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The California 4-H Foundation is proud to recognize Mary Lash for her lifelong dedication to the 4-H program. Mary's 4-H membership began in 1938 with projects including home economics, sewing and raising vegetables on her family farm in Downey, California.

Laurel Wilt Disease (LWD) is caused by the fungus Raffaelea lauricola and is transmitted to host trees by the redbay ambrosia beetle (Xyloborus glabratus) (RAB). During 2002 this exotic beetle was introduced into Port Wentworth, GA, via infested solid wood packing material.

I said good-bye, for now' to the Great Australian Bight. It wasn't easy but it was time to get back to work. Travel turned out to be a bit hectic but everything worked out in the end.

Oh, what a (Moth) Night! It was a family night in more ways than one. Families who attended the Bohart Museum of Entomology's annual Moth Night last Saturday, Aug. 3, not only saw specimens from scores of insect families inside the UC Davis insect museum, but outside as well.

4-H Enrollment Information, NEW 4-H Summer Camp Dates, Seeking Council Secretary Nominations, 2019 Lake County Fair Information, 2019-2020 4-H Year Calendar.

August 9, 2019 Yuba-Sutter-Colusa IPM Breakfast Meeting has been rescheduled for September 13, 2019 (8:00-9:30am). Meeting will be held at the Dancing Tomato Caffe in Yuba City (990 N Walton Ave, Yuba City, CA 95993).

Topics in this issue: A boring problem thats generating a big interest in southern California How ants can be good in ag production systems Is Eucalyptus a Safe Material for Mulching Trees?

Topics in this issue: A boring problem thats generating a big interest in southern California How ants can be good in ag production systems Is Eucalyptus a Safe Material for Mulching Trees?

It is such a hot and dry time of year that it is axiomatic that the garden must be watched over for water needs. I know that what I am about to say about watering is obvious, simple and maybe redundant. But I think it needs to be said again.

Just in time for the 2019 California Naturalist Regional Rendezvous, naturalists can re-discover California's Central Coast through a new UC ANR publication: Natural History of the Central Coast Bioregion.