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Watch this Video: SF RPD’s Plan for Mt Davidson Isn’t Pretty
Sometimes, you need to walk it to really understand it. In this short video, Jacquie Proctor does just that on Mount Davidson… she’ll show you some of the actual trees that are going to be cut unless...
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Three Poisons on Mt Davidson: Garlon, Aquamaster, Milestone Pesticides
Recently, someone sent the San Francisco Forest Alliance this Pesticide Notice. It’s for Mount Davidson, for the end of January/ early February 2012. We found it shocking. Why? It plans on using three...
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Mount Davidson’s Garlon Pesticide – Again
The other day, we walked on Mount Davidson. The view from the top was lovely, and in the middle of it was a pesticide sign. It was difficult to read because the moisture had condensed under the...
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The Natural Areas Plan for Mt Davidson: a Walk with Jacquie Proctor
Most people have no idea that the Natural Areas Program calls for cutting down 1600 trees on Mt Davidson. Jacquie Proctor, the historian of Mt Davidson (who quite literally wrote the book on it), led a...
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The “Natural” Areas Program Fells Trees
One would think the Natural Areas Program would be about preserving trees in our city. It’s not. San Francisco in its pre-European state had very very few trees if any, and almost all our trees are...
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A Little Help from our Trees: The Payoffs of Urban Forests
Urban trees are hugely important, not just for their beauty, but for environmental reasons. The NAP’s SNRAMP plans to cut down 18,500 trees (and a whole lot more under 15 feet in height, plus whatever...
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“Natural Areas Program” Restricts Access
When people hear “Natural Areas” they often have visions of wild areas where trails wind their way through rampant plants, and you can bushwhack your way into interesting nooks and discoveries. Maybe...
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Natural Areas Plan: SFFA comments on the DEIR (Pt 4: Restricting Recreation)
One of the failings of the SNRAMP is that it blocks recreational access to the Natural Areas. Visitors are required to stay on the trails, and just about the only thing you can do is walk along the...
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Franciscan manzanita is now an endangered species
Last week US Fish & Wildlife announced that Franciscan manzanita is now an endangered species. In 2009 the single plant known to exist in the wild was discovered during the reconstruction of Doyle...
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Countdown Starts for Glen Canyon Trees
We’ve been writing here about the trees in Glen Canyon scheduled for destruction – a total of over 400 eventually. Well, the countdown has started. A whole bunch of trees have been posted for removal....
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Wisconsin, Trees and Our Health
This is another of our first-person accounts. A reader visited Madison, Wisconsin and returned this report. We were riding to the airport when traffic slowed on a tree-lined street owing to roadwork. I...
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Opposing ROSE’s Policy 4.2 – Update
Two weeks ago, we explained why we oppose the ROSE (Recreation and Open Space Element of the General Plan for the city of San Francisco), and asked San Franciscans to write to the Land Use Committee of...
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Bees in Glen Canyon – Update
We’ve reported here before about the bee tree that was cut down as part of the “improvements” to Glen Canyon Park – and the one that was killed by mistake when someone thought it was a nest of...
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Urban Forest Master Plan—Where Art Thou? – by Dee Seligman
This article is reprinted with permission from the West Portal Monthly (with minor changes and added emphasis). We think it’s important that San Francisco save its trees and forests, and expand – not...
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Why Urban Trees Are Important to Us All
Recently, we wrote about the importance of setting a tree canopy cover goal for San Francisco, a city that should be a green leader. We’d like to see such a goal incorporated into the Urban Forest...
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Saving our Urban Forests – A Small Step Forward
This article is republished from the Death of a Million Trees website with permission and minor edits. The San Francisco Forest Alliance (SFFA) has announced (see below) the successful conclusion of a...
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Did “Round Up” Kill My Dog? (and why you should care)
This article by Dr. Victoria Hamman was published recently in “The Natural Newsletter.” Dr Hamman is a licensed naturopathic doctor who lives in San Francisco. It’s republished here by permission with...
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Better Parks for People Who Need Them: The Proposed “Anti-Equity” Metrics
Proposition B provides San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department (SFRPD) with set-aside funds for the next 30 years. It also requires them to ensure equity for the parks, by spending more on parks...
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Better Parks for People Who Need Them, 2: Improving the Equity Metrics
This article expresses further concerns about the Equity Metrics developed by San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department (SFRPD). The first article is here: The Proposed”Anti-Equity Metrics”....
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Mt Davidson: Toxic Garlon, Felled Trees
On a recent trip to Mount Davidson, a visitor saw that Garlon had been sprayed on oxalis. The Natural Resources Department (NRD, formerly Natural Areas Program) is the most frequent user of pesticides...
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