San Benito

Please join us for a virtual meeting to hear results from a study investigating how livestock grazing influences fire safety. We will also discuss development of a Prescribed Burn Association in San Benito, Monterey, and Santa Cruz counties. Click here for the flyer.

The USDA Farm Service Agency has a full-time temporary position open in the Hollister office located at 2337 Technology Parkway, Suite A. The application deadline was extended to May 22. The position consists of processing federal program applications plus general office work.

Pandemic And Wildfire: California Is Preparing For A Crisis Within A Crisis (CapRadio) Ezra David Romero, April 15 To protect human health, prescribed burns are not allowed for the time being on Forest Service land.

Understand your COVID-19 leave options As members of the UC ANR community continue to be impacted by stay-at-home orders, school closures and health concerns due to COVID-19, it is of great importance that we remind employees of their options when it comes to paid leave and workplace flexibility.

How to Control Mustard with Grazing Summer mustard, sometimes also called short-pod mustard (Hirschfeldia incana) and black mustard (Brassica nigra) are common rangeland weeds on California's Central Coast. Summer mustard seems to be the more common species.

Stinkwort (Dittrichia graveolens) is a very sticky annual weed in the sunflower family with a powerful smell similar to tarweeds (Brownsey et al. 2013). Its first observation in California was in Santa Clara County in 1984.

Whether you observed Easter or Passover, were preparing for Ramadan to start in 10 days or celebrated the time off, I hope everyone had a pleasant weekend. For those in Modoc County, I hope you enjoyed the Easter Bunny Wave. The weather was perfect for it.

Letter to Congress President Napolitano and the leaders of the California State University and California Community Colleges systems sent a letter to Congress earlier this week requesting federal financial and regulatory assistance to help manage the significant impacts of the outbreak on our instit...

First, I want to say that I hope you and your families are staying safe and healthy during this challenging time. People in San Benito, Monterey, and Santa Cruz counties are now sheltering in place.

When the world feels scary, I want to garden. Here's what to plant right now (LA Times) Jeanette Marantos, March 11 You can plant your tomatoes in late March too, says master gardener Yvonne Savio, creator of the comprehensive blog GardeninginLA.