Environmental Update: Green Gardening and Fall Planting
Green Gardening workshops The city is offering free virtual Green Gardening classes on Wednesdays during October and November! Join from the comfort of your own home or office via Zoom! To register and see details on these classes, please visit GreenerDavis.org, and click on the…
Bike Campaign Unveils the “Chat” and Cycling Without Age Program
The Bike Campaign’s mission to spread the joys of cycling began, helping riders with skills training, bikes, and repairs is rolling forward. This fall, we are introducing a new program, a new chapter in Davis of Cycling Without Age (CWA), an international organization with over 50…
New “Healthy Planet, Healthy You” Exhibit Part of Explorit Grand Re-Opening
Editor’s Note: Explorit’s Grand Re-Opening is scheduled for this weekend, October 2nd and 3rd. Reserve your entry day and time. Take the Healthy Planet, Healthy You QUIZ. Explorit Science Center is excited to announce our next exhibit, opening in October! “Healthy Planet, Healthy You” will…
Gardening with Limited Water
Most of the water used at home is used outdoors, so even small steps to save water can yield big savings. Little things like fixing a broken sprinkler or making sure that you are running them in the cool of the early morning rather than…
Seeds of Justice Series to Study Native Resistance and Resilience
September 26, October 10, Nov 1
Drought and Water Update from City of Davis
On May 10, 2021, Governor Newsom signed a drought declaration which included Yolo County, making it essential that we all continue the water conservation measures that have been in place since the last drought. With two dry years of precipitation and current forecasts predicting continued…
Tuleyome Tales: Visit the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge
Located in California’s Central Valley, the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex is made up of six individual National Wildlife Refuges including Sacramento, Colusa, Delevan, Butte Sink, Sutter and a long stretch of the Sacramento River from Red Bluff south to Princeton. The complex adds up…
Ask Greener Davis — What goes down the drain?
Greener Davis has complied some of the most frequently asked questions they get regarding what should and shouldn’t go down the drain. If you have a question that you feel would be of interest to the community, please email it to PWWeb@CityofDavis.org, and you may…
Grassroots Coalition Rallied to Keep California a Pro-Solar State
Hallelujah. A day for celebration! I have a great story to share about how “all of us” won yesterday and killed the bill AB 1139 that wanted to kill rooftop Solar in California. This was not anything anyone expected. We were already preparing to win…
Yolo Master Gardeners Tackle Climate Change Adaptations
Editor’s Note: Thank you to Editor James Fowler from Yolo County Master Gardeners (UCCE) for agreeing to share this article. UCCE Master Gardeners in Yolo and Solano Counties are volunteer employees of the University of California. We can assist with community awareness regarding global temperature…
Tree Davis Volunteer Events Are Back!
It’s a very exciting time at Tree Davis. Volunteer events are back on the schedule and we need help mulching, weeding and caring for our trees before the summer heat. If you’re interested in attending a volunteer event, you can find details and sign up…
Regional Trails Survey Respondents May Win Gift Cards
From now until April 30, the Sacramento Area Council of Governments will be hosting a survey for the Sacramento Region Parks & Trails Strategic Development Plan, in partnership with our six counties of El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba counties, and their cities within. The plan looks to…
Tuleyome Tales: California plant life is different from the rest of America
In the early 20th century, grand theories like relativity and quantum mechanics triumphed and came to define science so much that plant ecology felt it needed one of its own to be taken seriously as science. Frederic Clements helpfully provided one. His monoclimax theory claimed…
Tuleyome Tales: Wild animals caught on camera
Like all neighbors throughout California and the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument region, Tuleyome has been impacted by the numerous, large fires that have swept through the state in the last couple of years. Properties throughout Lake, Yolo and Solano counties have all burned in…
Resilient Communities Webinar Fosters Positive and Constructive Power
Thanks to all those who registered or attended the “Building a Resilient Community” webinar as part of the November Cool Davis Coalition quarterly meeting. As promised, we are providing the link below to the video of this event along with pdf’s of the presentations and…
Don’t Light Tonight Season Began Nov 2020
November 1st marked the start of Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District Don’t Light Tonight season, the District’s voluntary program encouraging residents to not burn wood on days where air quality forecasts for particulate matter are above 25 micrograms per cubic meter, or an AQI of…
Tuleyome Tales: A second chance for Eel River salmon and steelhead?
For many years PG&E has operated the “Potter Valley Project,” a hydroelectric facility on the main stem of the Eel River consisting of Scott and Cape Horn dams and a tunnel diverting water into the Russian River watershed, where it is used to generate a…
Tuleyome Delivers Certified California Naturalist Course Jan 2021
Woodland, CA. Tuleyome is once again providing a Certified California Naturalist course in partnership with the University of California. Tuleyome’s Naturalist course, which begins in January 2021, introduces students to the wonders of California’s unique ecology and engages them in the study of, and fosters…
Greener Davis: Green Your Holidays
Here’s some tips to make your holidays merry, bright, and green: If you use store-bought wrapping paper to wrap your gifts, consider choosing the kind with recycled content (the more post-consumer content, the greener!). Save and reuse wrapping paper, gift boxes and bags. They fold…
Annual Polar Bear Ride Jan 1st 2021
Start the New Year right! Join The Bike Campaign for this year’s Polar Bear bicycle ride on the Davis and Woodland bike loops! RAIN / SHINE / HAIL OR SNOW WE WILL RIDE! This is a self-guided ride: Friday, January 1st, 10am. You may start…
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