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Nitrogen Management Plans to Meet Water Quality Standards

February 19, 2019
We are now just over halfway through the third term of the Conditional Waiver, adopted in April 2016 and set to expire in April 2021. Each new term builds upon the last, and adds new requirements aimed at improving water quality and advancing progress towards meeting regulatory standards.
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Tsete fly. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo)
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Medical Entomologist Geoffrey Attardo: In the News

February 12, 2019
Tsetse fly expert Geoffrey Attardo, a medical entomologist and assistant professor with the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is featured in a New York Times' article today (Feb. 12) on tsetse flies.
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Close-up of a gravid tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans morsitans). (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo)
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Tsetse Flies: Who Knew?

February 12, 2019
Did you read the article in today's New York Times about tsetse flies and the scientists who research them? Totally fascinating.
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Fireweed is one of the first species to colonize the soil after a forest fire, Wikimedia
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There’s Green in the Burn

February 8, 2019
By Laura Lukes, UC Master Gardener of Butte County, February 8, 2019 It didn't take long. Soon after the first post-Camp Fire rains, there was green in the burned area. Along lower Skyway, a blanket of soft verdure overlay the harsh scars of incineration.
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Eating lunch at school helps students make better food choices. (Photo: USDA)
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Healthy food and food insecurity

January 22, 2019
Farmers grow lettuce, spinach, broccoli and other vegetables in California's Imperial Valley, Central Valley, Salinas Valley and far northern counties. However, these nutritious foods are not readily available to local low income communities.
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