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(Please share widely) Post Doctoral Scholar Opportunity University of California, Davis Small Fruit Insect IPM Post-doctoral Position A post-doctoral position is currently available for two years focusing on spotted wing drosophila (SWD) population biology, insecticide resistance, and management in...

When Genoveva Islas was 12 years old, she was responsible for giving insulin injections to her diabetic tia, her aunt. Tia lost her toes, lost her leg, lost her life, Islas said. This is a very important fight.

Dear Colleagues, The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the call for Wetlands Restoration for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program pre-proposals due August 13, 2019. The Program restores wetland ecosystems to provide essential services to California's people, wildlife, and fish.

July 19, 2019 Two junior-year students at Washington Union High School in Easton, CA, Sophia Garcia and Lilliana Ruiz, successfully completed their two-week internship with the Wonderful Company at UC ANR's Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center.

A little over a month ago, I visited some contiguous garbanzo bean fields in southern San Joaquin County, at the request of the grower. The grower observed that plants were yellowing and dying (Fig. 1) and wondered what might be causing the problem.

One of the forces driving agricultural experiments in California's fertile San Joaquin Valley is climate change, reported Mark Schapiro on Grist.org. Although some sources still don't feel completely comfortable with the concept.

A little over a month ago, I visited some contiguous garbanzo bean fields in southern San Joaquin County, at the request of the grower. The grower observed that plants were yellowing and dying (Fig. 1) and wondered what might be causing the problem.

The Madsen lab is working on South American spongeplant (Limnobium laevigatum), a relatively new invader in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Photo 1).

Although many coast redwoods (Sequoia sempervirons) appear to grow well in some parts of the San Joaquin Valley, the UCCE Master Gardeners are often contacted for help diagnosing redwoods with dead branches that seem to be dying.

The April 2019 academic footprint numbers are in. Now granted there were a number of colleagues who departed just this past week, but, overall, the numbers are promising. CE Specialist numbers are at the highest (n = 119) since I first started tracking the numbers.