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The Green Blog shares news and information related to forestry/wildfire, sustainability, climate, environmental stewardship and other green topics.

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Non-native Bromus species, such as ripgut brome, grow fast and dry out quickly, becoming highly flammable.
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California’s bad romance with Bromus fuels wildfire

July 22, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
When wildfires burn in California, people often call them forest fires or brushfires, but the odds are high that an invasive weed is an unrecognized fuels component, says a UC Agriculture and Natural Resources scientist.
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Master Gardener looking through a hand lens to identify a pest problem on plant leaves. (Photo: Marcy Sousa, UCCE San Joaquin)
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UC IPM is celebrating 40 years

July 1, 2019
By Tunyalee Martin
The University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program (UC IPM) is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Established July 1, 1979, with funding from the California Legislature, UC IPM built upon a growing movement to reduce dependence on pesticides.
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The yellow-faced bumble bee (shown on foxglove), native to the west coast of North America, is an important pollinator. Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey
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We depend on pollinators

June 21, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Happy Pollinator Week! For 2019, it's June 17-23. Most people think of bees when they think pollination, but don't stop there. Think the "b" alliteration: bees, birds, butterflies, bats and beetles.
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