The CalFresh Healthy Living program is working hard to support Central Sierra communities and schools virtually during this time of social distancing. Explore the resources below for ideas to keep learning and stay active while at home.
Below is the latest Information from the CDC on Food Safety and COVID-19, as of 3/23/2020. More resources for food safety, food storage, and cooking are available on the Central Sierra COVID-19 Community Resources page.
As for most of you, I imagine, my world seems upside down at the moment, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. As I write this, my youngest daughter is finishing her junior year of high school through online courses.
When you're sheltering in, you can still take the dog for a walk--and look for insects. We spotted this Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) sunning itself on a carpet of red-purple ice plant (Delosperma cooperi) in west Vacaville on March 20, "the day after the first day of spring.
Reposted from the UCANR Green Blog Have you given your favorite tree a hug lately? Perhaps you would rather plant a tree? Well, on March 21, International Forest Day, Californians have a good excuse to do both.
Have you given your favorite tree a hug lately? Perhaps you would rather plant a tree? Well, on March 21, International Forest Day, Californians have a good excuse to do both. In the first two decades of this new century, fire is having a transformative effect on California forests.
As I write this post on the morning of March 19, 2020, several of the counties surrounding Placer County, where I live, work, and ranch, have issued "shelter in place" orders in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19.
Butte County offers an abundance of beautiful places to live. Our urban areas are surrounded by farmland, open space, foothills and the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and along with this wildland interface comes wildlife.
Julie Finzel and Rebecca Ozeran (UCCE Livestock Advisors in the Central Valley) and I are interested in developing a research project related to oaks and we want to make sure to the project will be valuable to our clientele.
