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Bloomless N tazetta - Chinese sacred lily
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A Tale of Three Narcissus

March 25, 2019
Narcissus are problematic in my Suisun City garden. Some naturalize well but others fizzle after a first season of bloom, producing only leaves until I find the time and energy to dig them out.
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New CalNat Academic Coordinator Sarah-Mae Nelson.
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Introducing Sarah-Mae Nelson, our newest CalNat team member!

March 20, 2019
The California Naturalist Program gives a warm welcome to Sarah-Mae Nelson, our newest CalNat team member! Sarah-Mae recently joined the UC Agriculture & Natural Resources California Naturalist statewide program as the Academic Coordinator focusing on our new Climate Stewards Initiative.
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Ellen Bruno.
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Economic policy approaches to water allocation in California

March 4, 2019
Dr. Ellen Bruno is an Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist in quantitative policy analysis at UC Berkeley. Her research evaluates the effectiveness of different policy instruments for improving the management of our increasingly scarce water resources.
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Viticulture and Enology On the Road in Monterey County

February 11, 2019
By Larry J Bettiga
UPCOMING MEETING EVENT: UCDavisViticultureand EnologyOn theRoad in Monterey County Monterey County Cooperative Extension Office 1432 Abbott Street, Salinas, CA March 8, 2019, 8:30 am-1:30 pm 8:30 - 9:00 Check-in,lightbreakfast andcoffee 9:00 - 9:30 Managing vector spread/virus diseases of grape, Nei...
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UC Cooperative Extension ramps up its climate change response

February 1, 2019
Return to UC Cooperative Extension | Agricultural Experiment Station While scientific reports continue to mount confirming that global climate change is increasing temperatures, causing more frequent weather extremes and raising the sea level in California, UC Cooperative Extension is working to ens...
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Zane and Benjamin planting acorns for the UC Santa Cruz study by Dr. Blair McLaughlin of the Zavaleta Lab.
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HREC Youth Volunteers Support Oak Research

January 17, 2019
My name is Valentina Evans, and I am a new volunteer at the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center. My partners Benjamin Evans, and Zane Petersen have chosen to volunteer with me at the HREC for our senior project at Ukiah High School.
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