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Category Archives: Fells Trees
San Francisco Cutting Down its Ancient Trees – Sutro Forest/ Clarendon
This article is republished from SutroForest.com, with permission. 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, … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, Mount Sutro Cloud Forest, trees
San Francisco Cutting Down its Ancient Trees – Lake Merced
Though San Francisco’s tree cover is inadequate by the standards of any major city, it is fortunate to have a lot of old trees – many of them over 100 years old. Unfortunately, instead of treasuring these trees – it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, Habitat destruction, Lake Merced, San Francisco Forest Alliance, trees
Vote NO on Measure FF!!
San Francisco Forest Alliance supported The Forest Action Brigade in opposing Measure FF. This article, republished here with permission from Death of a Million Trees (a website/ blog opposing unnecessary tree destruction and pesticide use) , outlines why it’s important … Continue reading
Posted in Applies Pesticides, Fells Trees, OTHER
Tagged East BayRegional Park District, environment, Forest Action Brigade
San Francisco’s Tree Casualties
This article originated in a letter from one of our supporters, Matthew Steen, who is active in numerous causes including protecting street trees. San Francisco, as we have said before, is doing a very poor job of protecting its tree … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, San Francisco anti-tree
Another Beloved Tree Gone – Buena Vista Park, San Francisco
We recently received a message about yet another tree that had been destroyed to the dismay of neighbors. This time it’s at Buena Vista Park (BVP). The message is from neighbor Deborah Rodgers, who would love for more people to … Continue reading
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Tagged Buena Vista Park, environment, San Francisco, trees
Oakland’s Vegetation Management Plan – Our Comment (Deadline 11 June 2018)
Oakland’s Vegetation Management Plan is to cut down thousands of trees and use toxic pesticides to prevent resprouting. If you wish to comment, the deadline is June 11, 2018. Send your email to VMPcomments@oaklandvegmanagement.org We’ve published a brief comment here … Continue reading
Posted in Applies Pesticides, Fells Trees
Tagged Draft Vegetation Management Plan, East Bay Hills, Oakland
Mt Davidson: Tree Destruction Imminent?
There’s a lot of activity at the Juanita entrance of Mt Davidson, and neighbors fear the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department (SFRPD) is rushing through its tree-felling program. At a time when we need trees more than ever to … Continue reading
Montara Chainsawed Trees: Town Hall on Nov 12, 2017
We reported recently that some people interested in going on the walk at Rancho Corral de Tierra in Montara were unable to get in. Now a Town Hall has been scheduled on Nov 12, 2017. In response to public interest, … Continue reading
What Happened at the Montara Walk with Jacquie Speier – Trees at Rancho Corral De Tierra
Recently, we announced the news that a public walk had been planned for Oct 30, 2017 to discuss the sudden and deplorable destruction of trees at Montara’s Rancho Corral de Tierra. (We reported on that here: National Park Trees meet … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, GGNRA, Habitat destruction, native plant restoration, nativism, trees
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Montara Walk with Jackie Speier – The Why of the Chainsawed Trees
Owing to public outcry, the tree cutting in Montara has been paused. Now a walk has been announced for October 30, 2017, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, in Montara, presumably for explanations about why the trees were cut and what … Continue reading
Cutting Down Forests Releases Green House Gases
Eucalyptus forests are exceptionally good at sequestering carbon: They’re big and fast-growing, with dense wood and long lives. The forests store even more carbon in the soil, much of it in the top three feet. This is true of Sutro … Continue reading
Posted in "Natural" Areas Program, Fells Trees
Tagged carbon sequestration, environment, eucalyptus, Mt Davidson, Mt Sutro Forest, trees
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Trees Cut Down in McLaren Park with No Warning
One of our readers has this news about trees being cut down in McLaren Park. The destruction has just begun. We’ve published letters in defense of McLaren’s trees before. See Trees Matter: McLaren Park and Environmental Justice. . — xxx— … Continue reading
Ecological “Restoration”: “Someone Pays and Someone Profits”
The article below was first published on April 1st on MillionTrees.me – a site fighting unnecessary tree destruction in the San Francisco Bay Area. Though it references mainly the widespread tree destruction planned for the East Bay, the same principles apply … Continue reading
Neighbor Activists on Mt Davidson
We received this report from FRIENDS OF MOUNT DAVIDSON, neighborhood activists who staged some outreach on Easter Sunday morning at Mt Davidson We gave out more than 100 flyers to visitors before and after the service, at the two most heavily trafficked … Continue reading
So Much City, So Little Green
This beautiful aerial view of San Francisco, taken by Fiona Fay and used here with permission, shows just how important our urban forests are. At just 13.7% cover, San Francisco has amongst the smallest tree canopy of any major city. … Continue reading
Old Trees Trap More Carbon and Fight Climate Change
This article is reprinted with permission from SutroForest.org, a website fighting to save the century-old forest on Mount Sutro in San Francisco, CA. The older a tree grows, the more carbon dioxide it grabs out of the air and sequesters, … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon sequestration, Climate change, environment, trees
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Rally for Trees & Against Pesticides in Our Parks! Feb 28, 2017
Rally for Trees & Against Pesticides in Our Parks! Join Our City and San Francisco Forest Alliance to demand that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors vote to reject the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) that allows the Recreation and Park … Continue reading
San Francisco – More Public Trees Destroyed
We recently received this report from a long-term member of the Fort Mason Community Garden. More trees have been destroyed, shocking those who cared about them. More bad news about the trees we have enjoyed for many, many years. The … Continue reading
Disturbing Story of the Mt Davidson Bench
Here’s the story of the Mount Davidson Eagle Scout bench, from its sudden removal by the Natural Areas Program, to the silly lie included in the Environmental Impact Report on the Natural Resource Areas Management Plan. The Natural Area Program’s … Continue reading
