O:9:"MagpieRSS":23:{s:6:"parser";i:0;s:12:"current_item";a:0:{}s:5:"items";a:26:{i:0;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:86:" Do California spotted owls prefer to nest near forest edges? SNAMP scientists say no.";s:11:"description";s:736:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4209&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/6168small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>Adult and juvenile California spotted owlDuring a Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project (SNAMP) public meeting, a participant brought up the idea that California spotted owls preferred to nest near forest edges to be closer to foraging habitat and their prey. Principal investigator for the SNAMP Owl Team, Dr. Rocky Gutierrez, charged research fellow Casey Phillips and SNAMP Owl Team project leader Doug Tempel to research this question at SNAMP study sites in the Tahoe and Eldorado National......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:04:27 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4209&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:34:" kcingram@ucdavis.edu(Kim  Ingram)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4209";s:7:"summary";s:736:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4209&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/6168small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>Adult and juvenile California spotted owlDuring a Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project (SNAMP) public meeting, a participant brought up the idea that California spotted owls preferred to nest near forest edges to be closer to foraging habitat and their prey. Principal investigator for the SNAMP Owl Team, Dr. Rocky Gutierrez, charged research fellow Casey Phillips and SNAMP Owl Team project leader Doug Tempel to research this question at SNAMP study sites in the Tahoe and Eldorado National......<br clear="all">";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1298477067;}i:1;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:38:" Study to examine giant sequoia groves";s:11:"description";s:739:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4215&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/6177small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>The giant sequoias of the Sierra Nevada are the biggest and among the oldest trees on the planet. Some are 2,000 to 3,000 years old. Forestry scientists from the University of California and Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo,&#xa0; want to learn more about how disturbance factors affect the health of these aging behemoths.
Growth-response studies to date show that tree vigor can increase following moderate intensity disturbances such as prescribed fire or mechanical fire-hazard reduction treatments. Less......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:30:42 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4215&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:37:" jdstumbos@ucdavis.edu(John  Stumbos)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4215";s:7:"summary";s:739:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4215&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/6177small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>The giant sequoias of the Sierra Nevada are the biggest and among the oldest trees on the planet. Some are 2,000 to 3,000 years old. Forestry scientists from the University of California and Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo,&#xa0; want to learn more about how disturbance factors affect the health of these aging behemoths.
Growth-response studies to date show that tree vigor can increase following moderate intensity disturbances such as prescribed fire or mechanical fire-hazard reduction treatments. Less......<br clear="all">";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1297873842;}i:2;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:71:" Globe-trotting researchers find natural enemies of the olive fruit fly";s:11:"description";s:745:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4200&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/6153small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>UC scientists and cooperators traveled the world looking for natural enemies of the olive fruit fly &#8212; the most important pest of olive trees &#8212; and found several parasites of the fruit fly that may help control efforts.
Psyttalia lounsburyi, a natural enemy of olive fruit fly, was collected in Africa.
First detected here in the late 1990s, the invasive (nonnative) olive fruit fly is now found in more than 40 California counties, and presents significant challenges for the state&#8217;s olive......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 09 Feb 2011 06:44:18 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4200&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:34:" jlbyron@ucdavis.edu(Janet  Byron)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4200";s:7:"summary";s:745:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4200&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/6153small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>UC scientists and cooperators traveled the world looking for natural enemies of the olive fruit fly &#8212; the most important pest of olive trees &#8212; and found several parasites of the fruit fly that may help control efforts.
Psyttalia lounsburyi, a natural enemy of olive fruit fly, was collected in Africa.
First detected here in the late 1990s, the invasive (nonnative) olive fruit fly is now found in more than 40 California counties, and presents significant challenges for the state&#8217;s olive......<br clear="all">";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1297262658;}i:3;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:59:" Alternatives to fumigation and improving fumigant efficacy";s:11:"description";s:746:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4139&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/6074small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>Synthetic soil fumigants such as chloropicrin and 1,3-D are used by some commercial growers to control soilborne pathogens, weeds and nematodes prior to planting strawberries, onions, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers and spinach. These fumigants and all other biocidal products with the potential to harm the environment and human health are highly-regulated by the federal Environmental Protection Agency, the state&#xa0;Department of Pesticide Regulation, and county agricultural commissioner&apos;s offices.
