Rangelands

Happy Presidents' Day. It's day we honor not only George Washington and Abraham Lincoln but all the men (no women yet!) who have served as President of the United States.

Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Client's Request: Would you please help me to identify a plant which is a bush when fully grown, and blooms in small light-blue color flowers in fall and winter.

Remember receiving valentine cards that read "Bee My Valentine?" Well, every day can be Valentine's Day when there are bees in your garden.

It's going to be a long weekend, but it's a short one when you consider all the things you can do and see at the eighth annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 16. Bring your family. Bring your friends. Bring your camera.

Did you read the article in today's New York Times about tsetse flies and the scientists who research them? Totally fascinating.

Love Nature? Enjoy working with youth K-5th Grade? Have some time to spare this Spring & Fall?

Postdoctoral scientist Antoine Brieux of the Joanna Chiu lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will speak on "Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Photoperiodic Time Measurement in Drosophila melanogaster" at the next departmental seminar.

Oh, the butterflies you'll see at the Bohart Museum of Entomology during the eighth annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 16.

Registration is underway for the seventh annual International Pollinator Conference, set Wednesday, July 17 through Saturday, July 20 in the ARC Ballroom.

Are you considering introducing cover crops into your production system? Are you wanting to plant hedgerows or wind breaks? Are you interested in prescribed grazing? Are you implementing reduced or no-tillage practices?