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by Nina Maggi KellyOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 17, Issue 1 – February 2001IntroductionTanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus), coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) and black oak (Quercus kelloggii) trees are distributed along 1,500 miles of the California and Oregon coast. In 1995, tanoak trees began dying in large…

by Doug McCrearyOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 17, Issue 1 – February 2001As reported in two previous issues of Oaks ’n Folks (August 1999 and March 2000), a new type of mortality in tanoaks (Lithocarpus densiflorus) was first observed in Marin County in 1995. Since those first sightings by University of California…

by Barbara Allen-Diaz, James Bartolome, Jim Robbins, and Pete van HoornOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 16, Issue 2 – August 2000In the late Pleistocene, California was home to a diverse suite of large vertebrates, including digging and rooting animals like the peccary and grizzly bear. These two species, along…

Oaks ‘n Folks – Volume 15, Issue 1 – March 2000The University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) awarded $47,000 in temporary funds to the Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program (IHRMP) to address the widespread concerns arising from unexplained mortality of tanoak and…

by Pavel SvihraOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 14, Issue 2 – August 1999Tanoak (Liuthocarpus densiflorus)and coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia)distribution stretches more than 1,500 miles along the California and Oregon coasts. Coastal forests are not monocultures but rather full grown islands of different species…

The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) reached 87 adults from the Sutter Adult School’s English as a Second Language (ESL) program through the Families Eating Smart and Moving More curriculum!

by Doug McCreary and Jill GoetzOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 13, Issue 2 – August, 1998BERKELEY – This summer, people living in the Sierra Nevada and Coast Ranges have reported seeing the leaves on California black oaks covered with brown spots, curling at the edges and even turning completely brown and falling off…

A new study examining the impact of federal and state Universal Free School Meal policies highlights how expanding access to school meals can help address food insecurity, reduce barriers to meal participation such as stigma and paperwork, and improve children’s diet quality, health, and academic outcomes…