UC......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:14:53 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4139&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:34:" cmwebb@ucdavis.edu(Chris M. Webb)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4139";s:7:"summary";s:746:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4139&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/6074small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>Synthetic soil fumigants such as chloropicrin and 1,3-D are used by some commercial growers to control soilborne pathogens, weeds and nematodes prior to planting strawberries, onions, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers and spinach. These fumigants and all other biocidal products with the potential to harm the environment and human health are highly-regulated by the federal Environmental Protection Agency, the state&#xa0;Department of Pesticide Regulation, and county agricultural commissioner&apos;s offices.
UC......<br clear="all">";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1296663293;}i:4;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:39:" How does climate change impact plants?";s:11:"description";s:764:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4104&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5989small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>All bets are off in terms of what will happen with plant species migration and crop production as the climate changes globally.
A common assumption has been that native plants and animals would &#8220;move,&#8221; or migrate, to higher elevations as temperatures rise, to maintain their &#8220;preferred&#8221; temperatures, but a new report by Jason Greenberg at UC Davis, shows that many California plant species moved downhill over the past 70 years.
According to Greenberg, &#8220;While the climate warmed significantly in......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:51:50 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4104&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:37:" afilmer@ucdavis.edu(Ann King Filmer)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4104";s:7:"summary";s:764:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4104&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5989small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>All bets are off in terms of what will happen with plant species migration and crop production as the climate changes globally.
A common assumption has been that native plants and animals would &#8220;move,&#8221; or migrate, to higher elevations as temperatures rise, to maintain their &#8220;preferred&#8221; temperatures, but a new report by Jason Greenberg at UC Davis, shows that many California plant species moved downhill over the past 70 years.
According to Greenberg, &#8220;While the climate warmed significantly in......<br clear="all">";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1295657510;}i:5;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:54:" Green energy may generate more greenbacks for farmers";s:11:"description";s:739:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4080&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5958small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>California&#8217;s role as an emerging world leader in the development of green energy technologies offers the state&#8217;s farmers the opportunity to diversify their cropping systems and increase their income.
Sacramento lawmakers have given the California Energy Commission an annual budget of $100 million to support the development of alternative and renewable low-carbon fuels. In addition, the State Alternative Fuels Plan set goals of reducing petroleum dependence by 15 percent and increasing......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 19 Jan 2011 07:05:54 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4080&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:44:" jewarnert@ucdavis.edu(Jeannette E. Warnert)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4080";s:7:"summary";s:739:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4080&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5958small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>California&#8217;s role as an emerging world leader in the development of green energy technologies offers the state&#8217;s farmers the opportunity to diversify their cropping systems and increase their income.
Sacramento lawmakers have given the California Energy Commission an annual budget of $100 million to support the development of alternative and renewable low-carbon fuels. In addition, the State Alternative Fuels Plan set goals of reducing petroleum dependence by 15 percent and increasing......<br clear="all">";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1295449554;}i:6;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:40:" Jeffrey Mount and the Delta levee blues";s:11:"description";s:773:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4022&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5864small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>Jeffrey Mount, a UC Davis geology professor and the Roy J. Shlemon Chair in Applied Geosciences, was included in &#8220;The Sacramento 100&#8221; &#8212; Sacramento News and Review&#8217;s 2010 round-up of the most influential, important and interesting people in Sacramento.
He was joined by an eclectic group of &#8220;interesting&#8221; characters, so whether being named on the list makes him notorious or famous is up to interpretation.Jeff Mount
In any case, Mount was aptly described as &#8220;the man who knows everything about......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 12 Jan 2011 06:21:49 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4022&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:32:" tjwood@ucdavis.edu(Trina  Wood)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4022";s:7:"summary";s:773:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=4022&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5864small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>Jeffrey Mount, a UC Davis geology professor and the Roy J. Shlemon Chair in Applied Geosciences, was included in &#8220;The Sacramento 100&#8221; &#8212; Sacramento News and Review&#8217;s 2010 round-up of the most influential, important and interesting people in Sacramento.
