Tomorrow is the deadline to register for our annual open house and benefit. Our delicious menu has just been finalized: Beef Kofta & Tahini Sauce, Rice with Saffron and Pistachios, Herb Pie, Spring Vegetable Salad. Clementine + Almond Cake bit.ly/celebratehrec2…

⏰ Last call! HREC Celebrate Science and Nature - mailchi.mp/ucanr/hrec-inv…

We have a few more tickets left to our Celebration of Science and Nature. Join us to meet the researchers, explore the site, enjoy a delicious locally sourced lunch and get involved with a fast-paced auction of unique experiences! Ticket deadline 5/14! bit.ly/celebratehrec2…

UC Hopland REC Deer Hunt - Lottery update - mailchi.mp/ucanr/uc-hopla…

Thank you from the Hopland Scholars and Deer Hunt updates - mailchi.mp/ucanr/uc-hopla…

Submit your lottery application for the Hopland REC deer hunt by tomorrow (5/29, 11am). ucanr.edu/research-and-e… #deerhunting

The lottery for our deer hunt applications closes today at 11am. Make sure you submit your application before then! ucanr.edu/research-and-e…

See smoke at Hopland Research and Extension Center, it's a prescribed burn with CAL FIRE, as part of our vegetation management program. #RXfire

"It took three years to get all the required permissions for the 50-acre Hopland burn in Mendocino County" latimes.com/california/sto…

California poppies, Eschscholzia californica, were being studied at the Hopland Research and Extension Center this week. Find out why California poppies are the genetic "Swiss army knife" of the plant world by seeing more on the project here: ucnrs.org/improving-pred… #Californiapoppy #UCSD #UCMerced

On arrival our new flock members need to be checked by the UC Davis Veterinarian, weighed, ear tagged and given any vaccines they may need to join our flock. @UCD.SRRVE @UCDavis

We are just beginning our trials with virtual fencing systems with our sheep wearing real-time gps collars that provide auditory feedback when they get close to the perimeter. We hope to expand to cattle soon! vishakha #virtualfencing

Sawyer is our latest addition brought in to help protect out newest flock members. He is a 6-month-old Anatolian Shepherd cross and already working hard. #workingdogs

@ShanelValleySchool summer program joined us on monday, as junior wildlife ecologists they trialed putting up trail cameras to see who our wild neighbors are... 8 species in just 2 nights! Can you identify? Great camera work SVA! #trailcam #wildlife #Mendocino

Our new flock members are South African Meat Merinos from McCormack ranch, selected for being dual purpose sheep, meaning they have high wool quality and produce lambs with superior meat quality.

The flock are tagged with electronic id chips in their ear tags, these chips can be read with a handheld unit which shows all the information we have about the sheep’s history, vaccinations, medical records, lambs born etc.

UC Davis Animal Science undergraduates built their skills @hoplandrec this summer with Shepherd, Alison Smith. Thanks Sora Chu, Joanna Wu and Kultida (Plum) Jenlarpwattanakul for learning with us! @UCDavis @UCDavis Department of Animal Science

This mobile corral allows us to check, weigh and treat the sheep no matter where they might be on the ranch. @ucd.srrve has generously let us use the #CombiClamp and corral setup and store it here when they are not using it.

A great night to have a drink, pizza and check in with our @UCCE advisors about Mendocino County water, fire and soil... Ukiah Brewing Company, 8/14, 4pm, FREE! Register at surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?sur… @Ukiahbrewingcompany #science #mendocino #scienceontap

2026 is HREC's 75th Birthday! We'd love to hear how you'd like to celebrate the land, people, life, research and education at the site...