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Flowering Quince: A Sure Sign of Spring
Spring won't arrive until March 19, but don't tell that to the honey bees foraging on the...
A honey bee foraging on flowering quince, a member of the rose family. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A flowering quince bud makes a great pocket for a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bottoms up! A honey bee determined to bring back food for her colony on this flowering quince. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Your Rat Management Questions Answered!
UC IPM recently hosted a webinar on rat management presented by Dr. Niamh Quinn. During this...
UCCE offers water measurement training Jan. 30 in Davis
California water-rights holders are required by state law to measure and report the water they divert from surface streams. For people who wish to take the water measurements themselves, the University of California Cooperative Extension is offering in-person training to receive certification on Jan. 30 in Davis.
At the workshop, participants can expect to
- clarify reporting requirements for ranches.
- understand what meters are appropriate for different situations.
- learn how to determine measurement equipment accuracy.
- develop an understanding of measurement weirs.
- learn how to calculate and report volume from flow data.
The training is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 13 in the Valley Room at the UC Agriculture and Natural Resources Building at 2801 Second Street, Davis, CA 95616.
“We are limiting the number participants for the water measurement training to 30 people per session,” said Larry Forero, UC Cooperative Extension livestock and natural resources advisor emeritus. “If you need this training, please register soon.”
Pre-registration is required and the fee is $35. To register, visit https://ucanr.edu/watermeasure. If you have questions, email Forero at lcforero@ucanr.edu or Sara Jaimes at sbjaimes@ucanr.edu or call (530) 224-4900.
Background:
Senate Bill 88 requires that all water right holders who have previously diverted, or intend to divert, more than 10 acre-feet per year (riparian and pre-1914 claims); or who are authorized to divert more than 10 acre-feet per year under a permit, license or registration; to measure and report the water they divert. Regulatory requirements for measurement and reporting are available on the State Water Resources Control Board Reporting and Measurement Regulation webpage. The legislation requires that installation and certification of measurement methods for diversion (or storage) greater than or equal to 100-acre feet annually be approved by an engineer/contractor/professional.
California Cattlemen's Association worked with Assemblyman Bigelow to allow a self-certification option. Assembly Bill 589, which became law in 2018, allows any water diverter who completes this UC Cooperative Extension course on measurement devices and methods (including passage of a proficiency test) to be considered a qualified individual when installing and maintaining devices or implementing methods of measurement.
Feb. 8 is UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day: A Super Science Day
Have you ever wished that you and your family and friends could visit the UC Davis campus and chat...
Visitors examine the insect specimens at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
At the 12th annual Biodiversity Museum Day, Miles Pickard, 4 and his mother Marissa Pickard checked out the Center for Plant Diversity. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Paleontology Collection, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, draws scores of visitors during UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lisa Pacumio with great-horned owl at the California Raptor Center on Old Davis Road. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A nematode display at the Katherine Esau Science Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ready for Maggot Art at the Bohart Museum of Entomology Open House?
Children's faces light up when they create maggot art. This is how they do it: They pick up a...
Maggot art in the making. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
In maggot art, is the maggot the artist or is the artist the one who dips it in paint and lets it crawl around on a piece of paper? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
