Siskiyou

Gaura lindheimeri (Beeblossom) By Jackie Woods UCCE Master Gardener Planting areas: thrives in sandy, loamy, well-drained soils Size: 18-24 inches tall and 12-18 inches wide Bloom season: early summer into fall Exposure: enjoys full sun Pruning needs: trim back flowered stems to encourage new stems...

Last month, I wrote about preparing our ranches for fire (Fire Season is Here: Is Your Ranch Ready?). Since that time, we've seen large fires in ranching country (including the County Fire in Yolo and Napa Counties, the Pawnee Fire in Lake County, and the Klamathon Fire in Siskiyou County).

Siskiyou County is one of California's most rural counties. Forest fires and other natural disasters are often a concern for our communities. Many of our residents own pets and livestock, but we lack the agency resources to help with pet/livestock emergency evacuation.

Agricultural advances draw opposition that blunts innovation (Science) Anne Q.

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources vice president Glenda Humiston welcomed a delegation of Chinese agricultural scientists to UC ANR's Intermountain Research and Extension Center in Tulelake in June, reported Danielle Jester in the Siskiyou Daily News.

Congratulations to doctoral student and pollination ecologist Maureen Page of the Neal Williams lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology! She's the recipient of a prestigious three-year fellowship, a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, for her research proposal...

Doctoral student Maureen Page of the Neal Williams lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is the recipient of a prestigious three-year fellowship, a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, for her research proposal, Promoting Food Security by Optimizing Wildflow...

Jennifer Sowerwine helps restore culturally relevant food systems to immigrant and Native American populations The Karuk Tribe once lived on more than a million acres in remote Northern California.

The Farm Service Agency offices in Klamath, Modoc and Siskiyou counties are planning an informational meeting on Tuesday May 15. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. at the Merrill Civic Center 365 Front Street, Merrill Oregon.

This geneticist is creating gene-edited animals for our plates (Ozy.com) Marissa Fessenden, April 29 Animal geneticist Alison Van Eenennaam has six calves that are rather unusual.