UC Delivers

Environment - Return

2019

• EFNEP Helped Create One of America’s Healthiest Schools
• UC researchers discover cost-saving response to pathogens in restoration sites

2018

• 2018 National Youth Summit on Agri-Science “opened eyes” of CA teens to how agricultural science applies to their daily lives
• ANR responds to massive tree mortality in the Sierra Nevada using field-based research
• IPM program helps North Coast growers in fight against Virginia Creeper Leafhopper
• UC ANR develops online tool to calculate forage loss from California rangelands fire
• UC CalFresh Imperial County Empowering Youth as Leaders
• UC CalFresh’s Youth Engagement Initiative builds tomorrow’s leaders
• UC Cooperative Extension takes leading role in climate change research and extension
• UC Master Gardeners catalyze response to unprecedented tree die-off in California
• UCCE research and extension improves returns for strawberry and vegetable farmers

2017

• ¡Descubre Outside, Discover Afuera! Engaging Latino Youth in Environmental Education
• A New Vegetable Garden Increased Community Spirit
• UC CalFresh Fresno helps transform challenge into change
• UC IPM coordinates a statewide conversation about the role of chlorpyrifos
• UC IPM delivers IPM solutions to Californians
• Working dirt: Community based research on lead, gardens, and place

2016

• Collective impact: The Calaveras County experience
• Playing for Life: Integrating Physical Activity into Preschool Programs
• Tackling Childhood Obesity: A Systems Change Approach
• UC Scientists collaborate to eradicate European grapevine moth from California

2015

• 4-H Water Wizards: Water literacy through after-school science programs
• App helps coastal farmers better manage nitrogen fertilizer and water
• UC CalFresh – UCCE Alameda County revitalizes preschool gardens in Oakland
• UCCE Alameda helps develop preschool obesity prevention policies

2014

• Partnering for Positive Health Outcomes in Shasta
• San Joaquin Valley grape growers reduce fungicide sprays

2013

• 4-H On the Wild Side Sparks Excitement for Nature
• Bringing integrated pest management to schools
• Every child a scientist
• In-home education helps families face the future with hope

2012

• Cooperative commitment brings continued conservation
• Educating youth about Sudden Oak Death
• UC and IR-4 support California's fresh produce

2011

• GreenNet: Collaboration builds social capital
• Pest Management Alliances lead to IPM adoption
• CIMIS conserves water and increases water availability for urban users
• Converting urban yard waste to avocado root rot management
• Factors and Practices that Influence Livestock Distribution
• Merced County blossom trails
• Oak woodland management, research and outreach
• Reduce pollution with proper fertilizer timing
• UC 'Organically Grown' Help
• UC biotechnology website helps the public understand GMOs

2010

• Central Valley Farmland Trust
• Making avocado crops profitable in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties
• Pesticide drift exposure declines in Kern County
• SAFE Landscapes protects lives, property and the environment
• Urban runoff study motivates change in landscape practices

2009

• Award-winning documentary showcases Marin farm families
• Landscape restoration after the Angora fire
• New Grazing System Improves Forage Availability and Water Use Efficiency
• Organic demonstration farm thrives at local community college campus
• Research Proves Nitrogen Deposition Harms Native Plants
• Russian River coho salmon recovery from near extinction
• Summer camp evaluation strengthens programs
• The 4-H Agua Pura fotonovela project
• UC involves middle school students and teachers in wetland restoration
• Water quality courses assist California's ethnic Chinese growers

2008

• Assessing community needs to expand youth garden
• Connecting youth with natural resource management
• Field trials identify more native plants suitable for urban landscapes
• Inmates dig their way to new careers in horticulture
• Redwood Forest Foundation - A new approach to forest ownership
• Service-Learning Works for California 4-H Youth
• Strategic Supplement Placement Changes Beef Cow Distribution
• UC delivers oak woodland planning support to California counties
• Watershed U. - Training stakeholders for effective watershed management
• Wildfire education and outreach: Helping the San Diego community

2007

• Choosing a landscape company with environmentally sound practices
• Fire in California's Oak Woodlands
• Large Woody Debris and Ranch Management in California Oak Woodland
• Long-term work yields avocados resistant to disease
• New weed control strategies in strawberry are effective
• Nurseries implement management practices to protect water quality
• Oakdale Livestock Forum
• Organic olive production short course and manual
• Public Land Grazing Is Important to the Conservation of San Francisco's East Bay Private Rangelands
• UC Delivers: Sudden Oak Death Outreach Survey
• UC spotlights solutions to dairy water pollution challenges
• UC’s olive oil taste panel supports industry

2006

• Grow Food Safely in Urban Gardens
• Irrigation Strategies for Erosion Reduction in the Salton Sea Watershed
• Making Dollars and Sense of Nontoxic Antifouling Strategies for Boats
• Oak Seedlings Can Be Established on Grazed Rangelands
• Pond Mapping: Exploring What is Below the Pond's Surface
• Road Project Saves California $1.2 Million
• UCCE leads formation of Tuolumne County Resource Conservation District

2005

• Agritourism Manual Helps California Farmers Grow Economically
• Limited Resource Farmers Learn How To Save Water and Energy
• Ranchers Use New Method to Improve Water Quality for Salmon
• Soil Moisture Monitoring Improves Irrigation Management

2004

• Engaging Latino Youth and Families in Water Resource Issues
• Addressing fire in California's foothills
• CE Helps to Solve Disposal problem in eradicating Exotic Newcastle Disease.
• FIT- Bringing A Natural Resources Curriculum to the K-12 Classroom
• Salt Tolerance of Landscape Plants for Reclaimed Water Irrigation

2003

• ANR Research Clarifies Role of Tree Species in Air Pollution
• Biological Control Research Helps Address New Avocado Pests
• Cost-benefit Analysis of Gasoline Additives & Environmental Effects
• Cotton Host Plant Resistance To Silverleaf Whitefly Is Discovered
• Dairy farmers save money, prepare for regulations using manure as fertilizer
• Fun In The Sun: 4-H Helps Enrich Summer For Kids In Need
• Hands-On Science Programs Teach Important Life Skills
• Helping Clinical Laboratories Standardize Farmworker Tests
• Master Gardener Composting Workshops Reduce Municipal Waste
• Master Gardeners Protect the Environment
• North Coast Rangeland Owners Benefit from Water Quality Planning Courses & Applied Research
• Ocean Science Camp for Youth
• Pheromone Mating Disruption Reduces Insecticides in Peaches
• Ranchers Voluntarily Protect Rangeland Water Quality