Winter 2003

Monterey Bay is home to a dazzling array of marine life—from giant octopus to jellyfish. But on land, water is growing scarce.

Organic farmers and labor unions are squaring off in the state legislature in a battle farmers fear may threaten organic growing.

UC Davis may one day house the Western National Center for Biodefense and Emerging Diseases and its Biosafety Level 4 labs, equipped to study deadly pathogens such as ebola, anthrax, and hantavirus.

Using public lands in California and Oregon as a backdrop this August, President George W. Bush toured the West, stumping for his “Healthy Forests” initiative.

The National Institutes of Health will not fund a Level 4 biodefense research facility at UC Davis.