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Global change ecologist Amanda Koltz, a senior scientist with the Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, will present a virtual seminar, hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology, on Oct. 14.
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Amanda Koltz Seminar: Species Interactions and Global Change

October 9, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"It's important to consider species interactions in efforts to understand ecosystem responses to global change." So says global change ecologist Amanda Koltz, a senior scientist with the Department of Biology, Washington University, St.
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Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

When's it Gonna Green Up? Germination Day is Coming (I hope)...

October 9, 2020
By Daniel K Macon
In the meantime, how are you going to cope? Having lived (and ranched) through California's 1000-year drought from 2012-2015, I often find myself recalling the autumn of 2013. Believe it or not, we had a germinating rain on September 3 - I measured 0.75" of rain here in Auburn.
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Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

A Rancher's Fire Safe Council for the Sierra Foothills

October 8, 2020
By Daniel K Macon
Like many of you over the last several weeks (and indeed, over the last several years), I've read heartbreaking accounts of ranchers losing livestock in this latest round of devastating wildfires.
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UCCE forestry advisor Michael Jones.
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California must become a fire-adapted civilization, UCCE expert says

October 6, 2020
By Jeannette Warnert
The vast California acreage burned in 2020 and the protracted smoky skies should signal state residents and officials to adapt to a new reality, reported Ezra David Romero on Capital Public Radio. The 4 million acres of wildland burned this year isn't unprecedented. Before 1800, 4.
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