Alison Toy, Program Manager for UC Davis Tahoe Center for Environmental Science, has taken on a huge responsibility of keeping the North Lake Tahoe Demonstration Garden alive. The garden is going through a transformation, it is being rebranded as the North Lake Tahoe Educational Garden. She gathered members from UC Davis, SNC and IVGID to formulate a plan for the future of the garden.

Excessive use of nitrogen-based fertilisers is contributing to numerous environmental problems, but a more balanced approach is necessary if the world’s growing population is to be fed. The global nitrogen challenge therefore involves both reducing fertiliser use, and getting it to where it’s needed most.

With support from the Open Rivers Fund, the UC Davis Dams and Watershed Health team (Heidi Ballard, Ryan Meyer, and Chris Jadallah) traveled to Missoula, Montana in July 2019 to observe and participate in the environmental monitoring associated with the removal of Rattlesnake Creek Dam.

Four UC Davis graduate students and a researcher propose feeding agricultural waste, including almond hulls, to insects. Their goal is to reduce greenhouse gas by finding this pesty but efficient way to get rid of waste.