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When was the last time you sighted a bumble bee? Photographed it? It's National Pollinator Week and one of our favorite bumble bees is the yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii.

Dear Colleagues, USDA NIFA is soliciting topics commodity board entities (federal and state-level commodity boards) are willing to co-fund equally with NIFA.

Nature lovers unite! Join the California Naturalist Program Central Coast Bioregional Rendezvous on August 16-18, 2019. We are excited to work with our partners at Camp Ocean Pines, in beautiful Cambria, to offer this gathering for California Naturalists and nature enthusiast friends.

Walnut Orchard Management Cost and Expense Considerations in a Lean Price Year: IPM on a Budget - Cost Savings Strategies for Insect & Mite Management Maximizing walnut quality to improve value in a low-price year Should You Use Ethephon in a Lean Price Year?

Check out this upcoming workshop on Stockmanship coming up on July 19-21 in Palmdale, CA!...

Dear Colleagues, Climate One at The Commonwealth Club offers a forum for candid discussion among climate scientists, policymakers, activists and concerned citizens. Of note is the July 17th event that features Faith Kearns from the UC ANR California Institute for Water Resources.

I am a frequent flier at UC Davis. My husband and I have walked our dogs the entire length of the arboretum once or twice weekly for over twenty years.

It could mean diverting some water from laundry, showers and sinks to irrigate the landscape before recharging the water table. Be sure to bring all your urban farming questions to the OC Fair where the Master Gardeners will be out in full force to share research-backed tips.

As California grappled with a record-breaking heatwave last week and 236 wildfires, officials are bracing for the worst, reported Maanvi Singh in the Guardian.

Renowned soil ecologist, Gwen Grelet, who works as a researcher with LandCareResearch in New Zealand, visited the NRI Project field and had a very interesting and mutually-enriching conversation with CASI hosts, Tom Willey and Jeff Mitchell on June 12, 2019.