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ABC7 Television, an Idyllic Forest, and Fear of Fire
ABC7 television had a 2-minute piece on Sutro Forest recently. We think it’s great coverage, and ABC7 is doing the community a service by getting this issue out there. But we’re concerned about how two interviewees focused on fire hazard, … Continue reading
Posted in Sutro Forest "Fire Risk", UCSF
Tagged ABC7, environment, Environmental Impact Report, fire risk?, trees, UCSF
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“Don’t Cut Me Down”: Found in Sutro Forest
A few weeks ago, we’d mentioned seeing lots of trees along the Sutro Forest trails marked with orange blobs of paint. They were mostly trees in apparently poor condition, though they didn’t look especially hazardous. We assumed they had been … Continue reading
Flaws in UCSF’s Sutro DEIR: Public Comments Due 19th March 2013
This post is about flaws in UCSF’s Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve. It isn’t comprehensive, but hits some of the high points. Here is the PDF of the DEIR: Mount_Sutro_EIR_1-16-13_with_Appendices MISLEADING PICTURES The DEIR … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Mt Sutro Cloud Forest, UCSF
Tagged EIR, fire risk?, mount sutro, sequester carbon, Sutro Forest, UCSF, wildlife
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UCSF’s Mt Sutro DEIR: How Many Felled Trees – 30,000 or 22,000 or zero?
As we’ve noted before, UCSF’s Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) on the Management Plan for Sutro Forest has been published, and public comments are due by March 19th, 2013. It covers what UCSF designates the Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve, … Continue reading
Fimrite’s Forest: The Evil Twin of Sutro Forest
Fimrite’s Forest is the evil twin of Mount Sutro Cloud Forest. It occupies the same space, but it’s quite different from the forest we know and love. It’s described in Peter Fimrite’s recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle, and … Continue reading
Mission Blue Butterfly – Uncertainty Saga
Regular readers of this website know that we’ve been following the Natural Areas Programs attempts to reintroduce the Mission Blue Butterfly to Twin Peaks. We’ve just obtained the latest report from San Francisco Recreation and Parks Dept (SFRPD). It’s very … Continue reading
Posted in Herbicides, Natural areas Program
Tagged environment, mission blue butterfly, Natural Areas Program, Twin Peaks, wildlife
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Sutro Forest’s on Channel 2 News
Channel 2 (KTVU) has coverage of the proposed tree-felling in Sutro Forest. Click on the picture below to go to their video. They were also present for part of UCSF’s public hearing this evening.
Posted in deforestation, Environment, Mt Sutro Cloud Forest, UCSF
Tagged Channel 2, environment, KTVU, mount sutro, trees, UCSF
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Mount Sutro Forest: Why UCSF’s Protests Aren’t Convincing
UCSF has been messaging their mailing list, claiming they have no plans to fell 30,000 trees. They only intend to fell trees on 7.5 acres, the four “Demonstration Projects.” After that, they’ll get community input to figure out how many … Continue reading
Posted in deforestation, Mount Sutro Stewards, Mt Sutro Cloud Forest, UCSF
Tagged environment, eucalyptus, Sutro Forest, Sutro Stewards, UCSF
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Message to UCSF: Do the math!!
