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ANR in the news September 1-15

September 30, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Nine local nonprofits selected for training program (Imperial Valley Press) Sept. 12 The Imperial County Local Health Authority Commission Wednesday identified nine local nonprofit organizations that have been selected to participate in capacity building training over the next several months.
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Funding from the Newhall Foundation will subsidize enrollment fees and help UCCE Fresno County launch a Teen Teaching Academy with entrepreneurial high school students from Valley STEM.
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Three counties win Newhall Family Foundation match

September 27, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Last year, Mary Ciricillo, California 4-H Foundation director, secured a $73,000 gift from the Newhall Family Foundation for 4-H Diversity initiatives, including $36,500 for Santa Barbara, Merced and Fresno counties.
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photos by Launa Herrmann
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The Ground Cover "You Can Step on It"

September 12, 2019
Looking for a groundcover that's dense and durable? A groundcover that lies flat, hugging the soil? A groundcover that performs like a rug you can walk on? Consider Dymondia margaretae, also known as Silver Carpet.
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ANR in the news August 1-15

September 1, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
A great climate comes from happy soil. Could happy soil come from California? (Popular Science) Ula Chrobak, Aug.
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Santa Barbara ACP News

August 14, 2019
By Ben A Faber
From Cressida Silvers ACP/HLB Grower Liaison Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties 805 284-3310 Reminder of 2019 Fall ACP Area Wide Management Schedule September 8 - 21: Carpinteria, Summerland, Montecito September 15 - 28: Santa Barbara, Goleta, and the rest of the county Here is the...
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Sunset from CalNat Partner Camp Ocean Pines in Cambria
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Rediscovering California’s Central Coast bioregion

August 6, 2019
By Gregory C Ira
Just in time for the 2019 California Naturalist Regional Rendezvous, naturalists can re-discover California's Central Coast through a new UC ANR publication: Natural History of the Central Coast Bioregion.
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