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Sonoma County 4-H Reporter: Article

March 4-H Reporter

February 23, 2018
Read more news at California 4-H News or National 4-H News Check out our County Calendar here! March 6, 4-H CCC Meetings (Rohnert Park) 11, Fair Appreciation Day 17, Clover Day 20, Teen Workshop #2 Double 8 Dairy 28, Wildlife Project April 3, 4-H CCC Meetings 6, California 4-H Camping Conference 6,...
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UCCE rangeland advisor meets with ranchers in the field to discuss rangeland management decisions.
Green Blog: Article

UCCE to be a leader in climate change awareness and education

February 21, 2018
By Jeannette Warnert
Although individual extreme weather events cannot yet be reliably linked to global climate change, the warming planet may be contributing to recent weather disasters in California. Across the state, 129 million trees died as a result of the drought of 2011-2016, many of them in the Sierra Nevada.
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A young girl searches for bees amid the blossoms of the California native plant, Brandegee's sage (Salvia brandegeei) (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Heaven in the Bee Haven

February 20, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It was heaven in the bee haven. As temperatures climbed into the seventies last Saturday, honey bees foraged in the California native plant, Brandegee's sage (Salvia brandegeei). and pollinated the almond blossoms. It seemed like spring.
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"It's Bugged: Insects' Role in Design," an exhibit in Cruess Hall that explores the connection between insects and people, will be open from noon to 4 p.m. on Feb. 17. The image of bees is the work of Alex Wild. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

'Get Bugged' at Design Museum on Biodiversity Museum Day

February 14, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's bugged. Yes, it is. When you attend the seventh annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 17 to see 13 museums or collections, be sure to see It's Bugged: Insects' Role in Design, an exhibit in Cruess Hall that explores the connection between insects and people.
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Young people from age 11 to 19 in San Mateo County took hikes and engaged in other outdoor activities at the 4-H Youth Summit in the Santa Cruz Mountains
Healthy Communities Blog: Article

Latino youths increase their presence in UC ANR 4-H program

February 9, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
For more than 200 youngsters in California, including 45 Latinos, the last weekend of January was a unique experience, full of physical activities and workshops that will help them build a successful future.
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A stick insect in the process of molting. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A Little Sticktoitiveness

February 6, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Well, it did what it was supposed to do. It walked. When Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and UC Davis professor of entomology, glanced at a wall near the entrance of the Bohart Museum during a recent open house, she noticed something that wasn't part of the wall.
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One of the art works on display depicts lichen and is by Allison Leigh Holt, an Oakland-based cross-disciplinary artist who works at the “intersection of sculpture, video, installation and performance.”
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Reception Set Feb. 9 for Consilience Exhibit That Fuses Art With Science

February 5, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A reception heralding the biannual juried show, the Consilience of Art and Science, an exhibit fusing art with science, will be celebrated from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9 in the Pence Gallery, 212 D St., Davis. The reception is free and open to the public.
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This is the championship Dixon Ridge 4-H Club Chili Team: (from left) siblings Moncerral “Monce” Torres Cisneros, Maritzia Partida Cisneros, Rudolfo “Rudy” Radillio Cisneros, and Miguel Partida Cisneros. They made “4-H Green and White Chili.” (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Food Blog: Article

4-H chili cookoff: Heralding green and white

February 1, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What's green and white and wins a county 4-H chili cookoff? Chili, 4-H chili. And it's just in time for Super Bowl Sunday on Feb. 4 when the New England Patriots square off in Minneapolis, Minn., with the Philadelphia Eagles.
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UC Davis entomology major Lohitashwa “Lohit” Garikipati showed his praying mantises at a Bohart Museum open house last September. He will be showing his collection on Saturday, Feb. 17 during the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Praying Mantises to Draw Attention at UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day

January 31, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's about value. It's about respect. It should not be about fear. UC Davis entomology major Lohitashwa Lohit Garikipati, who will be displaying his praying mantis collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology during the seventh annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb.
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ANR News Blog: Article

Monthly news round up: January 2018

January 31, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Woodland as ag hub topic of forum (Woodland Daily Democrat) Jenice Tupolo, Jan. 30 Developing Woodland as an agricultural center is becoming more of a reality, even as local organizations worked together in creating a forum focused on agricultural innovation in Yolo County. ...
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