Community Engagement

Black and white image of Elizabeth Mary Wolf.

New building to honor daughter’s memory at Arboretum

  • by Katie Hetrick
  • Wed, June 22, 2022
This fall, the doors to the Elizabeth Mary Wolf Environmental Learning Center will open. Located within the gates of the Arboretum Teaching Nursery, the modern indoor-outdoor facility will serve as a public program space, a dynamic hub for visitor and volunteer events, and a staging area for students.
Image of Western pond turtles sunning themselves on a concrete pipe in the UC Davis Arboretum waterway.

Floating nets support turtle conservation research

  • by Katie Hetrick
  • Fri, June 10, 2022
Hoop net traps are being placed on an intermittent basis to harmlessly sample turtles throughout the Arboretum Waterway and Putah Creek over the next few months. It's all part of active turtle research study to understand how our native turtle populations are affected by non-native turtle species in addition, scientists hope to learn how we to best support native species recovery and conservation.
A tree with colorful ribbons tied to its branches

Guardians: Spirits of Protection, expands to the Arboretum

  • by Sienna Mata
  • Thu, March 24, 2022
A poetry path, a reflection bridge, a Dakhil (a traditional Islamic act of devotion that often involves tying fabric to a tree or anything one considers sacred), and more can be found in the Arboretum through April 30. The exhibit is a temporary installation in support of design MFA students Niloufar Abdolmaleki and Edward Whelan’s theses and an extension of Professor Emeritus Ann Savageau’s exhibit at the campus design museum through April 24 entitled, “Guardians: Spirits of Protection.”
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