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First, remember that the desire to avoid any kind of an interaction is mutual. Rattlesnakes are an important part of the ecosystem, feeding on rodents, birds, and other small animals.

Get ready to contribute your iNaturalist observation skills to your local community organizations to help collect data for science! The 2020 City Nature Challenge is April 24-27.

Common Name: Toyon, California holly Planting Zone: Sunset 14-24 Size: 8-15 ft. shrub or small, multi-trunked tree to 25 ft. Bloom Season: Flowers in summer; red berries in fall and winter Exposure: Full sun or partial shade Pruning Needs: None needed.

California ag faces a decade of challenges (Farm Press) Tim Hearden, Jan. 31 We're getting close to a point where field work in agriculture is similar to or higher than the wages in other sectors, said Dan Sumner, director of the University of California's Agricultural Issues Center in Davis.

The Goldspotted Oak Borer (GSOB) (Agrilus auroguttatus) continues to kill native oaks in several areas of Southern California. Susceptible oaks include coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia), canyon live oak (Q. chrysolepis), and California black oak (Q. kelloggii).

Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) Senior Researcher and Policy Advisor Wendi Gosliner, in collaboration with Professor Lia Fernald at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, received a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Equity-Focused Policy Research grant to understand the reaso...

Five of the past six years have been the warmest in Bakersfield's recorded history (Bakersfield Californian) Steven Mayer, Jan. 15 Daniel Sumner, an ag economist at UC Davis, said researchers across the state are busy studying the changing patterns of California's Mediterranean climate.

The following is compiled from the January newsletter of the Ventura County ACP-HLB Task Force Results of November scouting trip are available for the Canine Detection Team A team of six dogs and three handlers from F1K9 scouted 20 citrus ranches in Ventura County between Nov. 18 and Nov. 22, 2019.

Add fundraising to your long list of job responsibilities and budget woes, and it can make you want to run screaming in the other direction. But it doesn't have to! UC ANR's Development Services team is here to partner with you.

Welcome to the final IGIS year-in-review of the decade! 2019 was another productive and satisfying year, full of innovation, outreach, and collaboration. Our work this year has been guided by ANR Strategic Goals and contributed to the Public Value Statements.