Rangelands

IGIS was pleased to attend an excellent Forest and Shrubland LiDAR Derived Products Workshop jointly held by the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) and California Department of Conservation (DOC), on March 17th.

International doctoral student Ziad Khouri, who studies with major professor, UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey, will share his research on mammoth wasps, the scoliid wasps, at a seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology on Wednesday, March 30.

I invite you to travel back in time with me - clear back to late October 2021! We'd measured more than 10 inches of rain in Auburn, and we could see the first green shoots of grass emerging through the dry forage.

Ready to learn about mammoth wasps, medflies, nematodes and pesticide risks to polilnators, or delve into such topics as "Mystery of the Missing Microbes: Why Do Bees Keep Losing Their Symbionts?

International doctoral student Ziad Khouri, who studies with major professor, UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey, will open the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's spring quarter seminar series on Wednesday, March 30 with a seminar on mammoth wasps, the scoliid wasps.

Solidarity Farms is one of the farms that have been proactive regarding soil health. Since purchasing the farm, the farm owners have focused on improving soil health. They have won a few grants geared towards improving soil health.

The Alternative Manure Management Program helps dairy and livestock producers decrease their manure-derived methane emissions by transitioning from one manure management system to another. It awards funds up to $750,000.

If there are youngsters in your life who love insects, birds, and all things nature, tell them about the UC Davis Bio Boot Camps. The deadline to submit an application is 11 p.m., Monday, March 21. To apply, students must write a letter about why they want to attend Bio Boot Camp.

From Del Norte, Siskiyou, and Modoc counties south through San Diego and Imperial counties, Californians will be seeing more University of California Cooperative Extension advisors in their communities.

When evolutionary ecologist Marc Johnson, a professor of biology at the University of Toronto, Mississauga, and his team published their Global Urbanization Drives Adaptation in the Plant White Clover research today (March 17, St.