Teague: Native plants can help depleted bee population
Source: The Fresno Bee
Fresno :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 19:03:46 -0700 | green-news
tool goes here A recent EPA report on the continuing decline of the bee population lists several probable causes. One of the suspected reasons may be the lack of a diversified diet for the bees. A fairly obvious problem may...
Earth Log: Celebrate air awareness as much as progress
Source: The Fresno Bee
Fresno :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 21:23:47 -0700 | green-news
San Joaquin Valley air quality has come a long way, and we need to celebrate progress. But we've still got years of work ahead to achieve federal standards. It's the recurring theme in annual reports from the San Joaquin Valley...
Riverdale FFA gets $5,000 donation from local grower
Source: The Fresno Bee
Fresno :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-08 20:16:43 -0700 | green-news
tool goes here Riverdale FFA received a $5,000 donation from local farmer Gene Davis and the Monsanto Co., providing a sliver of a silver lining from Fresno County's status as a drought disaster area. Davis won a chance to make...
Brush fire near Millerton contained
Source: The Fresno Bee
Fresno :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-02 00:03:02 -0700 | green-news
tool goes here A brush fire Wednesday afternoon near Millerton Lake was contained by firefighters before it reached several storehouses with fuel and chemicals, Cal Fire spokesman Capt...The 20-acre fire was stopped short of damaging homes and several California State...
Flames char 10 acres near Highway 99 in southeast Fresno
Source: The Fresno Bee
Fresno :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-04-29 16:50:50 -0700 | green-news
10 p.m. burning about five acres in a field bordered by Cedar and North avenues and Highway 99. With no buildings threatened, fire crews were able to start back fires to burn away the remaining five acres of grass, said...
UC Merced working to help wipe out food waste
Source: The Fresno Bee
Fresno :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-04-14 22:55:43 -0700 | green-news
The University of California at Merced is at the forefront of a national movement by universities, students and school officials to tackle a nagging problem: food waste. Fueled by a growing awareness over how much food Americans waste, the schools...
Arson fires worry Pinedale residents
Source: The Fresno Bee
Fresno :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-04-07 18:34:26 -0700 | green-news
tool goes here Residents in a Pinedale neighborhood of Fresno where more than 15 arson fires were set last week said Sunday they hope whoever is responsible is caught before someone is hurt or even killed. The fires included 12...
Teague: It's time to apply mulch to control weeds
Source: The Fresno Bee
Fresno :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-03-29 20:18:46 -0700 | green-news
You'll see that in areas where last year's mulch has not been washed or raked away there are few weeds and that in unmulched areas, weeds are sprouting and spreading. It's time to put down or replace muches in our...
Dry season threatens farmers, return of salmon to San Joaquin River.
Source: The Fresno Bee
Fresno :: TX :: USA | updated 2012-03-07 12:43:24 -0800 | travel-news
Text Size: tool goes here Even though the wetter half of California's winter is still ahead, it's hard to ignore the historic dry spell taking shape...This winter is mirroring the terrible 1976-1977 season -- the driest time on record. "I...
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