Ongoing research

I left the ASABE meeting today to head back west. I decided to test my luck along the way by assuming I could jump on an earlier flight back to SMF in time to make a Southwest connection to SoCal. No such luck.

This week much of California is under a heat advisory or excessive heat warning, with high temperatures estimated to range from 90 to 108 degrees. Many home gardeners are wondering how they can help their plants, trees, or shrubs survive the intense summer heat.

First monarch butterfly sighting of the year. A tattered and torn monarch--a male (as identified by Art Shapiro, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology at UC Davis) fluttered into the Kate Frey Pollinator Garden at Sonoma Cornerstone last Sunday and landed on a salvia.

California's Wildfires Are Spreading Faster and Burning More This Year. Experts Say It 'Can Only Get Worse' (TIME) Jennifer Calfas, July 31 Rising temperatures aren't the only reason fires have grown in size and aggression, though scientists are quick not to place blame entirely on climate change.

Intermountain Research and Extension Center (IREC) celebrated the grand opening of a multipurpose conference and laboratory building on July 26, 2018. The facility is available for use by private and public groups for business meetings, job fairs, trainings and conferences.

Glenn County 4-Hers Went to 4-H Camp 2018Swinter Olympics: Goin for Gold at Mt. Lassen Camp in Mineral Over 68 4-H members, 22 Teen Counselors, 4 Youth Directors and 20 adult staff from Glenn County 4-H attended the annual 4-H Summer Camp held at Mt.

Fire has a vitally important role in the California landscape and many fire-related studies have been conducted at the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center (HREC) since 1951.

The United States Geological Survey (https://www.usgs.gov/) defines drought as a 'period of drier than normal conditions that results in water-related problems.

About 15 years ago on an already hot July morning my husband and I, while walking our dogs, noticed smoke rising from a dried grassy area behind a subdivision wall. We called the fire into Dispatch, and Vacaville Fire quickly extinguished it. It burned less than an acre of dead grass.

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