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We are here for you!

April 30, 2020
By Kristian M Salgado-Jacobo
During these unprecedented times of having to practice social distancing, the University of California Cooperative Extension's (UCCE) Climate Smart Agriculture -Community Education Specialists (CES) are still here to help you! We have continued to diligently provide technical assistance to farmers a...
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Gardeners with Heart: First Year Master Gardeners are Second to None

April 24, 2020
UC Master Gardener Volunteers are excellent teachers and community educators whether they've been with our program for one year or twenty! The two extraordinary volunteers featured in this article are early in their UC Master Gardener Volunteer involvement but have already made themselves indispensa...
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Shannon shares the contents of her naturalist backpack.
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Our Naturalists' Recommendations and Favorite iNaturalist Observations

April 23, 2020
California Naturalists are getting ready to participate in and around their homes for the City Nature Challenge 2020, April 24-27! If you want to participate, find out if your city is on the list this year. They told us using the survey what they are looking forward to seeing in their city.
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This is the virus that causes COVID-19. A UC Davis-based public awareness webinar on COVID-19 will take place at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, April 23 on YouTube.
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COVID-19 Survivor to Participate in UC Davis-Based Webinar

April 21, 2020
She's a survivor of COVID-19 and she'll tell what happened to her. The first Yolo County resident to test positive for COVID-19 will join physicians and scientists at the UC Davis-based COVID-19 public awareness webinar set from 1:30 to 4 p.m.
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This is a illustration of the virus that causes COVID-19. A UC Davis-based COVID-19 public awareness webinar is set from 1:30 to 4 p.m., on Thursday, April 23, on YouTube Live at covidactionplan.com.
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COVID-19 Survivor to Speak at Public Awareness Webinar

April 21, 2020
The first Yolo County resident to test positive for COVID-19 will join physicians and scientists at the UC Davis-based COVID-19 public awareness webinar set from 1:30 to 4 p.m., on Thursday, April 23, on YouTube Live at covidactionplan.com.
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A bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, commonly known as a "black-tailed bumble bee," awakens on a Spanish lavender in a Vacaville park. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Good Morning from a Sleepy Bumble Bee

April 15, 2020
Benjamin Franklin reportedly said: "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." What about the sleeping patterns of bumble bees? Bumble bees are definitely early risers--if the weather cooperates.
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