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Acorn Woodpeckers, So Happy Together
October 14, 2011 by Kate Marianchild
Would you believe that acorn woodpeckers have the most complex social relationships of any animal with a backbone? One expert says so. Watch the birds for a while, and you just might agree!
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Book Review: Oaks in the Urban Landscape: Selection, Care, and Preservation
October 01, 2011 by Robin Meadows
By Laurence R. Costello, Bruce W. Hagen, and Katherine S. Jones, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu), 2011, 265 pages, …
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Go Nuts for Nuts
October 01, 2010 by Donna Whitmarsh
They say California is the land of fruits and nuts, which wouldn’t be so funny if it weren’t also partly true. But our native nuts–acorns, hazelnuts, and more–are central to life for both plants and wildlife, and they deserve some respect.
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With Rain Comes Life, and Death
December 02, 2009 by Nicola DeRobertis-Theye
After three years of drought, the forecast for a wet El Nino winter this year is welcome news indeed. Unless you’re an oak or tanoak tree. Researchers fear a wet year could mean an epidemic spread of sudden oak death (SOD). But a new preventive treatment and easy precautions could help contain the disease.
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Recalling the Wild
October 01, 2006 by Gregory Hayes
Walk a few miles in Jack London’s boots to see the landscape he declared more beautiful than any he’d seen in all his travels.
Confronting Sudden Oak Death
October 01, 2003 by Sue Rosenthal
Although the disease is popularly known as Sudden Oak Death, the funguslike organism that causes it, Phytophthora ramorum, is also …
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Oak Woodlands Resources
October 01, 2003 by Bay Nature Staff
To learn more about California’s oaks, contact the following organizations:
California Oak Foundation
1212 Broadway, Suite 810
Oakland, CA 94612 …
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The Essential Tree
October 01, 2003 by Gordy Slack
It’s almost impossible to imagine the California landscape without oak woodlands. But this most familiar and prolific habitat faces a number of serious threats, including unchecked suburban development and Sudden Oak Death. Fortunately, many parks in the Bay Area, including those of the East Bay Regional Parks, offer welcome refuge for a variety of oak woodlands.
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Bahia Purchase
April 01, 2003 by Sara Marcellino
Congratulations to the coalition of environmental groups, local officials, and state agencies led by the Marin Audubon Society for the …