He was joined by an eclectic group of &#8220;interesting&#8221; characters, so whether being named on the list makes him notorious or famous is up to interpretation.Jeff Mount
In any case, Mount was aptly described as &#8220;the man who knows everything about......<br clear="all">";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1294842109;}i:7;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:49:" How UC helped turn onion waste into clean energy";s:11:"description";s:757:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3962&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5781small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>Ten years ago, a California family&apos;s food-processing business was booming -- so much so that it was in danger of drowning in its own success. A new idea out of UC Davis helped them stay on top.
In 1983, Gills Onions had been asked by La Victoria Salsa to provide large quantities of high-quality, fresh-cut onions when no automated equipment and processes existed. With typical farmers&#8217; &quot;can do&quot; attitude, brothers Steve and David Gill and their 16 employees developed a system to peel, slice, dice......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 05 Jan 2011 08:08:43 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3962&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:36:" swright@ucdavis.edu(Sylvia  Wright)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3962";s:7:"summary";s:757:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3962&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5781small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>Ten years ago, a California family&apos;s food-processing business was booming -- so much so that it was in danger of drowning in its own success. A new idea out of UC Davis helped them stay on top.
In 1983, Gills Onions had been asked by La Victoria Salsa to provide large quantities of high-quality, fresh-cut onions when no automated equipment and processes existed. With typical farmers&#8217; &quot;can do&quot; attitude, brothers Steve and David Gill and their 16 employees developed a system to peel, slice, dice......<br clear="all">";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1294243723;}i:8;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:47:" Want to report SOD? We?ve got an app for that!";s:11:"description";s:737:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3948&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5773small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>When the great outdoors is your research laboratory, gathering data can be a challenge. To get a broader perspective on the extent of damage caused by sudden oak death, a UC Berkeley Cooperative Extension geographer is using crowd sourcing to enhance her research on the disease that has killed over a million of California&#8217;s iconic oak trees since 1995.
Maggi Kelly, UC Berkeley Cooperative Extension specialist, started collecting data from community members through her OakMapper website in......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 22 Dec 2010 06:33:40 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3948&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:40:" pskanrice@ucdavis.edu(Pamela  Kan-Rice)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3948";s:7:"summary";s:737:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3948&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5773small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>When the great outdoors is your research laboratory, gathering data can be a challenge. To get a broader perspective on the extent of damage caused by sudden oak death, a UC Berkeley Cooperative Extension geographer is using crowd sourcing to enhance her research on the disease that has killed over a million of California&#8217;s iconic oak trees since 1995.
Maggi Kelly, UC Berkeley Cooperative Extension specialist, started collecting data from community members through her OakMapper website in......<br clear="all">";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1293028420;}i:9;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:56:" Wireless networks could improve state water forecasting";s:11:"description";s:736:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3846&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5621small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>A new wireless data collection system deployed at Duncan Peak, located near the town of Foresthill on the Middle Fork of the American River basin, is part of a new water information system for California. This extensively distributed sensor network will allow for better characterization on the amount of water stored in the snow and the soil throughout the watershed.
This wireless system is part of the research being conducted by University of California researchers as part of the Sierra Nevada......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:40:24 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3846&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:34:" kcingram@ucdavis.edu(Kim  Ingram)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3846";s:7:"summary";s:736:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3846&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5621small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>A new wireless data collection system deployed at Duncan Peak, located near the town of Foresthill on the Middle Fork of the American River basin, is part of a new water information system for California. This extensively distributed sensor network will allow for better characterization on the amount of water stored in the snow and the soil throughout the watershed.
This wireless system is part of the research being conducted by University of California researchers as part of the Sierra Nevada......<br clear="all">";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1292424024;}i:10;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:14:" Bee-ing green";s:11:"description";s:764:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3873&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5657small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>Going green in your backyard doesn&#8217;t mean just planting a bee-friendly garden and providing water for the bees.
Have you ever thought about becoming a backyard beekeeper? You can help boost the declining bee population while engaging in a fascinating and rewarding hobby. Your flowers, fruits and vegetables will benefit (as will your neighbors&apos; gardens). Another reward that&#8217;s sweet: honey.
