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A "Natural History Note" From UC California Naturalist's new lead scientist, Dr. Cameron Barrows. The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.

You never know about those photo-bombers. You can't trust 'em. So here I was, trying to photograph a tiny egg that a monarch butterfly had just deposited on our milkweed. I held it up for a better look.

Since late Spring, there seem to a lot more coyotes around this year than in past years. Besides hearing packs of them howling at night, every week or so I see one or two coyotes strolling across the field by my house, a couple of times when I've been out working in the yard.

October 2020 Beef Production and Targeted Grazing Webinars Now Available on YouTube! Thank you to everyone who was able to join in one or more of our Beef Cattle and Targeted Grazing webinars during the month of October! We had great discussions on everything from managing parasites in cattle to bid...

UC Cooperative Extension is excited to announce the release of the Ranch Water Quality Plan Instructor's Guide, now available through the UC Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications Catalogue and on the UC Rangelands Website, including the associated instructional and educational videos curate...

We're glad to see the importance of museum collections mentioned in the newly published UC Davis research analyzing modern-day and museum collections of monarch butterflies over a 200-year period.

The University of California Office of the President invites comments on a proposed Presidential Policy Business and Finance Bulletin IS-12 IT Recovery. The rewritten policy addresses the following key issues: Updated to reflect modern technology (i.e.

A new video outlining best practices in monitoring and sampling for invasive shothole borers (ISHB) is now available on the University of California Integrated Pest Management YouTube channel. View it at https://youtu.

Young citrus and avocados trees will need to have their trunks wrapped to protect from frost. Prune dense trees for the passage of Santa Ana Winds. Plant, pre-chill or force certain bulbs. Start thinking about strawberries, too. And of course, plant those California Natives and wildflowers.

If you missed any of the October webinars, or if you would simply like to go back and review what you learned, Ive loaded the videos of each session onto my YouTube channel! You can simply click the links attached to watch the webinars!...