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Plant Diversity a Casualty of High-Severity Wildfires

October 2, 2019
Reposted from UC Davis News Sierra Nevada forests are losing plant diversity due to high-severity fires, according to a study from the University of California, Davis. These fires are turning patches of forest into shrub fields indefinitely, in some cases.
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Second Cut to a Russian Olive Stump
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Chainsaws for Weed Control? Why Not!

August 26, 2019
By Thomas J Getts
While typically associated with timber production and arborists, chainsaws are one of the tools available to those tasked with removing non-desirable woody vegetation.
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Names in the News

April 30, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Coyne named Master Gardener volunteer engagement coordinator Marisa Coyne is now the academic coordinator - volunteer engagement for UC Master Gardener Program as of April 8.
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Dinner conversation

March 24, 2019
Welcome to Beatriz Nobua-Behrmann who starts this week as an Urban Forestry and Natural Resources Advisor, based at the South Coast REC, with programmatic responsibilities in Orange and Los Angeles Counties.
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New Noxious Weeds?

February 25, 2019
By Thomas J Getts
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.
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