Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 16, Issue 2 – August 2000 Sonoma County encompasses over one million acres of hills, mountains, valleys, and river drainages, including the 1,485 square mile Russian River Watershed. The County supports numerous habitats containing many
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Water Quality in Oak Rangelands
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 12, Issue 1 – February, 1997 Change detection is the process of identifying changes in land cover over time. As human and natural forces continue to alter the landscape,various public agencies are finding it increasingly
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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
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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
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