UCCE Plumas-Sierra
What's New?
Reconnect with colleagues & celebrate natural resource management at the new Plumas-Sierra Stakeholder Exchange this summer. Three events are planned to reconnect and foster collaboration with colleagues & friends by sharing your respective projects, local science, and celebrating the field season! Please join us in this outdoor event to hear what everyone is up to with a social hour and featured speaker. We will re-launch the series in the spring of 2022 when weather permits!
September 16, 2021 and October 21, 2021
Click here for additional information and featured speaker profiles.
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COVID-19 Resources
UC Cooperative Extension NEWS - Starting your own backyard chicken flock.
U.S. Department of Agriculture COVID-19 Federal Rural Resource Guide
California Department of Food & Agriculture (COVID-19) Resources
U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Animal Food Safety and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Food Safety and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
In the News
UCCE's Forestry and Natural Resources Advisor Ryan Tompkins encourages for people who live in fire zones to take personal responsibility for their homes and properties. Click for Cap Radio Interview.
Annual Report
The UCCE Plumas-Sierra team is excited to share our 2020 annual report.
Click here, to learn more about the extension programs and research projects underway in our local community.
Contact Information
Plumas Sierra
208 Fairground Road
Quincy, CA 95971
Phone: (530) 283-6270
Fax: (530) 283-6088
Director:
David Lile
Green Blog
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Can California native plants be used as cover crops to benefit farmers and native ecosystems?
In late February, in an almond orchard in the Sacramento Valley, the fall-planted cover crop mix of grasses, brassicas and legumes had barely produced a green fuzz above the soil surface, and it was unclear when it would...
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UC Davis to lead groundwater and irrigated agriculture sustainability study
Effort Will Develop Ways to Minimize Risk from Climate Extremes for Southwest Growers Researchers from the University of California, Davis, have been awarded a $10 million grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of...