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UC ANR Strategic Initiatives
Making a Difference in California
Rising to the Challenge. Our five Strategic initiatives (SIs) bring the power of science to deliver practical solutions to help California. The work addresses challenges, such as fire, water shortages, safe food, urban pests, college readiness and poor nutrition.
See SI Focal Areas and Grand Challenges (pdf)
Public Value. The work of the SIs helps build our state economy, protect our natural resources, build our people and communities and ensures we have safe food.
See our Public Value Statements for more.
Partnerships are key. Our Strategic Initiatives help unify, communicate and advocate for the work we do; bringing together partners from the
- UC Campuses,
- Our County Cooperative Extension Offices See 100 years video
- Statewide Programs and Institutes,
- Research and Extension Center
with a range of collaborators from the private and public sectors.
Our structure. The SIs are the umbrellas for our
The Strategic Initiative Knowledge Bank
"Solutions for you"
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Impact Stories
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Funding opportunities
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See also ANR Renewable Resources Extension Act (RREA) Program RFP
Strategic Initiatives
Explore our 5 initiatives using the links below.
SI-related Blogs
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Documenting urban nature in the City Nature Challenge
Have you ever been on a walk and observed an interesting plant you couldn't identify? Encountered an unusual insect trapped in your home? Have you...
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Is habitat restoration actually killing plants in California wildlands?
In 2014, plant biologists with the California Department of Agriculture reported an alarming discovery: native wildflowers and herbs, grown in...
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Sue Manglallan retires after 30 years of serving youth and families in San Diego County
To provide a safe, secure and nurturing environment for unsupervised school children, Sue Manglallan started the first 4-H Youth Development Program...
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What can we learn from the 14,000 homes lost during the Camp Fire?
Shades of brown and grey cast over bricks, cement, remnants of metal roofs and steel beams from manufactured and modular homes, collapsed stucco...
