… (The) San Francisco Chronicle (reported) on Feb. 6 that the federal government was looking to not renew funding for the lab after its current round expires on Friday. While sources close to UC Davis are confident of a new contract being signed with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, that hadn’t happened as of press time. … (Nann Fangue, a professor and chair of the Department of Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology at UC Davis) dismisses the notion that Trump is to blame for the FCCL facility facing the threat of losing its funding, suggesting instead that it’s just normal contract negotiations.  

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