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- California Naturalist
- California Oak Mortality Task Force (SOD)
- California Soil Resources Lab
- Oak Woodland Management
- UC Center for Forestry at UCB
- UCCE Forest Research & Outreach
- UCD Information Center for the Environment
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- California Rangelands Research & Information Center
- Rangeland Watershed Laboratory
- UCCE Livestock & Natural Resources
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Water
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- Agronomy Research & Information Center (AgRIC)
- Rangeland Watershed Laboratory
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Researchers and Research Centers
- Gornish Lab
- Lynn Huntsinger Lab UCB
- Maggi Kelly Research & Outreach Lab UCB
- Merenlender Conservation Planning, Research and Extension Lab UCB
- Seed Biotechnology Center (SBC)
- The Center for Plant Diversity
- UC Hopland Research and Extension Center
- UC Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center
- Valerie Eviner Lab UCD
California Ag Journal
- Cal Ag Journal
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Climate change
Drought and water
- Drought - An Insidious Stress on Wildlife
- Drought Economics
- Droughts, Climate Change and Dams: Reconciling a Future for California's Native Inland Fishes
- Irrigated Pastures and Drought
- Managing the Drought
- Managing the Drought on Rangelands
Forests and Natural landscapes
- Beautiful shrub is ecological problem in California
- Forest Landowner Videos
- Gold spotted oak borer and polyphagus oak borer
- Living among California's Oaks $15
Rangelands and livestock
- Cattle Management Considerations During Drought
- Feeding and Nutritional aspects of roughage supplementation
- Goats can help control yellow starthistle
- Grazing Management Principles During Drought Conditions
- Guidelines for Residual Dry Matter on Coastal and Foothill Rangelands in California
- Irrigated Pastures and Drought
- Management Options to Reduce Pollutants in Runoff from Irrigated Pastures $25
- Optimizing Supplemental Feed
- Pasture, Rangeland and Forage Insurance
Wildlife
- Nesting Turkey Vultures
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UCCE studies a Dutch invention for regenerating trees and shrubs on oak woodland
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Using stored feeds on annual rangeland and alternatives/improvements
Webinars and Presentations
Radio News
- Rob York Interview "Timber Plantations Can Make California Wildfires Worse" - Capital Public Radio- 8/4/2015
- Greg Giusti Interview "All You Can Do Is Pray"- NPR All Things Considered - 8/4/2015
- Greg Giusti Interview on KZYX Ecology Hour- 2/24/2015
- Yana Valochovic Interview "Sudden Oak Death is Still Spreading, Still a Threat"- Jefferson Public Radio with Michael Joyce- 6/17/2015
- As California drought wears on, LA starts to lose its trees- NPR Weekend Edition Sunday- Gloria Hillard- 7/19/2015
California Agriculture Publications
- A quarter century of oak woodland research in the Sierra foothills supports oak restoration
- Adaptability of tropical forages to California's Central Valley
- Alfalfa Hay Quality leaf shatter loss greatest when hay is handled at low moisture content
- Alfalfa Seed Underground Drip Irrigation
- Analysis reveals potential rangeland impacts if Williamson Act eliminated
- Analysis shows climate-caused decreases in Scott River fall flows
- Australian varieties improve pasture in long-term annual legume trials
- Blue oak enhance soil quality in California oak woodlands
- Blue oak stump sprouting evaluated after firewood harvest in northern Sacramento Valley
- Brush Range Improvement
- California black rails depend on irrigation-fed wetlands in the Sierra Nevada foothills
- California Range Plants key to improvement is knowledge and proper use of three easily distinguishable types of range plants
- Cattle grazing has varying impacts on stream-channel erosion in oak woodlands
- Converting chaparral to grassland increases soil fertility
- Cultural practices affect alfalfa soil temperatures
- Dormancy of Grasses temperature, day-length, available moisture factors on rangelands
- Drill Seeding of Forage Ranges
- Dry-season soil water repellency affects Tahoe Basin infiltration rates
- Dryland Pasture Erosion Control establishment of perennials for forage on sloping land needs minimum seedbed preparation and reduces erosion
- Early rains alter range forage
- Effects of increasing drainage in the San Joaquin Valley
- Effects of Sulfur on Five Annual Grassland Species
- Eight New Forage Plants
- EPTC Pre-emergence herbicide aids establishment of clovers in dryland pastures
- Establishment of Subclover inoculation with nitrogen-fixing bacteria found to be an insurance against failure of stand establishment
- Evaluating riprapping and other streambank stabilization techniques
- Evaluating the profitability of brush management and oak tree thinning for range improvement
- Exclosure size affects young blue oak seedling growth
- Fertility studies reveal plant and soil needs
- Fertilization of Range Forage use of exploratory plots on range may indicate kind of fertilizer needed for optimum nutrition of forage plants
