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Tag Archives: trees
The Forest on Albany Hill
One of the blogs we follow, Conservation Sense and Nonsense, is trying to prevent the destruction of the eucalyptus forest on Albany Hill. This stand of trees sequesters carbon, cleans the air near a heavily trafficked road – and provides … Continue reading
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Tagged Albany Hill, environment, eucalyptus, Monarch butterfly, trees
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Beautiful Trees at Stow Lake to be Cut
San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department (SFRPD) is cutting down more trees. Several supporters alerted us to warning notices on eight large, beautiful trees at Stow Lake that have been marked for destruction. Why? Apparently to repair the perimeter path … Continue reading
Surprise Tree Removals for McLaren Park Native Plant Garden
San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department’s Natural Resources Division (NRD), in conjunction with Fran Martin’s Visitacion Valley Greenway group, have been planning to construct a native plant garden just south of the McLaren Park community garden along Visitacion Avenue. This … Continue reading
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Tagged McLaren Park, non-native trees, NRD, SFRPD, trees
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Trees Targeted for Destruction In Golden Gate Park
One would think that in these times of climate change and San Francisco’s small and shrinking tree canopy, every effort would be made to save the trees we already have. San Francisco already has only a 13.7% tree canopy cover, … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, Golden Gate Park, Habitat destruction, trees
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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
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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
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Dead trees: the life of the forest
Throughout the city and the whole San Francisco Bay area, urban and suburban forests are being destroyed. The Natural Resource Area Management Plan targets 18,000 trees in San Francisco and Pacifica. In the East Bay, more than 50,000 trees may … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, Habitat destruction, Natural Areas Program, trees
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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
The Very Long Life of Eucalyptus Trees
This article is republished with permission and minor changes from Death of a Million Trees, a website that fights unnecessary tree killing in the San Francisco Bay Area. PUTTING ANOTHER MYTH TO REST: LIFESPAN OF BLUE GUM EUCALYPTUS … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Gum eucalyptus, environment, eucalyptus, eucalyptus life span, trees
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Why We Oppose Prop 68 (June 2018 Election)
Proposition 68 is on ballot in the upcoming elections. It would authorize the State in California to sell $4.1 billion in bonds for “park and water” improvements. Unfortunately, roughly a third of the money will be allocated for “protection of … Continue reading
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Tagged California, environment, June 5 2018 Election, Pesticides, trees
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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
Register for Town Hall Meeting about Montara’s Chainsawed Trees
We posted a few days ago about the planned meeting regarding the chainsawed trees of Rancho Corral de Tierra at Montara. Here are the details of the public notice, and a link to RSVP. “Rancho Corral de Tierra Public … 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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National Park Service Trees Meet Chainsaws in Montara
The National Park Service is cutting down trees in Montara, south of San Francisco. San Francisco Forest Alliance opposes this action. We’re disappointed. In this era of global warming, every tree counts. Instead of destroying trees, they should be planting them. … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, Montara, National Parks Service, native plant restoration, nativism, trees
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SF Forest Alliance: Problems in the Sutro Forest DEIR – Part II
On September 22, 2017, the Aqua Terra Aeris Law Group, on behalf of its client, San Francisco Forest Alliance, submitted the following comments and questions to the University of California, San Francisco (“UCSF”) regarding the Draft Environmental Impact Report (“DEIR”) … Continue reading
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Tagged DEIR, environment, Mount Sutro Cloud Forest, San Francisco Forest Alliance, trees
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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
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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
What’s Wrong with the Natural Resources Management Plan
This letter by Anastasia Glikshtern was published in the Westside Observer. It’s a response to an article by Glen Rogers that lauded the certification of the Environmental Impact Report on the Natural Resource Management Plan. Ms Glikshtern’s letter, which points … Continue reading
Killing Our Street Trees in San Francisco
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way.” – William Blake, The Letters, 1799 San Francisco has a lot of projects going on. SFMTA … Continue reading
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