Oaks ’n’ Folks – Volume 7, Issue 2 – September 1992 Introduction Urbanization 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
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Fire and Blue Oaks
Oaks ’n’ Folks – Volume 5, Issue 1 – June, 1990 Introduction We 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
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Oaks ’n’ Folks – Volume 9, Issue 2 – September 1994 Introduction Fire 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
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 13, Issue 1 – February, 1998 California black walnut is found only in southern California and offers important habitat for many of California’s vertebrate and invertebrate species. Leaf production and flowering occur at approximately the
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Oaks ’n’ Folks – Volume 6, Issue 3 – December 1991 The 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
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