Rangelands

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May 11 Rangeland Meeting
Notes in the Margins: Agronomy and Weed Science Musings: Article

Upcoming Extension Meetings - May 2019 - Rangeland Weed Management

April 22, 2019
When: Saturday, May 11 Time: 9:00am to 2:00pm Where: Ruth McKenzie Table Mountain Preserve (22477 Auberry Rd, Clovis, CA 93619, Fresno County) There will be a hands-on, field-based extension day exploring weed identification, management options, and local best practices for the control of problem ve...
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December 1968 Earth rise.
Green Blog: Article

Earth Day history can inspire us all

April 21, 2019
By Rose M Hayden-Smith
My father was ahead of his time. Years before Americans were asked to, Jim Hayden ensured that our family conserved energy by keeping the thermostat low, turning off lights and taking "military" showers to reduce water use. My father also observed the speed limit.
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An orb weaver at work in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sarah Stellwagen: The Biomechanics of Spider Glue

April 21, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Postdoctoral researcher and spider silk expert Sarah Stellwagen, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), will speak on "Towards Spider Glue: From Material Properties to Sequencing the Longest Silk Family Gene" at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar at 4:10 p.m.
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A male monarch seeking nectar in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Butterfly Summit: Are Butterflies Heralds of Apocalypse?

April 19, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough," wrote the late poet Rabindranath Targoe (1861-1941) of Bengali, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. There may not be "time enough" for some species that are rapidly declining.
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CSUCI students at HAREC
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CSU Channel Islands Seminar at HAREC

April 19, 2019
By Susana Bruzzone-Miller
A warm HAREC welcome to Dr. Tracylee Clarke and her Leadership Studies class from CSU Channel Islands. Dr. Clarke brought 22 students to see how leadership skills learned in class might be applied on a Research and Education Center. Throughout the visit, Dr.
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The Biochar Blog: Article

NRCS Conservation Practice Standards

April 18, 2019
By Milton E Mcgiffen
NRCS Conservation Practice Standards are a determinant of how we farm, funding, and a variety of other things. Many in the biochar community felt the Standards sold biochar short. Well...
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UC Davis medical entomologist Geoffrey Attardo shows Sebastian and Kamila Ehrlich examples of what insects they might want to see in virtual reality. In back is their mother, Carollina Ehrlich. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

'Adventure Awaited' at Virtual Reality Demonstration

April 17, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"Adventure Awaits!" the theme proclaimed. And that it did Saturday at the 105th annual UC Davis Picnic Day--especially at the second annual "Virtual Reality Bugs" display at Briggs Hall, the administrative home of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.
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sheep grazing
From Soil to Science: Article

Rx Grazing School

April 17, 2019
By Stephanie R Larson
Working landscape ecosystems provide benefits to the landowner and to all life forms living or passing through that land. Neighbors benefit with open viewscapes, to clean water and air, and carbon sequestration from well-maintained working landscapes rangelands, grassland, and open space.
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Sable Palm, Mexican wolf, jaguar, ocelot, Quino Checkerspot Butterfly, Arroyo Toad, Peninsualr Bighorn Sheep, Ferruginous Pygmy owl
Outstanding in the Field: Views from North Coast Rangeland: Article

US/Mexico Border Wall and Impacts on Rangeland

April 16, 2019
By Stephanie R Larson
This spring, I am teaching the Santa Rosa Junior College Rangeland Management class. This is my opportunity to educate aspiring students on the importance of rangelands and how to manage them.
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