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Black and brown cows graze on a green grass hillside under blue skies.
Green Blog: Article

Beef cattle grazing more help than harm for endangered plants and animals

May 19, 2021
By Sheila J Barry
Well-managed grazing can control non-native plants and maintain habitat and ecosystems to support a variety of species Research recently published in the journal Sustainability documents a role for livestock grazing to support the conservation of imperiled plant and animal species in California.
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Wildfires-Preparing the house
Nuestra Comunidad: Article

Mayo, el mes de la preparación contra los incendios forestales

May 19, 2021
By Basilisa M Rawleigh
English click here Conocemos el mes de mayo por el Da de la Madres (espero que no lo hayan olvidado!), sin embargo, despus de la extensa temporada de incendios del ao pasado, muchos californianos han llegado a identificar mayo como el mes de la preparacin contra los incendios forestales.
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UCCE Riverside County: Article

Our Gardens Are Growing Again!

May 19, 2021
By Chutima H Ganthavorn
The CalFresh Healthy Living Program at UC Cooperative Extension (CFHL, UCCE) in Riverside County has two garden projects with Riverside Faith Temple and the Community Settlement Association in Eastside Riverside.
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UC Davis professor Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, shows how flour and cereal should be stored. (Screen shot from her presentation on YouTube.)
Bug Squad: Article

The Beetles, a Growing Concern in Davis

May 18, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The beetles are coming! No, this is not a historical reference to that famed rock band from Liverpool. These are real beetles. The insects.
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Stanislaus County: Article

Volume 13, Issue 2, May 2021

May 18, 2021
CLICK HERE to view the May 2021 issue of the Golden State Dairy Newsletter!!! In this issue: Almond hull nutrition Passive immunity guidelines Manure vacuums Mycoplasma prevalence...
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Under the Solano Sun: Article

Dry Miku

May 18, 2021
No April Showers Drought looms on the Horizon Still plants will FLOWER...
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Don't forget to clean your roofs and gutters of any moss, vegetative debris, or leaf litter. Here the author wishes he did this in May rather than waiting until August with wildfire smoke looming in the background.
Nuestra Comunidad: Article

May is Wildfire Preparedness Month!

May 18, 2021
By Basilisa M Rawleigh
Spanish click here Many of us know May for flowers and Mother's Day (hope you didn't forget!), but after last year's widespread and long-lasting fire season, many Californians have come to recognize May as Wildfire Preparedness Month.
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Community ecologist Rachel Vannette's bagged blossoms of California fuchsia in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden led to her discovery of a new species of bacteria, Acinetobacter rathckeae, named for note botanist Beverly Rathcke. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

UC Davis Community Ecologist Rachel Vannette's New Findings on Flowers

May 18, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Community ecologist Rachel Vannette, assistant professor in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and eight colleagues have described three new species of bacteria from the genus Acinetobacter that are specialized to flowers, with Vannette isolating two of the new species from UC Davi...
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