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What Should You Wear When Using Pesticides?

April 1, 2025

By Lauren Fordyce

When using pesticides and other garden chemicals, you should always wear personal protective equipment (PPE) to keep yourself safe. Pesticides can enter the body via the eyes, skin, nose, or mouth. The skin is the most common way pesticides enter our bodies, usually by splashing, spillage, or spray drift…

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Sample benefits of stormwater management

Water Supply Security (WSS): Article

Stormwater Management in Southern California

March 31, 2025

By Esther N Lofton, Erik C Porse

Stormwater management is the strategic practice of controlling and utilizing stormwater runoff from precipitation events as a valuable water supply source. Its main goals are to protect our environment and create healthier, sustainable communities. Exhibiting many different methods and tools for rainwater…

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Cal-Fire diagram of defensible space zones

Over the Fence (Alameda County): Article

Fire Safety and Firescaping for Gardeners

March 29, 2025

By Patsy Babbitt

Learn how you can best protect your gardens and home from wildfire damage in Alameda County.

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ANR Contracts & Grants Updates: Article

2 RFPs - Vertebrate Pest Control Research and Forest Monitoring

March 27, 2025

By Kendra T Rose

Dear Colleagues,1) California Department of Food and Agriculture’s (CDFA) Integrated Pest Control Branch is now accepting applications for the Vertebrate Pest Control Research Program (VPCRP). This funding opportunity is designed to support innovative research and education projects aimed at…

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UC Master Gardeners of Monterey, San Benito & Santa Cruz Counties: Article

Gardening Safely After the Moss Landing Battery Fire: What We Know

March 20, 2025

By Atticus Rotoli

Update 5/27/25 In response to the fire at Vistra's Moss Landing battery plant in January of this year a new data dashboard is now available online with data on environmental testing and monitoring. It will continue to be updated throughout clean-up operations.Moss Landing Battery Fire Dashboard …

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UC Marin Master Gardeners: Document

June: Water Wise Strategies

As spring transitions into the dryer months of summer, now is the time to check and refine your irrigation system to keep your plants appropriately hydrated. Having healthy and hydrated plants is an important component of a Fire-smart Landscape. Healthy and hydrated plants:Are more difficult to…

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Fire-Smart Landscaping Tips

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UC ANR fire expert highlights materials, components and actions that saved homes from LA fires

March 4, 2025

By Yana S Valachovic

Yana Valachovic, a member of UC ANR's Fire Network with a specialty in community resilience and the built environment, visited the sites of the L.A. fires to look for examples where surviving homes withstood the ferocity of the fire and for signs of defensible space and home hardening in action.

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UCCE Plumas-Sierra: Page

Forests of the Lost Sierra

Our forest and natural resources program seeks to provide the best and latest research-based information for all who live, work, and recreate in the forests of Plumas, Sierra, and Lassen Counties.

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UCCE Humboldt - Del Norte Counties: Page

Fire

How to connect with Fire Director, Lenya Quinn-Davidson, and fire resources.

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