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Judi Eppele and Christian Black have been selected to participate in the 2024-2025 UC Bonnie Reiss Climate Action Fellowship Program, focusing on sustainable agriculture and food for UC ANR.

In mid-October, the University of California Nursery and Floriculture Alliance (UCNFA) hosted their annual California Nursery Conference in Watsonville, an opportunity to share research, discuss challenges impacting nurseries and greenhouses, and network with industry leaders.

Forget the bats, spiders, and black cats. If you want to learn about some truly spooky creatures this Halloween, keep reading! Many people are familiar with insect predators, like lady beetles/ladybugs, that eat other insects.

Halloween is coming! Front yards are sprouting displays of scary witches, ghosts, bats, headstones, and spiders! Spiders usually prefer to hide, however, we often become aware of their presence due to their webs. Spiders who make webs generally do so to catch prey.

Late in 2023, a potentially devastating beetle was detected in the San Francisco Bay Area for the first time. But land managers, arborists and agency staff have one big advantage as they devise plans to control the invasive shothole borers (ISHB).

It's been several months since I've seen a Western yellowjacket, Vespula pensylvanica. But there it was, dead. It had drowned in an outdoor water bowl. Easy pickings, you say? Easy photography! It's a beautiful insect with its black and yellow coloration.

Our neighboring tree is a wonderful old Oak that majestically towers over our homes, seeming to watch over us and keep us immersed in delightful nature.

What a difference a year makes! Introducing our expanded and talented team of nine (soon to be ten) statewide personnel was incredibly fulfilling at our 2024 Annual Coordinator meeting.

Staff Assembly Council is calling all ANR staff to participate in a questionnaire created and supported by the Council of UC Staff Assemblies (CUCSA) and Staff Engagement Workgroup to understand the impact of new policies and procedures on your daily work.

To support the health and well-being of our colleagues and community, an updated revision of the University of California Vaccine Program Policy was issued recommending that all members of the UC community follow vaccine recommendations adopted by the U.S.