We are reprinting, with permission, the following article from the Million Trees blog. ************************************************************************************* UCSF has sent an email to its neighbors about its plans for the Sutro forest in which they say, “Contrary to rumors being circulated, there is … Continue reading
Mount Sutro Forest Hike in February
The day was perfect, the weather unusually nice. A long weekend, and perhaps the publicity surrounding UCSF’s plans to “thin” the forest, drew many more hikers than usual. We hiked up the steep trail from Christopher (scheduled to be closed … Continue reading
Posted in Mount Sutro Stewards, Mt Sutro Cloud Forest, UCSF
Tagged environment, Environmental Impact Report, mount sutro, Sutro Forest, UCSF
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A Hiker’s Letter: Sutro Forest A Midcity Treasure
We received this letter recently, and publish it here with permission. I’m a solitary hiker who loves San Francisco’s beautiful parks and am concerned about all the overdone enthusiasm lately for baring our forests so that there will be mostly … Continue reading
Posted in deforestation, Mount Sutro Stewards, Mt Sutro Cloud Forest, UCSF
Tagged cloud forest, mount sutro, native plants, trails, UCSF
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“Enough with this Tree Genocide”: Comments from The Petition to Save Mount Sutro Forest
In two days, 540 people have signed the petition to save the trees on Mt Sutro. To recap, the UCSF plan for Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve – of which it owns 61 acres – proposes to fell over 90% … Continue reading
Posted in deforestation, eucalyptus, Mt Sutro Cloud Forest, UCSF
Tagged eucalyptus, mount sutro, Petition, Sutro Forest, trees, UCSF
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Save Mount Sutro Forest – How You Can Help
If you would like to help save this forest, there are a number of ways to help. 1) Write to Governor Jerry Brown. He is ex-officio a Regent of the UC Board of Regents. Governor Jerry Brown c/o State Capitol, … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Mt Sutro Cloud Forest, UCSF
Tagged cloud forest, mount sutro, Petition, Sutro Forest, UCSF
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Sutro Forest is Visible From Space
The Bernalwood blog alerted us to this interesting photograph, sent out by Chris Hadfield, commander of the International Space Station over his Twitter feed. (Twitter is a social medium that allows people to share their pictures and their thoughts in … Continue reading
The Draft Environmental Impact Report for Sutro Forest
The Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for Sutro Forest is available for comment. It’s long, and we’re still going through it. (We find the report cover a little disturbing, though; the “forest” seems to consist of some trees growing in … Continue reading
Posted in Mt Sutro Cloud Forest, UCSF
Tagged Environmental Impact Report, Sutro Forest, UCSF
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SF’s Natural Areas Program Uses Even More Pesticides
This article was reprinted from sffforest.net with minor changes and additions. Sutro Forest may be the only pesticide-free wild land in San Francisco – but that could change this year. ————————- The 2012 final data are in, and it’s official: … Continue reading
Posted in Herbicides, Natural areas Program
Tagged aminopyralid, aquamaster, Garlon, imazapyr, pesticide, UCSF
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Sutro Forest Draft Environmental Impact Report: Opening For Comments
Today we learned that the Draft Environmental Impact Report for Sutro Forest will open for comments on January 18th, 2013. The public will have 45 days in which to comment on the DEIR, until March 4, 2013. There’s a meeting … Continue reading
Posted in Mt Sutro Cloud Forest, UCSF
Tagged environment, Environmental Impact Report, Sutro Forest, UCSF
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Glen Canyon Park: The Tree-Cutting Started
We’ve been following the situation in Glen Canyon Park at this site for some time now. In a nutshell: Major changes are planned for Glen Canyon, which until a couple of years ago was a bucolic treasure of a park. … Continue reading
Posted in deforestation, Natural areas Program, Neighborhood impact
Tagged environment, eucalyptus, Glen Canyon Park, native plants, trees
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“Functional, Beautiful Ecosystems Should Be Left Alone”
We received this letter from one of our readers, “R.R.”. It’s republished here with permission. ——————————— To Whom it May Concern: I am appalled at the planned destruction of thousands of trees by UCSF and the SFNAP [San Francisco Natural … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Natural areas Program, UCSF
Tagged environment, mount sutro, Sutro Forest, trees, UCSF
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Rat Poison Killed Glen Canyon’s Owl
This article has been republished from ForestKnolls.info as a caution to everyone interested in protecting our owls. They live in Sutro Forest, too. We hope and believe that UCSF does not use rodenticides in the Aldea Student Housing, but we … Continue reading
Stand with Miranda – Saving Forests in Tasmania
Miranda Gibson has spent one year living in a tree in a Tasmanian forest, protesting the logging of old-growth forest. We wrote about her about a year ago: Her “Day 13” blogpost. Her unflinching courage and dedication impressed us then. … Continue reading
Sunset and Mushrooms: Mount Sutro Forest Hike, December 2012
Winter weather seems to have set in, with some major storms coming through. Last night, we had a major rain-storm. This evening, we grabbed the chance to go up into the forest. The setting sun gilded the trees. From the … Continue reading
Posted in Mt Sutro Cloud Forest
Tagged environment, habitat, habitat destruction, hiking, mount sutro, Sutro Forest, Sutro Stewards
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Speaking for Glen Canyon’s Trees
We received a report (and opinion-piece) from a supporter of Anastasia Glikshtern in her appeal regarding the Glen Canyon project. [The background is HERE: Saving the Trees of Glen Canyon Park.] While the appeal was denied, it was clear that … Continue reading
Posted in deforestation, nativism, Natural areas Program
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Mount Sutro Forest That Was 