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As wildfires grow deadlier, officials search for solutions (Associated Press) Matthew Brown and Ellen Knickmeyer, Nov. 14 "There are ... so many ways that can go wrong, in the warning, the modes of getting the message out, the confusion ...

"Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago Where have all the flowers gone? Girls have picked them every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?

As I write this post, the first few drops of rain are falling on our part of the Sierra foothills since early October. Here in Auburn, those early autumn rains were enough to green up our annual rangeland; other parts of the foothills and Sacramento Valley weren't so fortunate.

Producing Healthy Forage Systems November 27-28-29, 2018 Grand Sierra Resort, Reno Nevada Hay y'all, come join us for the California Alfalfa and Forage Symposium in Reno, NV, November 27-29, 2018! This year's theme is Building Healthy Forage Systems For a detailed agenda, and registration informatio...

The Camp Fire, which started a week ago today in the foothills northeast of Chico, has devastated the communities of Paradise and Magalia. As of this writing, the fire has consumed nearly 150,000 acres and destroyed more than 10,000 structures.

Reposted from the UCANR Green Blog For millennia, fires periodically burned through California forests, thinning trees, reducing shrubbery and clearing out downed branches and debris.

As a commercial sheep producer who is also the father of two daughters who have shown lambs at our local fair since they were nine years old, I'm sometimes conflicted about the value of showing livestock.

Researchers studying cover crops near almond orchards (Western Farm Press) Tim Hearden, Oct. 31 University of California Cooperative Extension researchers have started field trials to analyze the benefits and trade-off of planting cover crops near or within almond production systems.

UC scientists, students and water agency professionals took a critical look inwards and a radical look outwards when they gathered in Sacramento in October to reimagine California water.

UC scientists, students and water agency professionals took a critical look inwards and a radical look outwards when they gathered in Sacramento in October to reimagine California water.