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- Tree-Thoughts at 125 Years
- Sutro Forest Destruction – March 2022
- More Trees Being Felled in Sutro Forest
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- 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
- Trees on Clarendon Avenue Felled
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Tag Archives: environment
A Pesticides Road Map
Calfornia is in the process of developing a road map for pesticide use. They have published the draft document for public comment. You have one more day in which to comment on this plan if you wish. The deadline is … Continue reading
Tree-Thoughts at 125 Years
Someone sent us this charming, incisive, bitter-sweet graphic about a eucalyptus tree. This tree, such an important part of the ecosystem – a shelter for birds, a splendid carbon sink, a catcher of fog – ponders its purpose in life. … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, eucalyptus, graphics
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Wildcare’s Request: Respect the Nest
Recently, Wildcare – a wild animal rehab organization – published a warning. It’s nesting season and they ask everyone to RESPECT the NEST. It’s republished here with permission. Respect the Nest by Michael Schwab With the help of nationally-acclaimed artist … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, nesting season
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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
Posted in deforestation, Meetings, Mount Sutro Stewards, UCSF
Tagged environment, Sutro Forest, UCSF meeting
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Dead trees: the life of the forest
UCSF is undertaking an assault on Sutro Forest, starting with trees it classifies as “dead or dying.” We question whether the so-called “dying” trees are actually dying, or merely in a defensive mode against four dry years, from which they … Continue reading
Blackberry Provides Valuable Habitat
From time to time, over the years, we have written about the value of blackberry as habitat, and as part of this wonderful forest. (See: Sutro Forest Ecosystem and Wildlife Habitat.) Recently, wildlife photographer and observer Janet Kessler published this … Continue reading
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Tagged blackberry, coyotes, environment, habitat
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The Very Long Life of Eucalyptus Trees
From the time we established this website in 2009, we have battled a series of myths used to attack eucalyptus trees. One of the most pernicious is that the trees are short-lived, and so are dying of old age. We … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, eucalyptus, eucalyptus myths, life span, longevity of eucalyptus
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Two Nativist Myths: Eucalyptus Kills Other Plants; Mutually Exclusive Relationships are Common in Nature
We re-publish with permission (and added emphasis) an article from MillionTrees.me, a website that fights the unnecessary felling of trees in the Bay Area. The article, a report from someone who attended the February 2018 meeting of the California Native … Continue reading
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Tagged CNPS, environment, eucalyptus, nativism
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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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Year 9 of Mission Blue Butterfly on Twin Peaks: Mixed Results
It’s now Year 9 of the the Mission Blue butterfly project on Twin Peaks, San Francisco. In 2008, SF Recreation and Parks Department (SFRPD) started trying an attempt to reintroduce the Mission Blue Butterfly to Twin Peaks, by planting lupine and transferring … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, mission blue butterfly, San Bruno Mountain, san francisco, Twin Peaks
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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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Ecological Novelty is Nature’s Future
This thoughtful article and guest post by Professor Mark Davis was first published in Death of a Million Trees (which fights unnecessary tree destruction in the San Francisco Bay Area), and subsequently on the website of the San Francisco Forest … Continue reading
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Tagged ecological novelty, environment, invasion biology, Mark Davis, Sutro Forest
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April Visit to Beautiful Sutro Forest
“I would love to see Sutro forest,” said the out-of-town visitor. “I’ve heard so much about it!” So when the welcome rain cleared into welcome sunshine, we headed up the new trail at the Pumphouse on Christopher Drive. It doesn’t provide the … Continue reading
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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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Tagged environment, Sutro Forest, trees
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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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Old Trees Trap More Carbon and Fight Climate Change
The older a tree grows, the more carbon dioxide it grabs out of the air and sequesters, thus fighting climate change. Cutting down these large old trees releases this carbon back into the atmosphere. An article published in the Nature … Continue reading
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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“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
Posted in Environment, eucalyptus, Mount Sutro Stewards, Mt Sutro Cloud Forest
Tagged Carl Nolte, cloud forest, environment, Sutro Forest, UCSF
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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 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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