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The podcast Water Talk launched its second season on Friday, April 2. This season focuses in part on drought, a water issue at the top of many minds during this relatively dry rainy season.

The Marin Municipal Water District has saved nearly 30 million gallons of water since it initiated a partnership with UC Cooperative Extension's Master Gardener program in Marin to teach residents how to conserve water.

by Penny Pawl, UC Master Gardener of Napa County I often visit a Facebook page for people who share an interest in building and using greenhouses. I read about how they are building them and what plants they may be growing in their greenhouse, depending on where they live.

https://news.ucr.edu/author/jules-bernstein New research reveals an essential step in scientists' quest to create targeted, more eco-friendly fungicides that protect food crops. Scientists have known for decades that biological cells manufacture tiny, round structures called extracellular vesicles.

Every year during those long, dark days of January or February I walk around my backyard and observe the damage and neglect of the planting areas. And then at some point I always look above the fences and see the mature trees (mostly city variety) that are bare and rather sad in appearance.

The schedule for the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's online spring seminars has been announced by coordinator Ian Grettenberger, Cooperative Extension specialist and assistant professor. All seminars will be held on Wednesdays at 4:10 p.m. (Pacific).

By Melody Kendall As a youth I was very active in the local 4-H program.

30th Annual UCR Urban Pest Management Conference was held online between March 22 - 24, 2021. The event had more than 110 attendees from many different areas of California and other parts of the US.

Insect physiologist Swapna Priya Rajarapu, a postdoctoral research scholar in the Dorith Rotenberg laboratory at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, will present the next seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.

Hello, spring! It's not "officially" spring until we see--and photograph--the spectacular Western tiger swallowtail, Papilio rutulus. One landed March 30 on an aromatic white lilac bush in Alamo Creek Park, Vacaville. It lingered long enough for a few photos and then fluttered away.