Doug McCreary

Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 20, Issue 1 – January 2004 In 2001, the California Legislature passed the California Oak Woodland Conservation Act. This Act grew out of concern that California’s oak woodland habitats were threatened and that the State

Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volumne 14, Issue 2 – August 1999 For the last several months, I have been living in southern England while working at the British Forestry Commission Research Station in Surrey. When driving around the English countryside,

Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 13, Issue 1 – February, 1998 One of the main obstacles to establishing oaks artificially is weed competition. Much of the hardwood rangeland in California has a dense understory of introduced Mediterranean annuals. Unfortunately, these

Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 11, Issue 2 – September, 1996 Common land management practice in California in the 1960s was the removal of all woody vegetation on hardwood rangelands to promote increased forage production for livestock. This practice was

Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 11, Issue 1 – June, 1996 As part of an effort to reduce wildfire hazard at the Empire Mine State Park near Grass Valley, California, crews have been cutting and removing dense thickets of large,

Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 8, Issue 1 – March, 1993 One of the major obstacles preventing successful planting and establishment of oak seedlings on rangelands is browsing by herbivores such as rabbits, deer, and livestock. While screen cages have

Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 6, Issue 3 – December 1991 Introduction In California today there is evidence that several species of native oaks, including blue oak (Quercus douglasii) and valley oak (Quercus lobata), are not regenerating well in certain areas of the state.