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Enormous wildfires spark scramble to improve fire models (Nature) Jeff Tollefson, Aug. 31 Something is definitely different, and it raises questions about how much we really know, says Max Moritz, a fire scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

This is the most recent activity summary of a group of organizations working on the Invasive Shot Hole Borers and their associated fungal symbionts.

The California Naturalist program will be offered in an eight-day immersion course in Cambria this month, and in a slower-paced eight-week program that starts in September in San Luis Obispo, reported Michele Roest in the San Luis Obispo Tribune.

UC: Tariffs could cost fruit, nut industries over $3 billion (Farm Press) Aug. 15 A new report released by the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources' Agricultural Issues Center estimates the higher tariffs could cost major U.S. fruit and nut industries $2.

If you're like most of us, you go bananas for a banana for breakfast. It's healthy, nutritious and packed with potassium. But wait! You should probably go bananas for another fruit--that pear-shaped avocado. Did you know the avocado provides more potassium than a banana? It does.

Learn more about Point Reyes National Seashore in ways the casual visitor cannot, exploring in areas less traveled and alongside some of the California's most knowledgeable naturalists. The upcoming CalNat Course with Point Reyes National Seashore Association is open for registration.

Wildlife isn't always restricted to wild spaces. Avocado orchards and other agricultural landscapes also buzz with species that forage and reproduce in these spaces.

Many of our CalNat friends and colleagues and the places they hold dear are being heavily impacted by statewide wildfires.

California's Wildfires Are Spreading Faster and Burning More This Year. Experts Say It 'Can Only Get Worse' (TIME) Jennifer Calfas, July 31 Rising temperatures aren't the only reason fires have grown in size and aggression, though scientists are quick not to place blame entirely on climate change.

The UC ANR Staff Assembly has established a scholarship program that is available to all UC ANR staff employees and county-paid employees.