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Under the Solano Sun: Article

Trip Report

July 30, 2019
This year has been the year that we decided to see more of our country. At the beginning of June, we took a very long road trip to South Dakota in order to see Mt. Rushmore and the surrounding wonderful national monuments. It was a very memorable trip for two reasons.
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ANR Contracts & Grants Updates: Article

EPA Border 2020 Program Region 9 Request for Proposals 2019

July 30, 2019
By Kathleen P Nolan
Dear Colleagues, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in coordination with the North American Development Bank (NADB), is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals (RFP) for projects in the Arizona/Sonora and California/Baja California border region: Border 2020.
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ANR Contracts & Grants Updates: Article

NSF and USDA Supporting Research at the Intersection of Agricultural Science, Big Data, Informatics, and Smart Communities

July 30, 2019
By Kathleen P Nolan
Dear Colleagues: Building on NSF's history of investments in data and computational sciences and USDA/NIFA's history of investments in agricultural science, NSF and USDA/NIFA wish to notify the community of our intention to jointly fund convergent research that combines methods in agricultural, biol...
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CPUC Fire-Threat Map final
ANR Employee News: Article

Top 3 things to know about public safety power shutoff

July 30, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
To reduce the likelihood or severity of fire incidents during extreme weather or potential wildfire conditions, California has approved the Public Safety Power Shutoff Program allowing utility companies to turn off power as a preventive measure.
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Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties: Article

UCD Field Inspection of Advanced Prune Selections PLUS Yolo-Solano Research Tour

July 30, 2019
Date: July 31, 2019 Place: Wolfskill Experimental Orchards, 4334 Putah Creek, Winters, CA 95694 Tentative Agenda: 9:00-11:00 Prune Breeding Program, Sarah Castro 11::00-11:15 Trichoderma Research Update, Bob Johnson 11:30-12:00 Wolfskill Rootstock Research Update, Kat Jarvis-Shean 12:00-1:00 Lunch 1...
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Laurel Wilt Talkers Coming to Pala Mesa, Ventura and SLO

July 30, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Laurel wilt A threat to California's avocado industry Presented by: California Avocado Society, Inc., California Avocado Commission, University of California Cooperative Extension, and University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center.
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One of the LGDs in my behavior study - sporting his fancy GPS collar!
Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

Building GPS Collars

July 29, 2019
By Daniel K Macon
As some readers of this blog may know, I'm currently working on a research project examining livestock guardian dog behavior. The back story is this: several years ago, I was invited to demonstrate electro-net and livestock guardian dogs at a workshop on livestock protection tools.
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Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, sits next to her well-used microscope. Its cover is a pack rat, a stuffed toy animal. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Well, Yes, That's What It Is!

July 29, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you should walk into the office of Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, you may not notice it at first. The desk, yes. The books, yes. The specimens, yes. Wait, what's that protective cover on the microscope? Could it be? It is.
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