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On Saturday, April 27, 2019, fifteen Inyo-Mono County Master Gardeners served as volunteers for the 50th annual Manzanar Pilgrimage. Each year since 1969, the Manzanar Committee has sponsored the Pilgrimage.

Viv Patterson and Trish Schlichting, both Inyo/Mono Master Gardeners, visited the Flower Clock in Geneva, Switzerland, this past October. Geneva is recognized all around the world for its watch-making tradition. In 1955 Geneva created the biggest clock in the world made from flowers.

Dennis Teeguarden, professor emeritus of forest economics in the UC Berkeley Department of Environment Science, Policy and Management, passed away at home in Richland, Wash., on Feb. 21. He was 88. After serving in the U.S. Navy, Teeguarden earned his Master of Forestry degree and Ph.D.

Nell Green Nylen is a Senior Research Fellow with the Wheeler Water Institute in the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (CLEE) at Berkeley Law. Her research engages law, science, and policy to tackle critical California water issues. Nell earned a J.D. from Berkeley Law and a Ph.D.

Immense numbers of introduced honey bees overwhelm native pollinators for access to pollen and nectar University of California - San Diego Hike around the natural habitats of San Diego County and it becomes abundantly clear that honey bees, foreign to the area, are everywhere.

Back in 2017, I wrote a brief blog about myrtle spurge being present in Lassen County. Myrtle spurge was evaluated by CDFA and determined to warrant being placed on the A list of noxious weeds here in California.

An article in the February-March 2019 issue of National Wildlife caught my attention.

Grapevine red blotch virus, a disease that is dramatically reducing the value of winegrapes in California's premium wine production region, is harming plants by inhibiting photosynthesis in the leaves, according to research published this month in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

Happy Presidents' Day. It's day we honor not only George Washington and Abraham Lincoln but all the men (no women yet!) who have served as President of the United States.

UCCE Agronomy and Weed Science Advisor, Merced and Madera Counties Weeds compete with crops for light, water, and nutrients, which can result in yield reductions.