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Category Archives: Maps
A 1927 San Francisco Tourist Map Shows Sutro Forest
This delightful tourist map from 1927 has been circulating on the Internet. It’s got a lot of fun detail. (Clicking on this map will make it larger.) The RichmondSF blog researched the map, and had some interesting notes about the … Continue reading
Posted in Maps, Mt Sutro Cloud Forest, UCSF
Tagged historic, Sutro Forest
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Mount Sutro: Current Conditions in the Cloud Forest
Sunday evening, we were in the forest. We started at Stanyan x 17th, going up the (Stanyan) “Kill-trees Trail.” BEAUTIFUL — AND SLUSHY It’s been very foggy in the last few weeks, and you can see the effect of the … Continue reading
Posted in Maps, Mt Sutro Cloud Forest
Tagged cloud forest, eucalyptus, Sutro Forest, trails
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A Map of Mount Sutro Forest
Readers of this site may remember that a few months ago, we took down a number of maps after we received a strongly-worded legal letter. We had assumed they were in the public domain (they were based on city/ UCSF … Continue reading
Posted in Maps, Mt Sutro Cloud Forest
Tagged Sutro Forest, trails
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Hiking in Mount Sutro Forest – Pointers and Map
We’ve been talking about the beauty of this forest, especially on a foggy day – and it occurred to us that hikers less familiar with it might want better information. This article has been reprinted from Mount Sutro Forest. [Edited … Continue reading
Posted in Maps, Mt Sutro Cloud Forest
Tagged cloud forest, mount sutro, Sutro Forest, trails
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Protecting Mount Sutro Cloud Forest Helps Biodiversity
We’d like to put Mt Sutro Cloud Forest in the context of the bio-diversity in the Western part of San Francisco. This is an 80-acre forest (including both the UCSF portion and the Interior Green Belt). That’s fairly large for … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, eucalyptus, Herbicides, Maps, Mt Sutro Cloud Forest, UCSF
Tagged cloud forest, habitat, herbicide, san francisco, Sutro Forest
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UCSF Update and March 24 meeting
We attended a meeting at UCSF today, in which they addressed several planning items. On Mt Sutro, UCSF was seeking money from FEMA to gut a quarter of the forest in the name of fire hazard mitigation. What UCSF’s Lori … Continue reading
Low Fire Risk and the “Historic Trail”
I attended a meeting called by Parks and Rec this evening, to discuss opening access to the forest at 17th and Stanyan in Cole Valley. This the black dotted line in the map below. [ETA: The map was distributed at … Continue reading
Fire Hazard Map(s)?
Fire Hazard maps are critical to substantiating that there even is a hazard. The maps associated with this Plan don’t achieve that. TWO MAPS THAT DON’T MATCH UCSF’s 19 October presentation included a map called City-Wide Wildfire Hazards. (Page 18 … Continue reading
Posted in eucalyptus, Maps, Meetings, Sutro Forest "Fire Risk"
Tagged FEMA misuse, fire risk?, mount sutro, sutro, Sutro Forest, thinning, trails, UCSF
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