Rangelands

Z Specialty Food will host a Nature Day celebration from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, April 2 at The Hive, 1221 Harter Way, Woodland to emphasize the importance of honey, bees, pollination and conservation.

If you've recently visited the pollinator gardens at The Hive, a family business owned by Z Specialty Food, 1221 Harter Way, Woodland, you've seen the spectacular Pride of Madeira, Echium candicans. Now another "pride" awaits.

Quick question: "Kleptopharmacophagy, a newly described behavior recently observed in milkweed butterflies, is characterized by adult butterflies feeding on milkweed caterpillars.

IGIS was pleased to attend an excellent Forest and Shrubland LiDAR Derived Products Workshop jointly held by the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) and California Department of Conservation (DOC), on March 17th.

International doctoral student Ziad Khouri, who studies with major professor, UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey, will share his research on mammoth wasps, the scoliid wasps, at a seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology on Wednesday, March 30.

I invite you to travel back in time with me - clear back to late October 2021! We'd measured more than 10 inches of rain in Auburn, and we could see the first green shoots of grass emerging through the dry forage.

Ready to learn about mammoth wasps, medflies, nematodes and pesticide risks to polilnators, or delve into such topics as "Mystery of the Missing Microbes: Why Do Bees Keep Losing Their Symbionts?

International doctoral student Ziad Khouri, who studies with major professor, UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey, will open the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's spring quarter seminar series on Wednesday, March 30 with a seminar on mammoth wasps, the scoliid wasps.

Solidarity Farms is one of the farms that have been proactive regarding soil health. Since purchasing the farm, the farm owners have focused on improving soil health. They have won a few grants geared towards improving soil health.

The Alternative Manure Management Program helps dairy and livestock producers decrease their manure-derived methane emissions by transitioning from one manure management system to another. It awards funds up to $750,000.