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 Congratulations to UC Davis Distinguished Professor Emerita Lynn Kimsey of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, newly inducted Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences (CAS). Kimsey, an internationally recognized hymenopterist,  directed the Bohart Museum of Entomology for 34…

October 14, 2025 Glenn County 4-H Clubs Celebrate National 4-H Week Through Creative Window Displays During the week of October 5-11, 2025, Glenn County 4-H joined communities across the nation in celebrating National 4-H Week, a time to recognize the positive impact 4-H has on youth, families, and…

Blog by Karen MetzIn early September, I had the opportunity to visit a friend’s house and pick Chinese Jujubes, Ziziphus jujuba.  Ziziphus jujuba is native to Asia.  The tree was about 12 to 15 feet high.  She had been growing the tree for about 12 years. She thought this was about as large as…

Vertebrate pests can pose a serious threat to the achievement of one’s “dream garden” by wreaking havoc on plants and vegetables literally overnight. They feed or gnaw on the roots of ornamental plants, vines, shrubs and trees, and even plastic water lines. In our area, pocket gophers, moles, voles and…

 UC Davis Distinguished Emeritus Professor Robbin Thorp, an avid bumble bee conservationist, monitored Franklin's bumble bee, F Bombus franklini, for 21 years, until his death in 2019.The bee occupies only a narrow range of southern Oregon and northern California. Its range, a 13,300-square-mile area…