Humboldt

Ant specialist Brendon Boudinot, who received his doctorate in entomology in early June from the University of California, Davis, has been awarded the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship to do evolutionary and comparative anatomy in Jena, Germany. It is a two-year fellowship.

Preventing embers from getting inside may save homes Photos and video of the Northern California communities that have been hit by wildfires show buildings reduced to ash.

The statewide office is thrilled to introduce two new Program Coordinators that started with the UC Master Gardener Program in Spring 2020. Please join us in giving them a warm welcome! Sherida Phibbs Humboldt and Del Norte Counties sjphibbs@ucanr.

BIG congratulations! Together UC ANR raised over $99,000 and the UC Master Gardener Program raised $60,425 in new support across the state with our second annual Big Dig Day campaign. This is an increase of more than four times the amount raised from last year.

Sponsored by UC ANR and Academic Assembly Council, the Distinguished Service Awards (DSA) recognize service and academic excellence in UC Cooperative Extension over a significant period of time.

When Glenn McGourty joined UC Cooperative Extension as a plant science advisor in Mendocino County in 1987, he was one of the first farm advisors in the state to have support for organic and sustainable farmers written into his job description.

Jose Aguiar Rachel Elkins Beth Grafton-Cardwell Allan Fulton Kurt Hembree Anna Martin Glenn McGourty John Roncoroni Rhonda Smith Cheryl Wilen From farm worker to farm advisor - A life of fulfillment Jose Aguiar, who has been working as a vegetable crops small farm advisor for the University of Calif...

Reflecting on the shelter-in-place restrictions of the past few months raises many mixed emotions. However, a place or time of personal isolation can often be a place of unexpected blessing.

1) Why are rhododendrons such a popular flower in Humboldt County? Rhododendrons and Azaleas grow really well in the coastal zones of Humboldt County. They grow in abundance and in pockets of the wild throughout Humboldt.

Also known as Handkerchief Tree or Dove Tree In the winter of 2008-2009 we planted 3 Davidia involucrata in the Moss Family Temperate Woodland Garden at Humboldt Botanical Garden. The trees were in 5 gallon pots so were quite small.