There&#8217;s another benefit, too. If you&#8217;re into photography, especially macro photography, this is a perfect......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 08 Dec 2010 09:22:04 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3873&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:43:" kegarvey@ucdavis.edu(Kathy Keatley Garvey)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3873";s:7:"summary";s:764:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3873&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5657small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>Going green in your backyard doesn&#8217;t mean just planting a bee-friendly garden and providing water for the bees.
Have you ever thought about becoming a backyard beekeeper? You can help boost the declining bee population while engaging in a fascinating and rewarding hobby. Your flowers, fruits and vegetables will benefit (as will your neighbors&apos; gardens). Another reward that&#8217;s sweet: honey.
There&#8217;s another benefit, too. If you&#8217;re into photography, especially macro photography, this is a perfect......<br clear="all">";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1291828924;}i:11;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:67:" Master gardeners and UC Davis team to 'green' California backyards";s:11:"description";s:744:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3812&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5543small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>A greener vision of the home landscape is taking shape throughout California with the help of volunteer master gardeners and the California Center for Urban Horticulture (CCUH).
The center, a statewide program begun at UC Davis in 2007, is holding educational workshops in various locations that will help master gardeners and other gardening enthusiasts learn more earth-friendly gardening techniques.
The first five &#8220;Your Sustainable Backyard&#8221; workshops were held in 2009 and 2010 and focused......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 01 Dec 2010 07:50:04 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3812&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:37:" jdstumbos@ucdavis.edu(John  Stumbos)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3812";s:7:"summary";s:744:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3812&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5543small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>A greener vision of the home landscape is taking shape throughout California with the help of volunteer master gardeners and the California Center for Urban Horticulture (CCUH).
The center, a statewide program begun at UC Davis in 2007, is holding educational workshops in various locations that will help master gardeners and other gardening enthusiasts learn more earth-friendly gardening techniques.
The first five &#8220;Your Sustainable Backyard&#8221; workshops were held in 2009 and 2010 and focused......<br clear="all">";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1291218604;}i:12;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:46:" GIS identifies best farmland for conservation";s:11:"description";s:748:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3818&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5550small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>Geographic information system (GIS) models developed at UC Davis are being used to pinpoint the best farmland for conservation in the Central Valley. A new landscape-scale method, described in a recent issue of California Agriculture journal, was applied in Fresno County, and the approach is being extended regionally in the San Joaquin Valley.
&#8220;Policy programs and local planning agencies must assess farmland before implementing policies and programs aimed at farmland conservation,&#8221; lead author......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 24 Nov 2010 07:55:12 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3818&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:34:" jlbyron@ucdavis.edu(Janet  Byron)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3818";s:7:"summary";s:748:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3818&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5550small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>Geographic information system (GIS) models developed at UC Davis are being used to pinpoint the best farmland for conservation in the Central Valley. A new landscape-scale method, described in a recent issue of California Agriculture journal, was applied in Fresno County, and the approach is being extended regionally in the San Joaquin Valley.
&#8220;Policy programs and local planning agencies must assess farmland before implementing policies and programs aimed at farmland conservation,&#8221; lead author......<br clear="all">";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1290614112;}i:13;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:39:" Public collects data on invasive weeds";s:11:"description";s:740:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3756&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5524small.png" align="left" border="0"></a>Invasive weeds can be very problematic, affecting agricultural productivity, public health, natural resource biodiversity; increasing the risk and severity of wildfire; and reducing water quality and quantity.
A nationwide program designed to map invasive weed locations online was started at the University  of Georgia in 2005. What&#8217;s Invasive! Community Data Collection provides a way for people to map invasive weeds they see while visiting national parks.
The U.S. Forest Service is instantly......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:12:24 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3756&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:34:" cmwebb@ucdavis.edu(Chris M. Webb)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3756";s:7:"summary";s:740:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3756&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5524small.png" align="left" border="0"></a>Invasive weeds can be very problematic, affecting agricultural productivity, public health, natural resource biodiversity; increasing the risk and severity of wildfire; and reducing water quality and quantity.
A nationwide program designed to map invasive weed locations online was started at the University  of Georgia in 2005. What&#8217;s Invasive! Community Data Collection provides a way for people to map invasive weeds they see while visiting national parks.
