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During Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May, UC ANR colleagues gathered via Zoom for virtual events to learn, share, support and celebrate. The presentations were recorded and will be posted under DEI on the Learning and Development recording archive page https://ucanr.

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Winter rains and cool weather wake up the lichens, mosses and algae growing in our gardens and yards ...

Another new year is upon us, and so we turn our thoughts to planning our summer garden ...

In his book Bringing Nature Home, entomologist Douglas Tallamy gives notice: It has become increasingly clear that much of our wildlife will not be able to survive unless food, shelter and nest sites can be found in suburban habitats.

Have you ever wondered how the ground somehow magically absorbs everything on its surface? Fallen leaves, dead bugs, animals and trees ...

Monitoring California red scale populations by using pheromone traps and degree days California red scale is an armored scale that attacks all citrus varieties.

Let's celebrate the much-wished-for winter rains we received so far and endure the cold with an extra jacket and some solid winter boots...

Upcoming activities include ...

We were recently bird watching on one of the sky islands in southern Arizona. It was pretty impressive, the diversity of birds and BRIGHT colors compared to those in the Ventura area. Arizona locals, though, were saying numbers were way down. Why? Less and fewer berries and insects to feed on.