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Category Archives: Neighborhood impact
No Comments at UCSF’s LRDP EIR Hearing – 22 Sept 2014
UCSF held a meeting for public comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) on its Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) on Sept 22, 2014. About 15-20 neighbors showed up. No one had any comments. The meeting started at 7p.m. … Continue reading
Posted in Meetings, Neighborhood impact, UCSF
Tagged LRDP, UCSF
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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
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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The Murdered Tree on Mt Davidson
[Edited to Add: This tree finally went down on April 8 or 9, 2013, following strong winds in the Bay Area.] It’s visible for miles around, the dramatic dead tree high on the brow of Mt Davidson. That’s the Murdered … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, eucalyptus, nativism, Natural areas Program, Neighborhood impact
Tagged Mount Davidson, nativism, Natural Areas Program
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Mount Sutro Forest, Deforested
This is the view of Mount Sutro Forest from Twin Peaks. So we were thinking… how would Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve look if the anti-tree people get their way? Maybe something like this? (It’s our best estimate, using a … Continue reading
Sutro Forest: Courtesy on the Mountain
Up in the forest this afternoon, we encountered an unusually large number of visitors. Good Friday holiday, maybe? Anyway, in under an hour we saw: Two hikers; three dogs with six people; and five guys riding their cycles. (It’s always … Continue reading
A Warning Letter from Lawyers about the Sutro Stewards
I (as in I, the webmaster) recently got a legal letter by email from a major law firm representing the San Francisco Parks Trust “and its partner, Sutro Stewards.” (I can’t publish the letter here as the law firm denied … Continue reading
Posted in Mount Sutro Stewards, Neighborhood impact, UCSF
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Thirty Years in Mount Sutro Forest – Alicia Snow
Alicia Snow sent us this lyrical piece about walking the forest’s trails for over 30 years. Though she doesn’t walk alone there any more, she still fights to preserve Sutro Forest and against the use of toxic herbicides in the … Continue reading
Posted in Mt Sutro Cloud Forest, Neighborhood impact
Tagged cloud forest, mount sutro, Sutro Forest
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UCSF, Mt Sutro Stewards, and the Fate of Sutro Forest
In an article about East Africa, conservationists WA Rodgers and ND Burgess spell out some of the difficulties faced in preserving coastal forests: the attitudes of the people. “At best the local inhabitants see their forest as a resource to … Continue reading
Mt Sutro Stewards and the Kill-Trees Trail
The Mount Sutro Stewards are building a trail from Stanyan into the Forest, in the city-owned Interior Green Belt. Work has started; in fact, they’d planned on getting volunteers in there earlier this month. We thought we’d take a look. … Continue reading
Found a Cat in Sutro Forest
We’ve been sent a report on a new cat that has shown up in the forest in the Belgrave/ Stanyan area. It’s probably someone’s pet. We don’t have photos, hence the public domain drawing; but here is the description: “It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Mt Sutro Cloud Forest, Neighborhood impact
Tagged cat, lost, pet, siamese cat
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Monsanto, Blackwater, Pesticides, and Spies
Someone sent me a link to an interesting article about Blackwater, the well-known defense contracting firm in the Iraq war (now called Xe Services LLC). They’ve diversified into corporate Intelligence. Said The Nation article by Jeremy Scahill: “Over the past … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Herbicides, Mt Sutro Cloud Forest, Neighborhood impact, UCSF
Tagged EPA, herbicide, Monsanto, mt sutro stewards, pesticide
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A Unique Forest
We’ve been convinced about the health and beauty of this amazing forest, but we’re not arborists. So we asked one to look at the forest for us. The letter below is from ISA-certified arborist, Jocelyn Cohen, who is a member … Continue reading
Coyote Careful
We don’t know if there are coyotes in Mount Sutro Forest, but we do know they’ve been seen in Golden Gate Park and Glen Canyon and Twin Peaks and Midtown Terrace. Since they can hunt over 4 km, it’s possible … Continue reading
Tree-killers in San Francisco: Reward Offered
It wasn’t just on Tank Hill that tree-killers were active: Someone’s currently killing trees in Golden Gate Park. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that someone cut down 15 newly-planted saplings. There have been five or more such attacks since May … Continue reading
The Failed Experiment at Tank Hill
Someone emailed us to ask why UCSF were bothering with demonstration projects, when there was the obvious example of Tank Hill. “Trees were cut down, natives planted and died,” said the email. What did they achieve? So we looked into … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, eucalyptus, nativism, Neighborhood impact
Tagged birds, butterfly, native plants, nativism, Natural Areas Program, Tank Hill
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Making Wildlife Into Vermin
Just like weeds are plants growing in the wrong place, vermin are animals in the wrong place. Most often, in the context of a city like San Francisco, that would be in or near our homes, interfering in some way … Continue reading
Posted in Herbicides, Mt Sutro Cloud Forest, Neighborhood impact
Tagged habitat, mount sutro, Sutro Forest, wildlife
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Our notes on UCSF’s Notes – May 25th Meeting
This is UCSF’s summary of the May 25th meeting, which we reported on here. We have edited it for clarity. “C” stands for comment; “Q” for question; “A” for an answer provided by UCSF or by its hired arborist, Ray … Continue reading
Habitat Destruction in Sutro Forest
We posted recently about the destruction of the forest understory along the South Ridge trail, near where it meets the Nike Rd. Now we hear that this isn’t the only area where habitat has been destroyed along the trail. Areas … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Mt Sutro Cloud Forest, Neighborhood impact, UCSF
Tagged birds, Sutro Forest, trails, UCSF, wildlife
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Sutro Forest Updates
We were up in the forest this evening for a bit. Here’s what we saw: 1. The Chain link fence on Pad#4 in the Aldea campus has been erected, complete with the three gates promised (one is big enough to … Continue reading
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Tagged Aldea Student Housing, Sutro Forest, trails, UCSF
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Concrete and Chainlink Aren’t Forest
Ten years ago, on 18 January 2000, UCSF issued an agreement with the community about its intentions for the Aldea student housing. [Edited to Add: Here is the letter: Aldea Housing Agreement 2000 01] One section is directly relevant here. … Continue reading
Report: UCSF’s Agenda Planning Meeting #2
This evening we had the second of three scheduled agenda planning meetings. Those present were the usual agenda-planners, with the addition of Walter Caplan (President, Forest Knolls Neighborhood Organization) who had been outside the country at the previous one. This … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Meetings, Mt Sutro Cloud Forest, nativism, Neighborhood impact, UCSF
Tagged mount sutro, Sutro Forest, UCSF
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Mount Sutro Forest That Was 