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Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties: Article

July 2018

July 18, 2018
2018 County Record Book Competition Yuba-Sutter Fair booth Sign Ups Club Officers Retreat 4-H Achievement Night 2018-2019 Volunteer Training Staff Update: Introducing Nicole Marshall-Wheeler...
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A male Svastra dive-bombs another male on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). This image was taken with a fast shutter speed of 1/3200 of a second. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Sorry, This Blossom Is Taken

July 18, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
So here's this male longhorned bee (Svastra) sipping a little nectar from a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). As the late Mr. Rogers (1928-2003), star of the TV show, "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," so often proclaimed: "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
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The USDA-funded Tribal Food Security Project team includes members of the Karuk, Yurok and Klamath Tribes along with UC researchers. In front row, Jennifer Sowerwine is second from left and UCCE farm advisor Deborah Giraud is far right. Photo courtesy of Karuk Píkyav Field Institute.
Green Blog: Article

USDA awards UC and Karuk Tribe $1.2 million for collaborative research and education to increase tribal ecosystem resilience in a changing climate

July 18, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
As California and the nation grapple with the implications of persistent drought, devastating wildfires and other harbingers of climate change, researchers at UC Berkeley's College of Natural Resources are building on a decade-long partnership with the Karuk Tribe and the U.S.
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Screenshot of the UCCE MG website. (photo by Kathy Low)
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Answers to Your Gardening Questions

July 18, 2018
Do you know the many advantages of weeds? how to identify the type of turf you have? what Sunset zone you live in and what that means for gardening? safe alternatives to pesticides? how to prune an overgrown fruit tree?
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hlb defprmed citrus
Topics in Subtropics: Article

ACP - Early Detection Techniques

July 18, 2018
By Ben A Faber
Western Plant Protection Network at UC Davis https://www.npdn.org/system/files/WPDN%20Newsletter%20-%202018-07-12.pdf Early detection technologies (EDTs) are tests that indicate the presence of disease before signs or symptoms of the disease can be seen.
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Rat. (Credit: Niamh Quinn)
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Rat Management in School and Community Gardens

July 17, 2018
By Niamh M Quinn
It is important for food-safety reasons to manage rats in school and community gardens. Rats and other wildlife can carry a number of diseases that can be deposited in the form of urine and feces on fruit, vegetables, and in the soil.
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Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
California Naturalist: Article

Program Highlights July 7-13

July 17, 2018
Humboldt's Lily (Liliumhumboldtii) is a plant endemic to CA and is considered rare. It was named after naturalist and explorer, Alexandervon Humboldt. Its flowers typically bloom around June. There are two subspecies.Ssp.humbodtii is found primarily in the Sierra foothills andssp.
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These are Atlas moths (Attacus atlas), found in the rain forests of Asia. This moth has a wingspan that can measure 10 to 11 inches. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Ready for Moth Night at UC Davis?

July 17, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Are you ready to celebrate Moth Night at the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis? Mark your calendar for 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday, July 21.
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