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Tom Garcia, fire management officer with the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, spoke at the UC ANR Fire Summit. (Photo: Evett Kilmartin)
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Education and research needed in battle against California wildfires

April 24, 2019
I'm trained in soil chemistry, what on earth could I get from a Fire Summit? If you get the right speakers together, you can learn a lot! UC ANR and the California Fire Science Consortium sponsored a Fire Summit in Redding in April for some 150 participants representing more than 50 organizations.
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Justin Lehnert, left, is a volunteer with the UC Cooperative Extension 4-H Program.
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4-H learning model helps two lost children survive

April 10, 2019
The joyful reunion of two 4-H children, Leia and Caroline Carrico, with their parents after spending 44 hours lost in the Humboldt County wilderness in early March has raised awareness about the benefits to youth involved in the UC Cooperative Extension 4-H Youth Development Program.
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En una escala global, las plagas y patógenos están reduciendo significativamente la producción de arroz (en la fotografía), trigo, maíz, frijol de soya y papas.
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La plagas y patógenos son una pesada carga para importantes cultivos

February 8, 2019
By Leticia G Irigoyen
In English Los granjeros saben que pierden cosechas debido a las plagas y enfermedades de las plantas, pero segn un reporte cientfico de la Divisin de Agricultura y Recursos Naturales de UC y otros miembros de la Sociedad Internacional de Patologa Vegetal, se ha descubierto que, a escala mundial, el...
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Una probadita de miel: metiendo los dedos en un panal. (Fotografía de Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Miel de abeja: un verdadero milagro

November 28, 2018
By Leticia G Irigoyen
In English. La miel de abeja, por favor pasen la miel! Esa simple peticin, precedida de una expresin de cario, por si acaso, significa que hay miel de abeja en la mesa. Y debe de haber. Como hija, nieta y bisnieta (y ms all) de apicultores, crec con miel de abeja en la mesa.
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Dry, hot summer days mean fire weather in California.
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University of California ANR wildfire experts

October 17, 2018
UC ANR wildfire experts are stationed around the state and can answer questions on a diversity of issues related to the prevention, impacts, aftermath, and generally, the science of wildfire in California.
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Melanie Colvin
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Estudiantes de UC participan en la Iniciativa Global Alimentaria de UC ANR

October 11, 2018
By Leticia G Irigoyen
In English. Dos estudiantes de postgrado de la Universidad de California fueron seleccionadas como becarias de la Iniciativa Global Alimentaria (GFI, por sus siglas en ingls) de la Divisin de Agricultura y Recursos Naturales (ANR, por sus siglas en ingls) de UC, para el periodo 2018-19.
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Liliana Vega
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Names in the News

September 28, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Sidhu named UCCE vegetable crops advisor for Kern County Jaspreet Sidhu joined UCCE on Sept. 4, 2018, as the vegetable crops advisor for Kern County. Sidhu earned a Ph.D. in entomology from Louisiana State University and a M.S. in entomology and a B.S.
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