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This festival is for the birds

Bird lovers will flock to Davis again Saturday to participate in California Duck Days, a wetlands and wildlife festival for the entire family. Thirteen field trips around the region are featured, along with lots of bird-related workshops and plenty of activities for kids. Events will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Department of […]

February 21, 2013 | Posted in Local News | Tagged ,

Stanford is first university to raise $1 billion

By Terence Chea SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stanford University has set a new record for college fundraising, becoming the first school to collect more than $1 billion in a single year, according to a report released Wednesday. For the eighth straight year, Stanford ranked first in the Council for Aid to Education’s annual college fundraising […]

February 21, 2013 | Posted in Associated Press | Tagged ,

Scorecard for colleges needs work, experts say

The steps that President Obama promised in his State of the Union address to control college costs and give consumers more information on the prices and values of individual colleges have drawn tepid responses from educational groups, who said the measures seemed generally positive but had many blanks to be filled in. As Obama promised, […]

February 21, 2013 | Posted in UC Davis | Tagged ,

Snyder posts bail; court documents shed light on UCD researcher’s conduct

David Scott Snyder started working the phone shortly after his arrival at Sutter Davis Hospital, where he sought treatment for hand injuries from an explosion in his Russell Park apartment. “Get rid of the pipettes, the syringes, and the ‘D,’ ” nurses and a police officer overheard the UC Davis researcher saying that Jan. 17 […]

February 21, 2013 | Posted in Crime, Fire + Courts | Tagged ,

‘Floodplain fatties': Bypass eyed as salmon nursery

Rice fields have played a vital role in the revival of the Pacific Flyway, offering habitat for ducks, geese and shorebirds. Now, scientists believe the fields can play a role in bringing back the region’s beleaguered salmon population.

They envision the 59,000-acre Yolo Bypass — the main feature in the Sacramento flood control system — as a Chinook nursery.

On Tuesday, researchers deposited 50,000 two-inch-long, hatchery-raised salmon fry onto 20 harvested acres flooded about 14 inches deep here, between Interstate 5 and the Sacramento River.

February 21, 2013 | Posted in Agriculture + Environment | Tagged , ,

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