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Tag Archives: girdled trees
Mt Davidson’s Moist Green Forest in September 2015
Moisture content of vegetation is one of the key determinants of fire hazard. In Mount Davidson, the drier side is clearly the native plant area, not the forest. This visitor went up to the forest to see – and document … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, fire hazard, girdled trees, Mount Davidson, trees
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Tree-vandals and a Reward
San Francisco apparently has vandals that hate trees. This is not the casual vandalism of drunk teenagers mowing down a tree because it’s in there, or a car reversing into a sapling. This is deliberate destruction of young trees in … Continue reading
The “Natural” Areas Program Fells Trees
One would think the Natural Areas Program would be about preserving trees in our city. It’s not. San Francisco in its pre-European state had very very few trees if any, and almost all our trees are non-native. Despite the huge … Continue reading
The Natural Areas Plan for Mt Davidson: a Walk with Jacquie Proctor
Most people have no idea that the Natural Areas Program calls for cutting down 1600 trees on Mt Davidson. Jacquie Proctor, the historian of Mt Davidson (who quite literally wrote the book on it), led a tour there last Saturday, … Continue reading
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