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HOrT COCO-UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa: Article

When to Remove Garden Monterey Pines

September 30, 2019
Advice from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program for Contra Costa County When to Remove Garden Monterey Pines Client's Request:I live in El Sobrante near the San Pablo Reservoir. On August 8th PG&E had a tree crew come to prune trees away from the power lines.
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ANR Adventures: Article

Design Thinking

September 29, 2019
By Wendy Powers
I didn't get as much done las week as I had hoped. I had planned to find some time during the conference to sneak away and check some items off my 'to-do list.' I couldn't find a session I could or wanted to miss.
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Two monarchs arrived today at a pollinator garden in Vacaville to sip nectar from a patch of Mexican sunflowers (Tithonia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A Monarch Kind of Day

September 27, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Today was a Monarch Kind of Day...in Vacaville. When Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology, searched for butterfly species today at one of his field sites--Gates Canyon in Vacaville--he spotted not one, but two monarchs.
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Funding from the Newhall Foundation will subsidize enrollment fees and help UCCE Fresno County launch a Teen Teaching Academy with entrepreneurial high school students from Valley STEM.
ANR Employee News: Article

Three counties win Newhall Family Foundation match

September 27, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Last year, Mary Ciricillo, California 4-H Foundation director, secured a $73,000 gift from the Newhall Family Foundation for 4-H Diversity initiatives, including $36,500 for Santa Barbara, Merced and Fresno counties.
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Cooperative Extension San Joaquin County: Article

2019 Corn and Small Grains Field Meeting

September 27, 2019
UC Cooperative Extension will host the annual corn field meeting on Tuesday, October 15th, from 10:00-11:30am, on Tyler Island in Sacramento County.
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Congressman Carbajal and Andrea Keisler discuss UC Master Food Preserver home food preservation lessons for CalFresh participants in San Luis Obispo County.
ANR Employee News: Article

Congressman Carbajal tours UCCE projects in SLO and Santa Barbara

September 27, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
The UCCE team in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties met with Congressman Salud Carbajal and his team twice in the past few weeks. On Aug. 20, Jeremy Tittle, the congressman's chief of staff, and Erin Sandler, the congressman's scheduler, visited.
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