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Beekeeping 103 - Honey Bee Products

Added November 15, 2018

Join the UC Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Beekeeping Team to learn how honey bees enhance our lives with the many products produced as a result of their hard work. Click here to register.
Lindcove REC Western Weather Monitoring

Added November 5, 2018

Lindcove Research and Extension Center has a weather monitoring station connected to the Western Weather web site. You can view hourly or daily weather information as well as inversions between the 5 and 30 ft locations on the tower. ...
Join SFREC & The Silver Lab of UC Berkeley for a Workshop & Demonstration on Rangeland Compost Research Trials -- Nov 14th 2018

Added November 1, 2018

UC Sierra Foothill REC is hosting a community workshop & field demonstration event where The Silver Lab at UC Berkeley will discuss results from a long-term (10 year) compost addition trial on foothill rangeland and observed benefits for...
Controlled Burn at SFREC

Added October 30, 2018

If you live in the area, you may have noticed that SFREC was on fire last Tuesday. This controlled burn was planned in coordination with Cal Fire. Its purpose was twofold- to reduce ground fuel loads in the upper portions of SFREC and to act as a...
University of California and the Citrus Research Board Establish a $1 Million Endowment for Research at Lindcove REC

Added October 25, 2018

The Citrus Research Board and UC Agriculture and Natural Resources have established a $1 million endowment to fund the Presidential Researcher for Sustainable Citrus Clonal Protection at the UC Lindcove Research and Extension Center....