Rangelands

Research entomologist Vince D'Amico of the USDA's Forest Service Philadelphia Field Station will speak on "Monitoring and Ecological Research in the Forests of the BosWash Megalopolis" at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, Feb.

Whitney Brim-DeForest is the UC Cooperative Extension County Director for Sutter and Yuba counties and the Rice and Wild Rice Advisor for Sutter, Yuba, Capitol Corridor MCP, Placer, and Nevada counties.

If insects could celebrate, the California dogface butterfly would be celebrating the 50th anniversary of its designation as the California State Insect. But they can't. So scientists and butterfly enthusiasts will. The history is intriguing.

UC Davis undergraduate students are in for a scientific treat. When the 11th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day takes place Sunday, March 6, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis is currently closed to the public due to COVID pandemic precautions, but a jubilant crew helped celebrate the Feb. 1st birthday of its director, Lynn Kimsey, a UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology who has administered the museum since 1990.

Watch for eight-legged encounters! The American Arachnological Society's 2022 meeting is scheduled June 26-30 on the University of California, Davis, campus.

The 11th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, initially scheduled for Feb. 20 during Presidents' Day weekend, has been changed to Sunday, March 6, due to concerns about the Omicron COVID-19 surge. It will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the UC Davis Conference Center, 550 Alumni Lane.

An all-star lineup of tree pest experts from UC Cooperative Extension and other organizations will speak about Pests & Diseases of Southern California Trees at the Winter 2022 Street Tree Seminar. Offered online through Zoom, the seminar takes place Thursday, February 24 from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm.

Congratulations to UC Davis medical entomologist and humanitarian Thomas W. Scott, selected as one of the world's Highly Cited Researchers for the third consecutive year.

Medical entomologist Thomas W. Scott, a UC Davis distinguished professor who retired in 2015 but continues his scientific research, has been named one of the world's Highly Cited Researchers for the third consecutive year. Professor Scott, who now resides in Luck, Wis.