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Rod Stiefvater speaks at a Department of Plant Sciences seminar
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Gift extends UC Davis pistachio research on new scions, rootstocks

March 6th, 2025
By Emily C. Dooley
The University of California, Davis, is enhancing and expanding its Pistachio Breeding Program after a generous gift from philanthropist and pistachio farmer Rod Stiefvater, who is donating more than $335,000 over three years to develop new rootstocks that thrive under changing climate conditions.
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A shepherd and dog move sheep across a field
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California producers: Climate change is real; we could use a little help

February 26th, 2025
By Trina Kleist
How can farmers and ranchers continue to grow our food while facing challenges of a changing climate, increasingly scarce water, land use pressures and rising costs? UC and UC ANR scientists are using surveys and interviews with people in the state's agricultural sector to learn what folks need to stay…
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Medical entomologist Bruce Eldridge in 2007. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Entomology World Mourning the Loss of Bruce Eldridge

February 21st, 2025
The entomology world is mourning the loss of UC Davis Professor Emeritus Bruce Eldridge. As a medical entomologist, his exemplary military, academic and administrative career spanned more than six decades. He died Wednesday, Feb. 5 in Davis at age 91. Dr.
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A honey bee pollinating an almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Tough Time for Beekeepers and Almond Growers

February 19th, 2025
It's a tough time for beekeepers and almond growers during California's almond pollination season. There's a nationwide bee shortage, rapidly increasing hive thefts and often uncooperative weather.
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Lady beetles, aka ladybugs, are a crowd pleaser on Valentine's Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Getting the Red In: Happy Valentine's Day!

February 14th, 2025
Someone once said that "red doesn't tiptoe into a room; it kicks down the door." Red is bold, fiery, and confident. It's also a warning: think stop signs, traffic lights and fire engines. Don't blow through a stop signs or red traffic light, and please pull over when you hear a siren.
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Professor Phil Ward, an ant specialist with the UC Davis Department of Entomology, responds to a question below a sign that reads "We have the Antswers." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The Phil Ward Ant Lab: They Provided the 'Antswers'

February 13th, 2025
It's Saturday, Feb. 8--the 14th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day--and you're heading toward the Academic Surge Building on Crocker Lane, home of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and the Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology. You want to see the displays and chat with the scientists.
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A Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) nectaring on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia rotundifola) in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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A Bright Spot in the Garden...

February 12th, 2025
Widespread rain, strong winds gusting 30 to 40 miles per hour, dangerous surf, hazardous roads, flood watch, maybe power outages. That's the weather warning tonight.
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Award recipients include (top row) Professor Jason Bond and doctoral candidate Mia Lippey and (bottom row) Professor Douglas Walsh of Washington State University, a UC Davis doctoral alumnus; and UC Davis undergraduate student Kaitai Liu.
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Congrats to the PBESA Award Winners!

February 5th, 2025
Congratulations to all the newly announced recipients of awards from the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA)! Honors well deserved! Capsule information on our four UC Davis-affiliated award recipients: Professor Jason Bond, described as a powerhouse in the world of systematics a...
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Image of Black Oak acorns with description and harvesting guidelines
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The Principles of Indigenous Food Sovereignty

February 5th, 2025
By Kitty Oppliger
Indigenous Food Sovereignty: Opportunities and Importance in Extension work In 2007, the first global Forum on Food Sovereignty defined the concept as the right of peoples to healthy, culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define t...
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UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Diane Ullman (left) and Gale Okumura, lecturer emerita, Department of Design, stand in front of their project, "A Bird's Eye View," at the California Raptor Center. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Of Raptors and Insects

February 4th, 2025
When you visit the California Raptor Center (part of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine), during the 14th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 8, be sure to see "A Bird's Eye View," a ceramic-mosaic mural that graces an outer wall of the visitor center.
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UCCE Lassen County Office

The University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Office in Lassen County is located in uptown Susanville.  David Lile is the UCCE County Director and Farm Advisor.  His specialty is Natural Resources and Livestock, and he is a certified Rangeland Manager.  He consults individually with farmers and ranchers needing advice and he carries out research on local problems.

The Lassen County 4-H Youth Development Program offers many fun and educational activities for its members.  Darcy Hanson oversees this popular program which stresses citizenship, leadership, and life skills to over 200 members in our county.

Contact Information

UC Cooperative Extension - Lassen County
707 Nevada Street
Susanville, CA  96130
Phone: (530) 251-2601

Director:
David Lile

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Apr 13 2025 - Apr 15 2025

4-H Day Camp Lassen County Fairgrounds

How do you join 4-H just to attend Lassen County 4-H Camp 2025? We have put together a series of screen shots to walk through the steps of joining just for camp! Any youth between the ages of 5…
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