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Survey: Water system consolidations improve water quality, infrastructure

February 28, 2025
By Michael Hsu
Kristin Dobbin, a UCCE specialist, is studying the consolidation of water systems, which can entail creating physical connections (such as pipelines) between water systems or administrative mergers that leave the physical infrastructure unchanged. Water system consolidation has become a top solution in…
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What influences movement of coyotes through Los Angeles?

February 25, 2025
By Pamela S Kan-Rice, Mathew Burciaga
To help keep families and neighborhoods safer, Christine Wilkinson, a researcher at UC Santa Cruz and the California Academy of Sciences; Niamh Quinn, UC Cooperative Extension human-wildlife interactions advisor; and other University of California scientists embarked on a study to understand how coyotes move…
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Students from Fullerton Joint Union High School, including Andres Martinez (right), snack on lettuce grown in hydroponics at the South Coast REC. Photo by Saoimanu Sope.
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South Coast REC program educates, trains future ag workforce

November 18, 2024
By Saoimanu Sope
Renowned for pioneering research that leads to exciting new crop varieties like the Luna avocado, the University of California South Coast Research and Extension Center (REC) in Irvine is also an important hub for agricultural education.
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