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We hope you can join us Tuesday night at 6 p.m. for our Native Pollinator Gardening class. If you signed up, you should have received two emails. A confirmation email, and a second email with the Zoom Webinar Link and password. If you didn't receive an email from ucmgstanislaus@ucanr.

One of the things I enjoy most about cooperative extension is the opportunity to organize hands-on learning activities.

Here's news we hope you find useful, including food preservation resources, a new podcast, and a reading recommendation. The citrus IPM advisor will help fill the role of retiring UCCE citrus entomology specialist Beth Grafton-Cardwell and will be based at the Lindcove Research and Extension Center.

Invasive shot hole borer (ISHB) infestations have been identified in Ventura County since 2015 but have not significantly spread. Discovery of the pest/disease complex was found in late 2018 in the urban forest of Meiners Oaks.

By Susanne von Rosenberg, UC Master Gardener of Napa County It's May and everything is growing beautifully, including weeds. Even if your garden is exceptionally well-weeded, new invaders will creep in and demand attention.

UC ANR and the Citrus Research Board are co-funding a new citrus IPM advisor position to be headquartered at the UC Lindcove Research and Extension Center. The CRB has pledged $750,000 to cover half the cost of the advisor's salary and benefits for 10 years.

Oh, the questions that Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, fielded at the Bohart's first-ever virtual symposium, held Friday morning, May 22.

We've been working hard behind the scenes this year to launch the new UC Climate Stewards course in fall 2020. The 40-hour certification course from UC ANR's UC California Naturalist Program, empowers individuals to become leaders within their communities on climate solutions.

As expected, California's response to the coronavirus pandemic and loss of tax revenues resulting from the disruption in business have dramatically changed the state's economic outlook. Governor Gavin Newsom released his revised budget proposal for 2020-21 on Thursday, May 14.

Americans' interest in traditional homemaking activities gardening, cooking, baking bread and canning has risen dramatically over the last few months, according to Google Trends. Getting reliable information is particularly important when it comes to home food preservation.