Test PB Collection: FTE

by Richard StandifordOaks ’n Folks – Volume 9, Issue 2 – September 1994IntroductionFire is a natural part of California’s oak woodland ecosystem. It has also served as an important management tool since Native Americans first inhabited these areas. Fire plays a role in the development of oak woodland stand…

by Richard StandifordOaks ’n Folks – Volume 7, Issue 2 – September 1992IntroductionUrbanization in California’s oak woodlands is taking place at unprecedented rates. Areas that were previously extensively managed for livestock production, with only a few homes spread out over thousands of acres, now contain…

by Richard StandifordOaks ’n Folks – Volume 6, Issue 3 – December 1991The recent fires in the Oakland and Berkeley hills that claimed several thousand homes and caused several billion dollars in property damage, occurred partly in oak woodlands dominated by the coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia). As…

by James BartolomeOaks ’n Folks – Volume 5, Issue 1 – June, 1990IntroductionWe see roadside fires burn woodlands every year, but how did past fires affect oaks? Recent research has changed the way ecologists and land managers view fire.Blue oaks have several adaptations to withstand fire. Best known is an…

by Bill Tietje, Bill Weitkamp, Sergio Garcia, and Wayne JensenOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 8, Issue 2 – November 1993IntroductionWith the “miracle March” of 1992 and the “fabulous February” coupled with generally excellent rains of 1992/93, it appears one of the most severe and widespread California droughts this…

by Doug McCrearyOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 6, Issue 1 – April 1991IntroductionWith springtime upon us it appears that the 1990-1991 rainfall levels will be far below normal in much of California in spite of the heavy March rains. Coupled with the fact that this will be the fifth consecutive dry year in many…

by Doug McCrearyOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 5, Issue 1 – June, 1990IntroductionIn the middle of February, a cold arctic storm swept through California, dumping record amounts of snow in the Northern California Sierra Foothills. Low elevation areas that may go 10 years without a trace of snow were inundated with 6…

by Bob Logan and Doug McCrearyOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 2, Issue 2 – November, 1987IntroductionDuring August 1987, an unusual phenomenon occurred in California. Many oak trees began turning brown and started dropping their leaves. While most of the trees affected were deciduous species that normally do lose…

by Lisa FisherOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 20, Issue 1 – January 2004The USDA Forest Service and California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo are currently cooperating on a broad-scale aerial survey to locate new areas with infestations of Sudden Oak Death (SOD). The objectives of the aerial survey were to…