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Richard Standiford

Protecting Homes from Wildfire in Oak Woodlands

oaksadmin@cloudways Oaks and Fire December 28, 2018January 29, 2019Richard Standiford

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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The Role of Fire in California’s Oak Woodlands

oaksadmin@cloudways Oaks and Fire December 28, 2018February 10, 2019Richard Standiford

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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Assessing Fire Damaged Coast Live Oaks

oaksadmin@cloudways Oaks and Fire, Threats September 23, 2018January 29, 2019Richard Standiford

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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California’s Hardwood Rangelands: Production and Conservation Values

oaksadmin@cloudways Livestock Management, Policy September 16, 2018January 29, 2019Richard Standiford

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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Establishing Livestock Carrying Capacity

oaksadmin@cloudways Livestock Management, Policy September 5, 2018December 30, 2018James Bartolome, Neil McDougald, Richard Standiford, William Frost

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

oaksadmin@cloudways Habitats, Livestock Management, Policy, Wildlife September 5, 2018January 30, 2019Barret A. Garrison, Richard Standiford

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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Tax Incentives Encourage Open Space Conservation

oaksadmin@cloudways Livestock Management, Policy September 5, 2018January 30, 2019NEEDS REVIEW, Richard Standiford

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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A Dynamic Ranch Model of Hardwood Rangeland

oaksadmin@cloudways Livestock Management August 29, 2018December 30, 2018Richard Howitt, Richard Standiford

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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