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Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

California Invasive Species Action Week 2023!

June 1, 2023
By Lauren Fordyce
The 10th annual California Invasive Species Action Week (CISAW) will kick off Saturday June 3rd and runs to Sunday June 11th. This week is designed to raise awareness and encourage public participation in the ongoing fight against invasive species.
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ANR Employee News: Article

Proposals for rice chair due July 8

June 1, 2023
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
UC Cooperative Extension specialist and advisors working on California-grown rice research are invited to apply for the UCCE Presidential Chair for California Grown Rice. The deadline to apply is July 8. I.
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The western spice bush's fragrant maroon red flowers are reminiscent of lotus flowers, magnolia blossoms or water lilies.
Fresno Gardening Green: Article

June plant of the month: Western spice bush

June 1, 2023
Calycanthus occidentalis, or western spice bush, is a large deciduous shrub native to lower elevations of the Coast Range, Sierra Nevada and southern Cascades. Reaching 10- to 12-feet tall and wide, it makes an excellent specimen plant or can be limbed up into a small multitrunked tree.
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master gardeners explaining tree attributes to a person who will be planting the tree at home.
Environmental Horticulture News: Article

Trees for Tomorrow Update: Trees Cool 1,900 Urban Heat Islands (updated 10/2024)

June 1, 2023
By Janet S Hartin
A major focus of the UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Master Gardener program in San Bernardino, Riverside and - more recently, Los Angeles County - is to implement the Trees for Tomorrow Start Today project in partnership with over 30 other community-based partners and agencies including the South C...
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UC Davis first-year entomology student Kat Taylor (in ant headgear) staffed the arts-and-crafts table at the Bohart Museum open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Colony of Red Ants Roams the Bohart Museum of Entomology

May 31, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A colony of red ants recently roamed the Bohart Museum of Entomology. They really weren't red ants, but children wearing ant headgear, created during the family arts-and-crafts activity at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house on ants.
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