MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES—University of California, Cooperative Extension’s Livestock & Natural Resources Advisor for Mariposa and Merced Counties, Fadzayi Mashiri, is hosting a workshop for local ranchers on Thursday, May 9, 2024, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. The workshop is in collaboration with The California-Pacific Section of the Society for Range Management. The theme of the workshop is “Conservation Ranching: Practices, ...

MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES — The UC Master Food Preservers of Mariposa County currently serve residents in Mariposa, Merced, Madera, Fresno and Tuolumne Counties. Their volunteers live and reside in those counties and offer demonstrations, workshops, and outreach to these counties. They are a relatively new program, started in 2022. Their program will be holding a volunteer training class from September to ...