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Please join us in congratulating UC California Naturalist Program Advisory Committee Member and course instructor Claudia P Diaz Carrasco for an award and recognition she received from Senator Mike Morrell for her work engaging underserved youth in environmental stewardship.

The California 4-H Computer Science Pathways team hosted a 5-day virtual code camp, July 27 to 31. Attendees included 50 youth and 30 volunteers (some from out-of-state and one from Canada!).

Enjoy this issue! Orchids Spring Bulbs Saving Seed Master Gardeners ZOOM 2021 Placer MG Calendar Wicked, Poisonous Plants Demo Garden News Great Trees: Oaks Master Gardeners Partnering Protecting Trees During Construction 2020 Nevada County MG Foothills Garden Guide Socially Distant Resources and mo...

Not only is the sun shining a bit brighter now that some of the haze has lifted in my area, but there are a number of good news items to share! Congratulations to Gabe, Maggie and the broader UC team for their recent $20M award to establish an institute that uses artificial intelligence in developin...

Some of the seeds from plants growing in your garden may be worth saving, but others are genetically incapable of producing satisfactory crops.

Working title: Fish and Wildlife Scientific Aid Job code: JC-194652 Position: 565-035-0835-905 Location: Yolo County, California Apply by: August 8, 2020 More information/to apply: Click HERE Job Description and Duties Under the supervision of the Environmental Program Manager for the Lands Program,...

Agapanthus (Agapanthus Africanus) are beautiful perennials that thrive in Solano County and over most of Northern California. They hold their flowers well above the strappy leaves on stalks sometimes 3 feet high.

Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) and affiliated researchers recently conducted research across the University of California (UC) to develop new survey questions to assess student homeless and housing insecurity.

The white garden snail (Theba pisana), sometimes known as the Italian white snail, can be a serious pest of landscape ornamentals, including trees, shrubs, groundcovers, and herbaceous plants (Figure 1).

Entomologists have a unique toolbox of gadgets designed to trap and collect otherwise hard to nab insects. Beating, sweeping, sucking, and carefully brushing, these scientists have no lack of creativity when it comes to collecting what most people can't even see.