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Enormous wildfires spark scramble to improve fire models (Nature) Jeff Tollefson, Aug. 31 Something is definitely different, and it raises questions about how much we really know, says Max Moritz, a fire scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

What's going on with the monarchs? Our little pollinator garden in Vacaville, Calif., usually draws dozens of them in the summer as they flutter around, sip nectar from the Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) and lay their eggs on their host plant, milkweed.

Chuck Ingels, longtime UCCE advisor in Sacramento County, lost his battle with cancer Aug. 12. Ingels joined ANR in 1989 as a tree and vine information analyst for the statewide Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program in Davis.

Welcome back to 4-H!!! Welcome Nate Caeton Paper Clover Campain and 4-H Week 1st Baby Born 4-H Volunteer Training Camp Director 2019 and much more!...

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In this issue, you will find: County T-Shirt and Sweatshirts available to order! Mindfulness Retreat Arbuckle Enrollment Night Home Ec Tour School Enrichment Information Volunteering Opportunities and much, much more!...

Hello all, Please find the attached document to provide the previous weeks estimated water use report in terms of evapotranspiration for almonds, peaches, walnuts, established vineyard, alfalfa, and pasture in Stanislaus County.

Plants We Love By Jackie Woods UCCE Master Gardener Common name: Night Blooming Cactus, Golden Torch Cactus, Torch Cactus Latin name: Echinopsis spaciana Size of plant: 2 2 inches wide and as tall as 4 - 7 feet.

Katie Driver, a Ph.D. student in the Al-Khatib Lab at UC Davis, was awarded the 2018 D. Marlin Brandon Rice Research Fellowship. Katie's work focuses on controlling bearded sprangletop in California rice fields.

Do you want to learn more about home food preservation? Need and want to know more than just how to preserve your jam? Are you leery of some of the canning instructions on the web?