The U.S. Forest Service is instantly......<br clear="all">";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1290010344;}i:14;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:69:" World's first LEED Platinum winery, brewery and food-processing labs";s:11:"description";s:733:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3741&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5425small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>A new winery, brewery and food-processing complex at the University of California, Davis, is the most environmentally sophisticated complex of its kind in the world, one that promises to unravel scientific enigmas and solve practical problems related to foods, beverages and health.
The $20 million, 34,000-square-foot teaching-and-research complex is the first winery, brewery or food-processing facility expected to earn LEED Platinum certification, the highest environmental rating awarded by......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:43:35 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3741&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:37:" afilmer@ucdavis.edu(Ann King Filmer)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3741";s:7:"summary";s:733:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3741&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5425small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>A new winery, brewery and food-processing complex at the University of California, Davis, is the most environmentally sophisticated complex of its kind in the world, one that promises to unravel scientific enigmas and solve practical problems related to foods, beverages and health.
The $20 million, 34,000-square-foot teaching-and-research complex is the first winery, brewery or food-processing facility expected to earn LEED Platinum certification, the highest environmental rating awarded by......<br clear="all">";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1289400215;}i:15;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:57:" Social scientist takes a look at sustainable agriculture";s:11:"description";s:782:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3713&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5386small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>Growing concern about social issues related to agriculture &#8211; working conditions for laborers and environmental impacts, for example &#8211;&#xa0; is giving rise to consumer and retailer interest in buying products that were farmed using &#8220;sustainable&#8221; methods.
&#8220;Sustainable agriculture&#8221; is not easy to define. In general, the system puts an emphasis on practices that have long-term environmental and social benefits &#8211; such as reducing pollution and providing stable jobs. Sustainable products are perhaps not......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 03 Nov 2010 07:29:58 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3713&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:44:" jewarnert@ucdavis.edu(Jeannette E. Warnert)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3713";s:7:"summary";s:782:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3713&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5386small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>Growing concern about social issues related to agriculture &#8211; working conditions for laborers and environmental impacts, for example &#8211;&#xa0; is giving rise to consumer and retailer interest in buying products that were farmed using &#8220;sustainable&#8221; methods.
&#8220;Sustainable agriculture&#8221; is not easy to define. In general, the system puts an emphasis on practices that have long-term environmental and social benefits &#8211; such as reducing pollution and providing stable jobs. Sustainable products are perhaps not......<br clear="all">";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1288798198;}i:16;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:49:" The flood-controlled LA River supports fish life";s:11:"description";s:520:"Long before European settlers arrived in America, the Los Angeles River was an important source of food and water for native peoples. Europeans settled the Los Angeles area in part because of the river and the fertile alluvial soils it provided. The river and its tributaries frequently flooded and changed course, forming wide alluvial floodplains that extended across southern Los Angeles from modern day Santa Monica to Long Beach. When Los Angeles began its transition to teeming metropolis and......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:35:23 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3597&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:44:" jewarnert@ucdavis.edu(Jeannette E. Warnert)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3597";s:7:"summary";s:520:"Long before European settlers arrived in America, the Los Angeles River was an important source of food and water for native peoples. Europeans settled the Los Angeles area in part because of the river and the fertile alluvial soils it provided. The river and its tributaries frequently flooded and changed course, forming wide alluvial floodplains that extended across southern Los Angeles from modern day Santa Monica to Long Beach. When Los Angeles began its transition to teeming metropolis and......<br clear="all">";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1287516923;}i:17;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:41:" Pacific fisher kits returned to the wild";s:11:"description";s:735:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3565&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5189small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>Four baby Pacific fishers were released in the forest this week, with the aid of UC Berkeley scientists who are studying the Sierra Nevada population of the rare weasel-like carnivore.
Pacific fishers were once an abundant species, but the population has been in decline for more than 20 years. As part of the Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project (SNAMP), an ongoing study aims to determine what factors are influencing the fishers&apos; fate, such as habitat loss, timber   harvest, disease,......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:43:27 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3565&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:44:" jewarnert@ucdavis.edu(Jeannette E. Warnert)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3565";s:7:"summary";s:735:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3565&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5189small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>Four baby Pacific fishers were released in the forest this week, with the aid of UC Berkeley scientists who are studying the Sierra Nevada population of the rare weasel-like carnivore.
