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UC Oaks: Article

Does It Make Cents to Process Tanoak to Lumber

September 8, 2025
By Michael Jones
by John R. ShellyOaks ’n Folks – Volume 17, Issue 2 – August 2001 California has the potential to become an important hardwood lumber producer. It has a high demand for hardwood lumber from manufacturers and consumers, skilled timber and woodworkers capable of producing the lumber, an underutilized…
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UC Oaks: Article

California’s Hardwood Rangelands: Production and Conservation Values

September 8, 2025
By Michael Jones
by Richard StandifordOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 14, Issue 2 – August, 1999IntroductionCalifornia’s 10 million acres of hardwood rangelands, or oak woodlands, are the most biologically diverse broad habitat in the state. Most of the state’s water supply flows through these lands. They also supply aesthetics and…
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UC Oaks: Article

Conservation and Collaboration: Vineyards in a Santa Barbara Landscape

September 8, 2025
By Michael Jones
by Abe LeiderOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 14, Issue 1 – March, 1999For the past year, Santa Barbara County residents, their elected representatives, and County planning staff have been faced with the issue of a rapidly expanding wine-grape industry and effects of associated agricultural expansion on native oaks…
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UC Oaks: Article

Cattle Grazing Effects on Spring Ecosystems in California’s Oak Woodland

September 8, 2025
By Michael Jones
by Barbara Allen-DiazOaks ’n Folks – Volume 14, Issue 1 – March, 1999This study was designed to examine effects of cattle grazing on undeveloped, cold-water spring water quality, vegetation cover and composition, insect family richness, and channel morphology.As early as 1991, regulatory agency interest in…
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UC Oaks: Article

A New Tool for Conserving Oak Woodlands: The California Rangeland Trust

September 8, 2025
By Michael Jones
by Steve SintonOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 14, Issue 1 – March, 1999The California Rangeland TrustWhile many questions exist regarding the effects of grazing on oak trees, the conversion of grazing lands to more intensive uses, including farming and urban and suburban development, is more likely to adversely…
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UC Oaks: Article

Eucalyptus Can Replace Oak for BBQ and Heating Wood

September 8, 2025
By Michael Jones
by James H. GuntherOaks ’n Folks – Volume 13, Issue 2- August, 1998The uses of oaks by the construction, furniture, mining, and firewood industries in California have changed considerably over the years. The clearing of oaks to accommodate buildings and roads, or to expand the cultivation of agricultural…
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UC Oaks: Article

Establishing Livestock Carrying Capacity From GIS & Range Science Research

September 8, 2025
By Michael Jones
by James Bartolome, Neil McDougald, Richard Standiford, and William FrostOaks ’n Folks – Volume 13, Issue 1- February, 1998The Williamson Act is a tax assessment for agricultural land that bases property taxes on the use of the land of agricultural purposes, rather than on its market value for the “highest…
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UC Oaks: Article

Agroforestry on California’s Hardwood Rangelands

September 8, 2025
By Michael Jones
by Doug McCrearyOaks ’n Folks – Volume 12, Issue 2 – September, 1997Hardwood rangelands comprise approximately nine million acres- just under 10% of the total land area-in California. In contrast to higher elevation coniferous forests which are often publicly owned, about 80% of the hardwood rangelands in…
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