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Fostering Forest Stewardship

January 27th, 2020
By Kimberly C Ingram
Private forestland landowners have a unique opportunity to enjoy the economic, ecological and social benefits forests offer. The public also benefits from private forests as they play a critical role in the connectivity and functioning of the larger forest ecosystem.
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Mechanical removal of winegrape shoots can reduce the amount of hand labor needed for vineyard management. Photo by Kaan Kurtural
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UC releases new cost studies for mechanized winegrape production

December 17th, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
New studies provide details about trellis type, planting density, cost and potential benefit of vineyard mechanization UC Agriculture and Natural Resources' Agricultural Issues Center has released four new studies detailing the costs and returns of wine grape production in the southern San Joaquin V...
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Black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, nectaring on nectarine blossoms. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Bay Area Bee Fair on Oct. 13: The Place to 'Bee'

October 10th, 2019
It's a fair. It's a party. It's a pollinator party. It's the Bay Area Bee Fair in Berkeley. And it's the place to be on Sunday, Oct. 13 at the Berkeley Flea Market, located at Ashby BART. The second annual event, free and family friendly, is set from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Más y más niños usan los guantes de jardinería.

September 27th, 2019
Los nios de la primaria Jones en el condado de San Bernardino estaban sorprendidos en su clase de jardinera, sera posible que de una semilla diminuta pudiera nacer el alimento? Miren sus semillas e imaginen que adentro va a brotar una planta de lechuga que se podrn comer no es increble?
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Legendary Lepidopterists Paul Opler (left), an octogenarian, and Robert Michael Pyle, a septuagenarian, chat during their visit to the Bohart Museum of Entomology. It was part of the Lepidopterists' Society's 68th annual conference. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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A Gathering of Lepidopterists at UC Davis

August 8th, 2019
They are legends. Two of those attending the four-day international Lepidopterists' Society conference held recently at the University of California, Davis, are as celebrated in Lepidoptera circles as the butterflies they study.
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