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Letter from a Cole Valley Neighbor

Posted on June 25, 2009 by webmaster

SaveSutro received this letter today, with a request to publish. —————– Dear Friends of the Mt. Sutro Forest, “The cover-up is worse than the crime.” — Watergate aphorism For several months people had been asking UCSF’s public-relations spokesperson Orlando Elizondo … Continue reading →

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FEMA Fire danger? Where?

Posted on June 24, 2009 by webmaster

The UCSF application to FEMA, besides a great deal of peripheral information relating to the management of other forests like the Presidio, said that the California Dept of Fire and Forestry identified areas of high fire risk. A map was … Continue reading →

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The Letter Objecting to the UCSF “Fire Mitigation” plan

Posted on June 23, 2009 by webmaster

Objections to the UCSF “Fire Mitigation” Plan (published with permission) UCSF has circulated a plan to fell thousands of trees in two separate areas – South Ridge and Edgewood – as part of an ostensible “Fire Mitigation” project. FEMA funding … Continue reading →

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Report on Urban Forestry Council Meeting

Posted on June 23, 2009 by webmaster

Summary: The Urban Forestry Council was unaware of the UCSF plan until it received a letter from concerned neighbors. This meeting was to find out more. Five members of the public spoke: Three residents of the Forest Knolls neighborhood; one … Continue reading →

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Letter from the SF Tree Council

Posted on June 23, 2009 by webmaster

Letter in support, to the SF Urban Forestry Council from San Francisco Tree Council, (published with permission): Re: Support for Letter “Objections to the UCSF “Fire Mitigation” Plan Dear Urban Forest Council Members, I assume item #7 refers to the … Continue reading →

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Blog & Discussion

Posted on June 2, 2009 by webmaster

The website has been reorganized a bit to allow for easier posting of articles and updates. They’ll be on this page. All the comments that were formerly on the front page have moved to this page as well (side-effect, sorry).

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