Oaks ‘n Folks – Volume 14, Issue 1 – March, 1999 Residential development is expanding in California, resulting in a larger number of houses and roads in wooded areas. This increased demand for property in rural areas has resulted in
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 12, Issue 2 – September, 1997 Red-tailed hawks are a common resident of much of California’s oak woodlands.Large, powerful raptors, red-tailed hawks are a member of a group of birds called Buteos, sometimes called “buzzard
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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 11, Issue 1 – June, 1996 Oak woodlands provide habitat for California’s most diverse array of terrestrial wildlife. At least 331 vertebrate species utilize these habitats, including 160 species of birds. We can now expand
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 10, Issue 2 – December, 1995 Autumn makes many people think of the holidays and family gatherings. Traditional feasts this time of year often center on domestic turkeys served in a grand fashion. The domestic
Read full articleThe Dusky-Footed Woodrat: Resident of California Oak Woodland
Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 10, Issue 1 – April, 1995 In outward appearance, the dusky-footed woodrat is almost identical to the Old World rats. Similarity, however, stops there. Taxonomically the two species are unrelated and very different ecologically. Unlike
Read full articleOn the Spotted Owl: Resident of California’s Oak Woodlands
Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 7, Issue 4 – May, 1992 The spotted owl (Strix occidentalis) is a medium-sized owl that inhabits thickly wooded canyons, woodlands, and forests of Western North America. It has a round head, dark eyes, and dark brown
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 7, Issue 4 – May, 1992 Introduction Some of California’s most conspicuous and important wildlife habitats are the oak woodlands that ring the central valley and hardwood-conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada, Cascade and Coast
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 6, Issue 3 – December 1991 Introduction The northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) is an extremely controversial issue throughout the timber areas in northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Listed as Threatened in 1991,
Read full articleThe Effects of Development on Oak Woodland Wildlife: Fragmentation of Woodland Habitats
Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 6, Issue 2 – July 1991 Placer County, which spans from the Central Valley to the crest of the Sierra Nevada, has the fastest growing human population in California, with a growth rate of 3.5%
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