For decades, people have flocked to a series of four waterfalls about 12 miles outside Georgetown in El Dorado...
Written by University of California Cooperative Extension Forestry
- Author: Ryan DeSantis
Published on: August 28, 2014
Shasta Lake low
As everybody has undoubtedly heard, we are in the midst of one of the worst droughts on record in the state of California. Recently, the cities of Redding and Shasta Lake passed water regulations that conform to the state Drought Management Plan which calls on customers to cut their water usage by 20%. While some people are unhappy about the proposed fines for violators, most people are aware of the urgency of scaling back their water usage considering the current drought situation.
The United States Drought Monitor currently classifies the Redding area under the “Exceptional Drought” category, which is the most intense category on the drought scale. Most of our neighbors are experiencing exceptional drought...
- Posted by: Susie Kocher
Published on: August 26, 2014
Tags: Blodgett Forest (5), Center for Forestry (2), Rob York (8), UC Berkeley (15), University Falls (1)
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- Po: Susie Kocher
Published on: August 6, 2014
from California State Board of Forestry:
NEWS RELEASE: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Board of Forestry and Fire Protection
CONTACT: Matt Dias, Board Staff, RELEASE DATE: August 5, 2014
University of California, Berkeley Forestry to be Honored for Outstanding Contributions to California Forestry
Sacramento - The California State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection will...
- Author: Mary Louise Flint
- Posted by: Susie Kocher
Published on: May 23, 2014
Memorial Day weekend, traditionally considered the beginning of California's camping season, is right around the corner. If you are preparing for an upcoming trip, keep in mind that you can help protect California's forests by buying firewood from a local source near the campsite rather than bringing it with you.
When people move wood from place to place, they may also be moving invasive insects and diseases that threaten California's landscape and wildland trees. The goldspotted oak borer, which is devastating native oaks in San Diego, was likely brought there from Arizona in firewood. The polyphagous shothole borer, walnut twig beetle and thousand cankers disease, and the pathogen causing sudden oak disease, all...
- Author: Zac Unger
- Posted by: Susie Kocher
Published on: May 12, 2014
Tintype photography by Michael Shindler
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