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Join PlantRight this spring for its 9th Annual Spring Nursery Survey. UC Master Gardener county programs can offer volunteer and continuing education hours to UC Master Gardener volunteers who visit local nurseries to help PlantRight track the availability of invasive plants in California.

Ranching has a long history in California, starting when Spanish missions were established in the early 1700s, continuing as ranchos under Mexican rule, and persisting as a solid industry today with about 38 million acres of range and pasture lands in the state.

Several years ago, I started a social media project I called Sheep 365. Every day for a full year, I posted a photo of something we were doing in our sheep operation. At first, I thought it would simply be a fun way to share my shepherding year with friends and family.

Dear Colleagues, Please join us for the 2020 Grant Essentials Summit on March 2 and 3 at the UC ANR Valley Conference Center in Davis, CA.

A UC Davis scientist has just received a federal grant to study trapdoor spiders in California, with opportunities for undergraduate students to participate in the research. Citizen scientists also can be involved through public sightings and suggestions for naming a newly discovered species.

Dear Colleagues, The Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council (Stewardship Council) is soliciting concept applications for enhancement projects on the PG&E Watershed Lands.

Five of the past six years have been the warmest in Bakersfield's recorded history (Bakersfield Californian) Steven Mayer, Jan. 15 Daniel Sumner, an ag economist at UC Davis, said researchers across the state are busy studying the changing patterns of California's Mediterranean climate.

Trapdoor spiders can hide, but not for long. Jason Bond, professor and the Schlinger Chair in Insect Systematics, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, has received a 4-year, $1.4 million National Science Foundation grant to study trapdoor spiders in the California Floristic Province.

In This Issue Winter Pest & Weed Management Considerations Preparing for Extreme Events: Flood and Drought Young Orchard Weeds Management New EPA Paraquat Restrictions Pre-Season Airblast Sprayer Calibration Navigating Irrigation Technology Overload Meeting Announcements 2/7/20 Tehama Walnut Day 2/2...

I have a few fruit trees in my yard, apples, peaches, oranges, and really need some advice on how to prune them.