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- Tree-Thoughts at 125 Years
- Sutro Forest Destruction – March 2022
- More Trees Being Felled in Sutro Forest
- Why Urban Forests Can’t be “Native”
- A Candle for the New Year
- Don’t Feed Coyotes
- Wildcare’s Request: Respect the Nest
- Dr Morley Singer, RIP
- Destruction of Sutro Forest Likely to Accelerate
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- UCSF Parnassus: December 2020 Meeting Report
- UCSF Plans More Damage to Sutro Forest
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Category Archives: Mt Sutro Cloud Forest
Season’s Greetings!
SutroForest.com started operations in June 2009, and has been fighting for trees in general and this forest in particular for 13 years. Every year, every tree has been a battle. We haven’t always been successful, but we have always cared. … Continue reading
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Sutro Forest Destruction – March 2022
As readers of this site will know, a lot of trees are being felled in the portion of the forest closest to the hospital. One forest-lover wrote to us about it. That part is HERE. A few days later, they … Continue reading
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Don’t Feed Coyotes
Coyotes are sometimes seen in Sutro Forest and surrounding areas, and occasionally there have been reports of dens in the area. However interesting and cute they are, please don’t be tempted to feed them! Here is a public service message … Continue reading
Season’s Greetings – 2020
If ever there was a year that needed a candle of hope, it’s 2020. While the pandemic rages, “tree work” – which mostly means cutting down trees – has continued in Sutro Forest. A lot of its trees are gone … Continue reading
Season’s Greetings, and Good Wishes for 2020
When we started this website back in 2009, we had no idea that we would still be running it in 2020! But so it seems, and the battle continues though it is an uphill one. The forest has already been … Continue reading
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The Destruction Has Started in Sutro Forest
A short time ago, UCSF sent out a circular saying it was going to start the tree-felling in Sutro Forest. We were surprised, because they’re supposed to avoid doing this in the winter when the ground is unstable with rain, … Continue reading
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Tagged mount sutro, Sutro Forest, Sutro Stewards
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Season’s Greetings!
We’d like to bring you one of our favorite photographs of Sutro Forest, together with our best wishes to all our readers. Season’s Greetings to our forest lovers!
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Lest We Forget (2): Sutro Forest 2007
This website was set up only in 2009, and except for a few pictures of San Francisco in the old days, most of our photographs come from June 2009 or later. Hiker Tony Holiday (who blogs at Stairways are Heaven) … Continue reading
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Tagged cloud forest, eucalyptus, mount sutro, Sutro Forest, trees
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Lest We Forget: Sutro Forest – 2004, 2005, 2006
This website was set up only in 2009, and except for a few pictures of San Francisco in the old days, most of our photographs come from June 2009 or later. Hiker Tony Holiday (who blogs at Stairways are Heaven) … Continue reading
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Tagged cloud forest, eucalyptus, mount sutro, Sutro Forest, trees
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Disturbing Sutro Forest Would Release a Lot of Green House Gases
We’ve pointed out before that Sutro Forest is an excellent carbon sink: The trees are tall, fast growing and have dense wood. In some parts of the forest, the mid-story of blackwood acacia boosts this carbon storage as well. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017 DEIR, Eric Brooks, Green house gases, sequester carbon
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What Will Sutro Forest Look Like After the Plan?
It’s going to look pretty awful in Sutro Forest when UCSF implement the Plan. The most immediate action: Cut down thousands of trees. Here’s what the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) says: “The density of the forest would experience the … Continue reading
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Public Comments due Sept 22, 2017 on Sutro Forest DEIR
UCSF has released a humongous 1087-page Draft Environmental Impact Report on the Plan to cut down thousands of trees in Sutro Forest. The deadline for public comment has been extended in response to a San Francisco Forest Alliance request, to … Continue reading
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Here it Comes: UCSF announces the Draft EIR for Sutro Forest
UCSF sent out a notification recently, saying that the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the 2017 Plan for Sutro Forest will be released on July 24th, 2017. The public will have until September 8th, 2017 to make their comments. … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, Environmental Impact Report, Sutro Forest
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The Forest at the City’s Heart – Sutro Cloud Forest
[This article was published recently on the website of the San Francisco Forest Alliance, and is reprinted here with permission. Thousands of trees are being cut down in San Francisco. Sutro Forest may actually be the worst, with many thousands … Continue reading
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Forest- Bathing in Mount Sutro Cloud Forest
We learned about the Forest-Bathing Club in San Francisco when some of the people who took part in this told us how much they loved the beautiful forest on Mount Sutro. Trees have been shown to improve health and well-being, … Continue reading
Season’s Greetings, Best Wishes for 2017
This year-end , we’d like to light a symbolic candle. We hope you find it meaningful as we do. To everyone who reads this post: Season’s Greetings! and Best Wishes for 2017. . . . . . . ************
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Another TAC Meeting – Jan 23, 2017
UCSF has surprisingly announced it will have another TAC meeting with modifications to their earlier announced Draft Plan. Here’s what they wrote: “In August, UCSF published a draft management plan for the Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve. The plan was … Continue reading
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UCSF’s New Draft Plan for Sutro Forest – Aug 2016
UCSF presented its new Draft Plan for Sutro Forest at the Third Technical Advisory Committee meeting on Aug 18, 2016. This plan will be implemented in three phases: Year 1-5, Year 6-10, and Year 11-20. However, it is heavily front-loaded, … Continue reading
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Sutro Forest – UCSF to Hold Final TAC Meeting (and some old pictures)
UCSF is planning to hold its final Technical Advisory Committee meeting on August 18th, 2016. These are a series of meetings in which two consultants, who have been retained by UCSF to write a plan for Sutro Cloud Forest (or, … Continue reading
“New Battle over Managing Sutro Forest Trees” – San Francisco Chronicle
Someone sent us a really interesting article about Sutro Forest in a recent San Francisco Chronicle (25th June, 2016). A MYSTICAL PLACE Titled “New battle over managing Sutro Forest trees,” the article is by well-known journalist Carl Nolte. It starts … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Nolte, cloud forest, environment, Sutro Forest, UCSF
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Mount Sutro Forest: Logging a Lovely Forest
“I was in the forest and it looks like a lumber company came in…” wrote one of our correspondents. UCSF has been aggressive about cutting down trees this winter. These are not evaluated as *hazardous* trees, as Jim Clark of … Continue reading
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Protecting Mount Sutro Cloud Forest Helps Biodiversity
In view of discussions of biodiversity and mosaics in ecosystems, we are republishing a post from May 2010 that addresses this issue. Mount Sutro Cloud Forest is part of a mosaic of biodiversity in the Western part of San Francisco. … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiversity, birds, cloud forest, environment, mount sutro, Sutro Forest
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Mount Sutro Forest That Was 