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Elkus Ranch Small-Group & Family Tours

Small groups and families are invited to venture out to a new learning environment at UC Elkus Ranch in Half Moon Bay. UC Elkus Ranch is an environmental education center, providing unique hands-on learning experiences for Bay Area visitors.
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Human-Wildlife Interactions

Are you taking steps to protect your pets and livestock from coyotes and mountain lions? Are you concerned about the coyotes you see in your neighborhood? Are you wondering how to keep rats and gophers out of your garden?
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CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE

To inspire and empower under-served Californians to improve their health by promoting awareness, education, and community change through diverse partnerships, resulting in healthy eating and active living. For more information about our state-wide program, please click here.
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UCCE Health & Safety Resources

Created by UC Food Science and Technology Cooperative Extension faculty, the following link offers a list of resources for emergency food handling and safety during floods and power outages. https://news.bftv.ucdavis.
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Sept. 2021

Mistletoes are arboreal parasites of woody plants sounds scary, doesnt it? It is true that mistletoes damage trees (to a greater or lesser extent), but they also provide food for birds and even are considered attractive by some people. In our new publication (http://ipm.ucanr.
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Summertime Fun at the Ranch

We enjoyed a wonderful summer at Elkus Ranch, despite the mask wearing and other COVID-19 limitations. It was joy to resume some activity after last year's cancellations and quietude. Seven, week-long sessions of Summer Camp were enjoyed by all, campers and staff alike.
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Master Gardener's GEC Evolves

MG GEC Mulching our Garden Beds The Gardening Education Center, (GEC) has come a long way since its ribbon cutting on May 2, 2018. Pictured above are MGs spreading compost and seeding cover crops from plywood walkways protecting the planting area.
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4-H Scholarship Recipients for 2021

2021 Scholarship I Winners Our San Mateo County 4-H Club Council Scholarship I awarded a total of $10,900 to our graduating high school seniors. The awards are based on letters of recommendation, 4-H experience, leadership, and an interview.
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Dec. 2021

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CalFresh Healthy Living

CFHL's Elaine Silver helps prepare the raised planter boxes Partnering with General Pershing Preschool in Daly City, the CalFresh Healthy Living Program in San Mateo County offered hands-on gardening lessons and support for General Pershings on-site garden this October.
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