Oaks ’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
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Cattle Grazing Effects on Spring Ecosystems
This 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 nonpoint source pollution surfaced as a major issue for management of grazing animals on California rangelands.
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Oaks ’n’ Folks – Volume 13, Issue 2- August, 1998 The 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
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Oaks ’n’ Folks – Volume 12, Issue 2 – September, 1997 Hardwood 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
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Oaks ’n’ Folks – Volume 12, Issue 1 – February, 1997 Regulatory and land management agencies continue to question the degree of sediment, nutrient, and pathogen loading to runoff from livestock management activities in grazed watersheds. To help ranchers in
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Oaks ’n’ Folks – Volume 11, Issue 2 – September, 1996 Hardwood rangelands are appreciated for the important non-commodity values they provide, including open space, rich wildlife habitats, watersheds,and recreation areas. Many of these values are reduced or lost as
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Oaks ’n’ Folks – Volume 8, Issue 2 – November 1993 Introduction In California, a variety of mushrooms have become increasingly popular. Because mushrooms grow well in oak woodland habitat, commercial mushroom production offers a profit potential for oak woodland
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 8, Issue 2 – November 1993 Many recommendations concerning irrigation of established native California oak trees caution against summer water application, especially near the base of the tree. Fungal diseases such as oak root fungus
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 12, Issue 1 – February, 1997 Livestock have been grazing oak woodland habitat since the Spanish introduced them in the sixteenth century. Today, more than 80% of California oak woodlands are grazed by livestock. Though
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 5, Issue 2 – November 1990 Introduction Poor regeneration of blue oak (Quercus douglasii) and valley oak (Q. lobata) in many locations on California hardwood rangelands has encouraged examination of factors suspected to be responsible
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