- Fire Stimulated Germination effect of buring on germination of brush seed investigated in physiological study of chamise
- Forest and rangeland owners value land for natural amenities and as financial investment
- Graphical analysis facilitates evaluation of stream-temperature monitoring data
- Growth Intervals in Pasture clipping experiments aim at finding the most suitable regrowth periods for California legume-grass mixtures
- Halophytes as a rangeland resource
- Hardinggrass for Reseeding
- Hay harvesting services respond to market trends
- Impact of environmental factors on fish distribution assessed in rangeland streams
- Income value of private amenities assessed in California oak woodlands
- Influence of Variety and Cutting Stage on Oat Hay Yields
- Irrigated warm- and cool-season grasses compared in Northern California pastures
- Livestock Diet Utilization natural vegetation and cultivated feedstuffs should have favorable ratio to value of animal products they produce
- Long-term grazing study in spring-fed wetlands reveals management tradeoffs
- Lygus Bugs on Seed Alfalfa specific treatments recommended for lygus bug control in alfalfa seed fields at three stages of plant growth
- Managed grazing and seedling shelters enhance oak regeneration on rangelands
- Maps of Soil Erosion Potential - An Aid in Land-Use Planning in Range and Wildlands
- Modoc a new durum wheat for northern California
- Monitoring helps reduce water-quality impacts in flood-irrigated pasture
- New Planter for Range Seeding drill-type planter developed for seeding rolling hill grazing land without seed bed preparation
- Nitrogen Carryover on Range
- Nitrogen Fertilization of North Coastal Grassland
- Nitrogen Fertilizer Effects on Yield and Composition of Coastal Bermudagrass Forage
- Pear Pulp and Pear Molasses nutritional value for cattle and palatability to sheep tested in feeding trials with commercial products
- Pest Control by Bacteria alfalfa caterpillar in field reduced to sub-economic levels within two days by bacillus applied as spray
- Phalaris "Staggers" in California
- Planting to Reduce Deer Damage deer show preference for Sweet Sudan and vetch during tests with green summer forage for sheep
- Range fertilization in the Sierra Nevada foothills
- Range Fertilization Revival
- Range Grass and Reseeding Experiments in California
- Refertilization of Rose Clover
- Research connects soil hydrology and stream water chemistry in California oak woodlands
- Research on fire and ecosystem services must incorporate climate realities
- Reseeding Burned Rangeland competition between annual and perennial grasses studied to determine best seeding rates for good forage
- Reseeding Dry Range seedings of annual and perennial legumes and grasses successful
- Rose Clover Yield and Quality
- SFREC research sustains rangeland and oak woodlands
- Small-Seed Legume Harvesting clover and alfalfa seed threshing losses minimized by minor modifications and adjustments of present machines
- Soil nitrate level best measure of ryegrass nitrogen needs in Imperial Valley
- Spread of Range Forage Plants practicality of seeding some types of range land through livestock under test in Fresno County
- Standards vary in studies using rainfall simulators to evaluate erosion
- State's Productive Capacity changes in supplies of feed grains, hay, and pasturage projected for 1955 on basis of trends
- Statistical analysis of monitoring data aids in prediction of stream temperature
- Status of soil salinity in California
- Stubble height standards for Sierra Nevada meadows can be difficult to meet
- Sulfur critical for maximum production of Subterranean Clover Forage
- Sulfur Deficiency Widespread
- Survey identifies sediment sources in North Coast rangelands
- The lower Colorado- a salty river
- Timing, frequency of sampling affect accuracy of water-quality monitoring
- Tramp Iron in Chopped Hay electronic device detects and removes bits of iron from chopped hay pheumatically conveyed at high speeds
- Tree shelters and weed control enhance growth and survival of natural blue oak seedings
- Use of Fire in Land Clearing controlled burns by planned application and confinement of fire to preselected wildland area a tool of many uses
- Use of Fire in Land Clearing controlled burns must be planned and organized to obtain effectiveness, safety and low cost
- Use of Fire in Land Clearing proper ignition techniques important requirements for successful management of controlled burns
- Use of Fire in Land Clearing selection and preparation of the area to be cleared by planned application and confinement of fire important
- Use of saline water for irrigation
- Vegetation changes produce benefits
- Watershed management increases rangeland productivity
- Wildlife research is diverse, productive
ANR Catalog
- ANR Catalog Natural Resources
- ANR Catalog Forestry
- ANR Catalog Grasslands & Hardwood Rangelands
- ANR Catalog Marine Resources
- ANR Catalog Pasture & Range
- ANR Catalog Water
- ANR Catalog Wildlife
- Living Among the Oaks: A Management Guide for Woodland Owners and Managers
- Regenerating Rangeland Oaks in California