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Tag Archives: hills conservation network
Fighting SF Bay Area Deforestation
We’ve been extremely concerned about this disastrous East Bay project – a plan to cut down up to 450,000 trees. Others are fighting back. The post below has three ways in which you can help. It’s republished with permission from … Continue reading
Posted in deforestation, eucalyptus, Herbicides: Roundup, Garlon
Tagged East Bay, environment, eucalyptus, hills conservation network
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East Bay Trees to be Destroyed – How to Help
Our regular readers may recall that an extremely destructive project is planned for Berkeley and the East Bay Hills of the San Francisco Bay Area. It’s going to fell nearly half a million trees. The land managers sought FEMA funding … Continue reading
Lament for Oakland’s Garber Park
We read this article in the Spring issue of Hills Conservation Network’s newsletter (the link goes to a PDF), and it resonated with us who want to save Sutro Forest’s habitat. Ecological destruction, whether from building and traffic, or from … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, nativism
Tagged 1991 oakland fire, East Bay, hills conservation network, native plants, nativism
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East Bay: Intent to file a Petition
(Edited to update the information in the post) Hills Conservation Network has decided to file a petition under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) against the East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD) and its Board of Directors. It’s sent a notification through … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, eucalyptus
Tagged EIR, Environmental Impact Report, eucalyptus, hills conservation network, trees
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FEMA, New York Times
The New York Times blog yesterday linked to this website, via an article about FEMA and the East Bay. We’re flattered, though the opening sentence of the article, about “non-native, frowzy eucalyptus” didn’t promise unbiased reporting. (To be fair, this … Continue reading
Letter: Grass fires are worse…
We received this letter from “Bewildered in Berkeley” in response to David Maloney’s letter exonerating eucalyptus in the 1991 Oakland fire. ———— Thanks for telling us about the Oakland-Berkeley Mayors’ Firestorm Task Force analysis of the cause of the 1991 … Continue reading
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Tagged 1991 oakland fire, eucalyptus myths, fire risk?, grass fires, hills conservation network, native plants, sutro, Sutro Forest, UCSF
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Task force report: Trees are not a Primary Fire Hazard
David Maloney, a member of the Task Force investigating the 1991 Oakland Hills fire confirms that even there – in Oakland’s climate of more extremes and less humidity than Mt Sutro’s cloud forest – trees were not the primary problem. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1991 oakland fire, eucalyptus myths, fire risk?, grass fires, hills conservation network
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