livestock and natural resources advisor emeritus, passed away in Arroyo Grande on Dec. 18, 2024. He was 85.Weitkamp, who served with UCCE for 35 years, was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon, in the hospital closest to his hometown of Tulelake, where he…