Climate scientists from three countries have determined that the carbon reduction goals set at the Paris Agreement in 2015 are not feasible. Regardless of whether the U.S. remains part of the Paris climate accord, scientists…
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Quick summary Only about half of conifer trees regenerated five to seven years after wildfire in sites studied. Study spanned 10 national forests and 4 burned areas in California. Study presents tool to help foresters…
California Rangeland Trust awarded the 2016 Conservation Impact Award to Dr. Kenneth W. Tate, a Cooperative Extension specialist and professor in the Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis, and with UC ANR. The Rangeland Trust…
Op-ed by Jeff Mitchell and Randy Southard Reprinted from The Sacramento Bee, October 29, 2015 California’s severe drought has focused attention on the critical role that soils have in agriculture and the economy of the…
November 2, 2015 University of California, Davis by Ann Filmer If you allowed your lawn to die this summer to save water, now is the time to replace it with water-wise landscape plants, say landscape…
Improving lettuce crops is the aim of a new, $4.5 million grant, awarded to University of California, Davis, researchers by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The five-year, renewable grant…
Leslie Roche joined the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of California, Davis, in September as a faculty member. Roche is a UC Cooperative Extension Specialist in Rangeland Management. She earned a Ph.D. in…
Updates presented at the symposium indicate that livestock grazing is a minimal source of water quality impairment. For two days in March 2015, the “new frontier” of livestock grazing in California was on full display…
by Pamela Kan-Rice August 10, 2015 re-posted from UC ANR Green Blog Can orchards get credit for storing carbon? A webinar discussing greenhouse gas emissions, carbon sequestration and more is now online. Sonja Brodt, academic…
