Oaks ‘n Folks – Volume 14, Issue 1 – March, 1999 The California Rangeland Trust While many questions exist regarding the effects of grazing on oak trees, the conversion of grazing lands to more intensive uses, including farming and urban
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Conservation and Collaboration: Vineyards in a Santa Barbara Landscape
For 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 and other natural resources.
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Oaks ‘n Folks – Volume 14, Issue 2 – August, 1999 Introduction California’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
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Water quality, especially non point source pollution, is a major concern in the 7.5 million acres of oak woodlands in California. Over 80% of these woodlands are privately owned. Some of the major uses of oak woodlands are for grazing,
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Oaks ’n’ Folks – Volume 13, Issue 1- February. 1998 Establishing Livestock Carrying Capacity From GIS & Range Science Research The Williamson Act is a tax assessment for agricultural land that bases property taxes on the use of the land
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Effects of Wood Cutting on Wildlife Habitat in Blue Oak Woodlands in the Northern Sacramento Valley Barret A. Garrison and Richard B. Standiford. Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 12, Issue 1 – February, 1997 Wood cutting in California’s hard-wood rangelands
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Oaks ’n’ Folks – Volume 3, Issue 1 – January, 1996 Applying the Concepts of Landscape Ecology Using GIS Technology and the CDF Oak Woodland Maps Californians value oak woodlands for their aesthetic, natural resource and economic significance. Over the
Read full articleTax Incentives Encourage Open Space Conservation
Residential and commercial development is the leading cause of conversion of oak woodlands over a relatively large area of the state. Oak woodlands have the highest biological diversity of any major habitat type in the state. This is largely due
Read full articleA Dynamic Ranch Model of Hardwood Rangeland
A study was started in 1987 to develop a dynamic model of hardwood rangeland management activities using the best available biological and economic data. Firewood production, livestock production, and commercial hunting were incorporated into a multi-product objective function to model
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Oaks ’n’ Folks – Volume 6, Issue 1 – April 1991 What is the value of blue oaks in terms of forage production? The value of blue oaks in terms of forage production has long been debated. In northern California
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