Ongoing research

by Kerry HeiseOaks ’n Folks – Volume 15, Issue 1 – March 2000The 2,168 ha University of California Hopland Research and Extension Center (HREC) in southeastern Mendocino County, California, was established as a range experiment station in 1951. During the following year, a botanical survey was initiated to…

by Adina M. Merenlender, Colin N. Brooks, and Gregory A. GiustiPolicy Analysis related to the Conversion of Native Habitat to Vineyard: Sonoma County’s Vineyard Erosion and Sediment Control Ordinance as a Case StudyAbstractMany of the policy deliberations on the environmental effects of new vineyard…

by Adina M. Merenlender and Colin BrooksOaks ’n Folks – Volume 13, Issue 2 – August, 1998Many of California’s watersheds have been cleared of their tree and shrub cover, often with the goal of improving grazing conditions for livestock. Large areas of these watersheds can remain with few trees because…

by Julia CrawfordOaks ’n Folks – Volume 13, Issue 2 – August, 1998The valley oak (Quercus lobata) is one of California’s unique endemic tree species. It is distributed throughout the great Central Valley, in the coast ranges from Mendocino County south, and in the transverse mountains in southern California…

by Charles W. NelsonOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 13, Issue 1 – February, 1998The human population of the northern Sacramento Valley is forecast to more than double by the year 2040. This implies that additional land in the region will be under increasing development pressure for urban and rural residential uses…

by Adina M. Merenlender and Colin BrooksOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 12, Issue 2 – September, 1997Integrating Information at State, Regional and Local Scales: An Essential Step for Watershed Management, Restoration, and MonitoringWatersheds are landscape mosaics; therefore, watershed structure and function is…

by Barbara Maurizi, Cindy Bell, and Lisa LevienOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 12, Issue 1 – February, 1997Change detection is the process of identifying changes in land cover over time. As human and natural forces continue to alter the landscape,various public agencies are finding it increasingly important to…

by Adina Merenlender, Gregory A. Giusti, and Kerry HeiseOaks ’n Folks – Volume 11, Issue 2 – September, 1996Puddles or Unique Habitats?Vernal pools are seasonal bodies of water that form in shallow depressions following winter rains. Because of an underlying hard pan layer, water may persist for several…

by Jean Knoops and Walt  KoenigOaks ’n Folks – Volume 10, Issue 1 – April 1995As one of the most abundant natural food resources in California, acorns provide food for a vast array of wildlife from scrub jays to mule deer and were formerly a staple of Native Californians, making up over half the diet of…

by Randy  DahlgrenOaks ’n Folks – Volume 9, Issue 1 – April 1994Introduction Are oak trees an important component for sustaining ecosystem productivity in California oak woodlands? A research project sponsored by the Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program examining nutrient cycling is showing…