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Hopland Research & Extension Center Naturalists monitoring herpetofauna.
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There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.

April 13, 2018
Citizen Science Day is April 14. "There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew" - Marshall McLuhan. To understand and protect California's unique natural resources, we need all the information we can gather across many different disciplines.
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2018 Season - First post

April 9, 2018
General situation It has been an up and down start to the year for thrips development. Through February the relatively dry winter, and somewhat warm start to the year in the San Joaquin Valley meant we were running ahead of the 30 year average for degree day accumulation.
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Elkus hens
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March news clips

April 3, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Unprecedented Study Discovers what Urban Coyotes Really Eat (Care2) Laura Goldman, March 30 Hiking boots, avocados, candy wrappers and fast-food containers.
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Zheng Wang
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Names in the News

April 3, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Wang joins UCCE as vegetable and irrigation advisor Zheng Wang joined UCCE on March 5, 2018, as an area vegetable production and irrigation advisor in Stanislaus, San Joaquin and Merced counties.
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