Pacific fishers were once an abundant species, but the population has been in decline for more than 20 years. As part of the Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project (SNAMP), an ongoing study aims to determine what factors are influencing the fishers&apos; fate, such as habitat loss, timber   harvest, disease,......<br clear="all">";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1286577807;}i:18;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:32:" 4-H member named a 'Young Hero'";s:11:"description";s:734:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3542&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5160small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>Mariposa County 4-H member Sydnie Edwards, who coordinated efforts to reforest land devastated by the 2008 Telegraph Fire, was named a distinguished finalist by the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes. She will receive $500 for higher education or service work.
The Barron Prize honors outstanding young leaders who have made a significant positive difference to people and the planet. Sydnie is one of five students across the U.S. chosen for this honor from a pool of 400 applications.
For her......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:05:29 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3542&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:44:" jewarnert@ucdavis.edu(Jeannette E. Warnert)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3542";s:7:"summary";s:734:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3542&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/5160small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>Mariposa County 4-H member Sydnie Edwards, who coordinated efforts to reforest land devastated by the 2008 Telegraph Fire, was named a distinguished finalist by the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes. She will receive $500 for higher education or service work.
The Barron Prize honors outstanding young leaders who have made a significant positive difference to people and the planet. Sydnie is one of five students across the U.S. chosen for this honor from a pool of 400 applications.
For her......<br clear="all">";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1286301929;}i:19;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:20:" Talking about water";s:11:"description";s:746:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3378&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/4892small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>At a recent public meeting held in Contra Costa County by UC Cooperative Extension, a female cattle rancher representing a family that has owned land in  the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta for generations dumped out a grocery bag with dozens of envelopes onto the table in front of her.
&#8220;This is the amount of mail I get  in one week from agency people,&quot; she said, her voice trembling with anger. &quot;They want to come onto my land and look  at where they want to put big tubes to carry water down......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:32:19 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3378&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:44:" jewarnert@ucdavis.edu(Jeannette E. Warnert)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3378";s:7:"summary";s:746:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3378&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/4892small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>At a recent public meeting held in Contra Costa County by UC Cooperative Extension, a female cattle rancher representing a family that has owned land in  the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta for generations dumped out a grocery bag with dozens of envelopes onto the table in front of her.
&#8220;This is the amount of mail I get  in one week from agency people,&quot; she said, her voice trembling with anger. &quot;They want to come onto my land and look  at where they want to put big tubes to carry water down......<br clear="all">";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1283895139;}i:20;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:52:" Earthworms signal success on innovative tomato farm";s:11:"description";s:748:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3175&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/4562small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>If the return of earthworms to farm fields is an indication of success, then Sano Farms is on the right track.
&#8220;I haven&#8217;t seen earthworms in these fields in years,&#8221; said Firebaugh farmer Alan Sano. Sano and his partner, Jesse Sanchez, combine subsurface drip irrigation, winter cover crops and strip tillage to consistently produce a high-yielding crop of processing tomatoes.
In addition to boosting yield, the system they developed for the 4,000-acre farm is cheaper, increases soil organic......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:42:56 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3175&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:44:" jewarnert@ucdavis.edu(Jeannette E. Warnert)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3175";s:7:"summary";s:748:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3175&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/4562small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>If the return of earthworms to farm fields is an indication of success, then Sano Farms is on the right track.
&#8220;I haven&#8217;t seen earthworms in these fields in years,&#8221; said Firebaugh farmer Alan Sano. Sano and his partner, Jesse Sanchez, combine subsurface drip irrigation, winter cover crops and strip tillage to consistently produce a high-yielding crop of processing tomatoes.
