Tag Archives: birds

The “Demonstration Projects”

Posted on July 5, 2010 by webmaster

At the June 30 meeting, Ray Moritz, the forester hired by UCSF, presented the Demonstration projects. As we mentioned in the report on that meeting, we were surprised. We’d thought the areas discussed at the Agenda Planning meeting had been … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Meetings, Mt Sutro Cloud Forest, Neighborhood impact, UCSF | Tagged birds, cloud forest, drying out the forest, mount sutro, Sutro Forest, wildlife | 3 Comments

Habitat Destruction in Sutro Forest

Posted on June 25, 2010 by webmaster

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 | 7 Comments

Urban Forests and Migratory Birds

Posted on May 23, 2010 by webmaster

We’d like to thank “Sutro Resident” for a comment with a link that led us to an interesting piece of research: That migratory birds may depend heavily on small urban forests as they pass through, and even small forests are … Continue reading →

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“Nature in the City”: Tree-huggers vs Tree-killers

Posted on February 19, 2010 by webmaster

Recently, we posted a reader’s note about a talk from the organization called ‘Nature in the City’ (NC) on the “urban forest.” (Those are NC’s quote-marks; they apparently don’t believe in urban forests). NC is the parent organization of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, eucalyptus, nativism | Tagged birds, eucalyptus, eucalyptus myths, native plants, nativism, nature in the city, puzzled, tree killers, unscientific, wildlife | 11 Comments

Stewardship of a Forest

Posted on November 28, 2009 by webmaster

Two weeks ago, I visited the forest surrounding the Meiji shrine, in Tokyo, Japan. As with the Sutro Cloud Forest, I was struck by the wonderful old trees growing in the heart of a city, and wanted to find out … Continue reading →