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- Sutro Forest Destruction – March 2022
- More Trees Being Felled in Sutro Forest
- Why Urban Forests Can’t be “Native”
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- Don’t Feed Coyotes
- Wildcare’s Request: Respect the Nest
- Dr Morley Singer, RIP
- Destruction of Sutro Forest Likely to Accelerate
- Season’s Greetings – 2020
- UCSF Parnassus: December 2020 Meeting Report
- UCSF Plans More Damage to Sutro Forest
- Trees on Clarendon Avenue Felled
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Category Archives: UCSF
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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Dr Morley Singer, RIP
We are sad to inform our supporters of the passing of Dr Morley Singer. He was a major force in our battle to save this forest, and Joint President of the SaveSutro organization. His incisive intelligence and strong leadership helped … Continue reading
UCSF Parnassus: December 2020 Meeting Report
In December 2020, UCSF had a public virtual meeting about its further plans, which modify the earlier ones for which it produced an extensive Environmental Impact Report (EIR). Dr Ariane Eroy attended, and sent us these notes. They are published … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, Sutro Forest, UCSF meeting
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Trees on Clarendon Avenue Felled
Sutro Forest extended along Christopher to Clarendon Avenue. The section at Christopher and Clarendon was decimated for the rebuilding of the pump station in 2009, possibly poisoned in 2013… and in 2019, it’s been clear-cut. It’s gone. THE FOREST BEFORE … Continue reading
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Tagged Aldea Student Housing, eucalyptus, Sutro Forest, tree killers
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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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Monarch Butterfly at Twin Peaks – Oct 2017
A few days ago, a viewer watching the planes rehearse for Fleet Week spotted a different kind of aerial phenomenon: Monarch butterflies, fluttering around over Twin Peaks. “I was driving by Twin Peaks,” they wrote, “and paused to watch the … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, eucalyptus, UCSF
Tagged Monarch butterfly, Mount Sutro Forest, UCSF
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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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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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Tagged DEIR 2017, environment, Mount Sutro Forest, Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve, UCSF
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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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How Many Trees in Sutro Forest? And What Will be Left?
Mount Sutro is a very difficult site. Its soils are shallow, its rocks unstable. It’s very windy. Few trees survive those conditions. Nevertheless, the eucalyptus forest has naturalized there for over a century – nearly 125 years now – and … Continue reading
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Tagged cloud forest, environment, eucalyptus, Sutro Forest, UCSF
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4th Sutro Forest TAC Meeting: Nativist Coup
When UCSF surprisingly announced there would be a 4th Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) meeting after the original three, we suspected adverse changes to the Draft Plan. That meeting was held this evening, and we were right to be concerned. Significant changes … Continue reading
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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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Tagged cloud forest, mount sutro, Sutro Forest
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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
Report: UCSF Second Sutro Forest TAC Meeting
UCSF held its second Planning Meeting for Sutro Forest on 28 April 2016. The two hired arborists, Jim Clark of Hort Science and Matt Greene, presented the direction they were taking the Plan, and their evaluation of the forest. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 Plan for Sutro Forest, environment, eucalyptus, nativism, Sutro Stewards, UCSF
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UCSF’s 2016 Sutro Forest Plan: Who’s Who
This post is to take a look at all the people who will be involved in the new Sutro Forest plan for 2016. We may edit it to update it with more information as we get it. THE CONSULTANTS Jim … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 Plan, Technical Advisory Committee, UCSF
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UCSF’s Second Sutro Forest Meeting – April 28, 2016
UCSF has announced its second meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee: “On Thursday, April 28, UCSF will convene the second meeting of the Mount Sutro Technical Advisory Committee (TAC). The TAC is comprised of volunteer experts in forestry, fire hazard … Continue reading
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Coming to Sutro Forest: Three New Trails and a Fancy Trail Head
This article is slightly modified and republished from a post on forestknolls.info UCSF is going ahead with plans to add three new trails to Sutro Forest. While we don’t object to trails as such, they all cost us trees – … Continue reading
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Tagged cloud forest, environment, Sutro Forest, trails, 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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Tagged environment, Sutro Forest, trees, UCSF
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UCSF Restarts Sutro Forest Plans in 2016
At the meeting on January 14th, 2016, UCSF announced it was trying again to develop a plan for Sutro Forest. UCSF hope to have a draft Plan in May 2016. They think they may be able to “start work” in … Continue reading
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Tagged Environmental Impact Report, mount sutro, Sutro Forest, UCSF
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Mount Sutro Forest That Was 