Ongoing research

Lindcove Research & Extension Center (LREC), located in the foothills of Tulare County, has land, labor and facilities available for 2021-22 research projects. The Research Advisory Committee reviews proposals and projects are evaluated based on scientific merit and regional need.

Kudos to the Ventura County Fire Department, Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency, National Park Service, US Forest Service, and California State Parks for addressing this very important gap in fire preparedness information. I remember on my first solo backpacking trip near Mt.

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Hello- Please see the attached "Spring 2021 San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara & Monterey Counties Newsletter No.

By Brittney Goodrich, Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis If you own or manage a commercial avocado orchard, you have likely debated at one point or another whether to seek out honey bee colonies to pollinate your orchard,...

Planting a vegetable garden can be a healthy and delicious way to provide yourself and your family with produce.

Humans have been stripping mother earth of her verdant, life supporting cloak for a long time, but the damage has shot up to a critical stage during recent years. To extend the metaphor further, earth has been stripped so bare that ecological systems are out of balance.

By Penny Pawl, UC Master Gardener of Napa County In the first old house my husband and I lived in in downtown Napa, we had the second floor and access to the attic. When we moved in, we had no idea there were bats in the attic.

Chemical engineer Javier Ceja-Navarro, a research scientist with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Biological Systems and Engineering, will present the next UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology virtual seminar on "The Complex Microbial Life and Interactions in Lilliputian Lands...

Join UC Cooperative Extension for a FREE online workshop Tuesday, May 25, 2021 6:00 7:30 PM Topics Include: Poisonous Plants Yellow Starthistle Control Herbicide Resistant Weeds Weed ID and Management 101 Bonus Weed ID Session! Submit a picture of a weed and learn the name during the workshop! Clic...