In addition to boosting yield, the system they developed for the 4,000-acre farm is cheaper, increases soil organic......<br clear="all">";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1280778176;}i:21;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:55:" Woodpecker-ready siding to cover new conference center";s:11:"description";s:747:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3114&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/4472small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>Many people consider acorn woodpeckers&apos; incessant rapping and acorn storage to be a nuisance. But the UC officials who are developing a new conference center at the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center in Mendocino County view the woodpeckers&apos; activities as just another part of the natural system to incorporate into their plans.The University of California will break ground on the new 5,000-square-foot building this fall. In addition to providing meeting facilities for 200 and display space......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:11:45 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3114&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:44:" jewarnert@ucdavis.edu(Jeannette E. Warnert)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3114";s:7:"summary";s:747:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3114&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/4472small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>Many people consider acorn woodpeckers&apos; incessant rapping and acorn storage to be a nuisance. But the UC officials who are developing a new conference center at the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center in Mendocino County view the woodpeckers&apos; activities as just another part of the natural system to incorporate into their plans.The University of California will break ground on the new 5,000-square-foot building this fall. In addition to providing meeting facilities for 200 and display space......<br clear="all">";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1279735905;}i:22;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:47:" Cattle ranching offers notable public benefits";s:11:"description";s:770:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3073&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/4420small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>The Sierra Nevada and Coastal Range foothills are replete with wide open spaces - a home for birds and other wildlife, majestic oaks and grazing cattle. The bucolic countryside vistas that come courtesy of California&#8217;s ranchers are among the many public benefits of rangeland grazing.
&#8220;The public doesn&#8217;t always realize what ranchers are doing and how that benefits everyone,&#8221; said Bill Tietje, UC Cooperative Extension natural resources specialist based in San Luis Obispo County.&#xa0; &#8220;No one really......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:45:24 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3073&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:44:" jewarnert@ucdavis.edu(Jeannette E. Warnert)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3073";s:7:"summary";s:770:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3073&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/4420small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>The Sierra Nevada and Coastal Range foothills are replete with wide open spaces - a home for birds and other wildlife, majestic oaks and grazing cattle. The bucolic countryside vistas that come courtesy of California&#8217;s ranchers are among the many public benefits of rangeland grazing.
&#8220;The public doesn&#8217;t always realize what ranchers are doing and how that benefits everyone,&#8221; said Bill Tietje, UC Cooperative Extension natural resources specialist based in San Luis Obispo County.&#xa0; &#8220;No one really......<br clear="all">";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1279568724;}i:23;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:48:" Invasive reed arundo is choking state waterways";s:11:"description";s:739:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3076&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/4425small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>In the early 1800s, European immigrants introduced the fast-growing giant reed arundo (Arundo donax) into California to use the canes for musical instruments. The plants were also used for erosion control and the reeds used for thatched roofing. However, it has since naturalized and become a serious pest in the state&apos;s natural waterways.
Arundo can grow at a rate of four inches per day and can reach heights of 30 feet. It reproduces and spreads when sections of the stem or root break off and......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:45:20 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3076&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:34:" cmwebb@ucdavis.edu(Chris M. Webb)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3076";s:7:"summary";s:739:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3076&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/4425small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>In the early 1800s, European immigrants introduced the fast-growing giant reed arundo (Arundo donax) into California to use the canes for musical instruments. The plants were also used for erosion control and the reeds used for thatched roofing. However, it has since naturalized and become a serious pest in the state&apos;s natural waterways.
Arundo can grow at a rate of four inches per day and can reach heights of 30 feet. It reproduces and spreads when sections of the stem or root break off and......<br clear="all">";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1279568720;}i:24;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:53:" UC aims to educate a corps of California Naturalists";s:11:"description";s:741:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3056&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/4393small.png" align="left" border="0"></a>The University of California&#8217;s newly launched California Naturalist program is a way for the institution to spread research-based knowledge about environmental stewardship and nature preservation. Rather than simply educating students, the program engages citizens of all ages through discovery and action in the science of conservation.
After completing the program, California Naturalists will become a committed corps of citizen scientists trained and ready for involvement in natural resources......<br clear="all">";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:35:05 PST";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3056&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed";s:6:"author";s:44:" jewarnert@ucdavis.edu(Jeannette E. Warnert)";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3056";s:7:"summary";s:741:"<a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3056&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.org/blogs/Green/blogfiles/4393small.png" align="left" border="0"></a>The University of California&#8217;s newly launched California Naturalist program is a way for the institution to spread research-based knowledge about environmental stewardship and nature preservation. Rather than simply educating students, the program engages citizens of all ages through discovery and action in the science of conservation.
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