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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.

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By Cindy Weiner, UC Master Gardener of Butte County, July 27, 2018 Many people rely on automatic irrigation systems to water their yards. It's a practical way to deliver water to plants without having to drag heavy hoses around the yard.

John Casida, 88, a world-renowned entomologist and toxicologist at UC Berkeley who died June 30 of a heart attack in his home, was a global authority on how pesticides work and their effect on humans.

Graduate students and postdoctoral students that the legendary John Casida trained remember him with great fondness, respect and appreciation. He made a difference: a huge difference. Dr.

If you looked at the photo first, you might think I was back in Guam or Oahu. Not so. I was able to attend the Intermountain REC field day today. And that's Dan Putnam updating the participants on the alfalfa variety research he has been conducting there.

Peggy Michel, former deputy to the assistant vice president for Business Operations, died July 22. She was 64. The experienced scuba-diving enthusiast died after a shallow dive while on vacation in the Cayman Islands and the cause of death wasn't immediately known.

We all know that fire is one of the oldest and most powerful tools that humans have. For millennia, we have used fire to improve our home livesfood, winter warmth, etc.

Orange trees dotted the landscape and flowerbeds hugged most houses in the small town where I grew up. The fragrance wafting through the air was sweet. A variety of butterflies (Lepidoptera) must have thought so too, because they were everywhere. Swallowtails. Monarchs. Painted Ladies.