May-June 1999

Cover: Growers and ranchers are creating ponds and taking other steps to make farmland hospitable to greater sandhill cranes and other waterfowl ... Photos by B. Moose Peterson / WRP

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California Agriculture, May-June 1999

Volume 53, Number 3
Cultivating wildlife

peer-reviewed research articles

Late season hay harvest provides habitat for marshland birds
by Wade L. Epperson , John M. Eadie , Daniel B. Marcum , E. Lee Fitzhugh , Richard E. Delmas
pp12-17, doi#10.3733/ca.v053n03p12
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Past forest management promoted root disease in Yosemite Valley
by Garey W. Slaughter , David M. Rizzo
pp17-24, doi#10.3733/ca.v053n03p17
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Clipping chamise reduces brush fire hazard
by Theodore E. Adams , Peter B. Sands
pp25-29, doi#10.3733/ca.v053n03p25
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“New” method simplifies decision of when to replace orchards
by Oscar R. Burt , Steven C. Blank
pp30-32, doi#10.3733/ca.v053n03p30
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Dairies adopt TQM to improve milk quality and food safety
by John H. Kirk , William C. Sischo , Donald J. Klingborg , Marit Arana , Gerald Higginbotham , Denise Mullinax , Tom Shultz
pp33-35, doi#10.3733/ca.v053n03p33
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After 2 years, imazethapyr residues have no effect on crops in Imperial Valley
by Carl E. Bell , Brent E. Boutwell
pp36-40, doi#10.3733/ca.v053n03p36
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editorial, news, letters & science briefs

EDITORIAL: Agriculture and the ecosystem: Partners for life
by W.R. Gomes
pp2, doi#10.3733/ca.v053n03p2
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Ranchers plan to protect water quality
by John Stumbos
pp4-6, doi#10.3733/ca.v053n03p4
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New direction for Sierra Nevada forests
by Robin Meadows
pp6-8, doi#10.3733/ca.v053n03p6
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Fighting fire with fire science
by Jill Goetz
pp8-10, doi#10.3733/ca.v053n03p8
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For the birds: Farmers accommodate wildlife
Editors
pp10-11, doi#10.3733/ca.v053n03p10
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