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What is fire mimicry? | Sudden Oak Life
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Observations on oak health, tree care, organic farming, gardening, forest decline, acid rain, climate change, Gaia . . . by Lee Klinger. What is fire mimicry? People often ask me why the oaks and other trees in California need to be tended. Oaks have been growing in California for many thousands of years, so why would they need our help now? Tending the land with fire in Big Sur (photo by Lee Klinger). However, in situations where burning is not practical, there are other ways to achieve similar results ...
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California oak, pine, and toyon trees responding to fire mimicry | Sudden Oak Life
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Observations on oak health, tree care, organic farming, gardening, forest decline, acid rain, climate change, Gaia . . . by Lee Klinger. California oak, pine, and toyon trees responding to fire mimicry. Here are some assorted results on oaks, pines, and one toyon tree that I collected over the past two weeks. All have been treated with fire mimicry. Laquo; Coast live oaks in Hillsborough responding to fire mimicry. A California oak stonehenge. Date : May 4, 2015. Categories : Case studies. Rapid response...
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A California oak stonehenge | Sudden Oak Life
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Observations on oak health, tree care, organic farming, gardening, forest decline, acid rain, climate change, Gaia . . . by Lee Klinger. A California oak stonehenge. Ryan also wrote this wonderful article about his adventures in the Ventana Wilderness and the Native American “Hands” rock shelter. Laquo; California oak, pine, and toyon trees responding to fire mimicry. Oakland oaks under attack by EBMUD. Date : July 3, 2015. Categories : Fire ecology. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.
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Grandfather oak revisited | Sudden Oak Life
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Observations on oak health, tree care, organic farming, gardening, forest decline, acid rain, climate change, Gaia . . . by Lee Klinger. Grandfather oak before and after 7.5 years of healing. Last week a group of volunteers, assisted by Greg Laden of Marin County Open Space, visited a 400 year-old coast live oak growing on King Mtn. I have reported on the progress of this oak in two previous posts: Grandfather oak. And Grandfather oak – April 2011 update. Grandfather oak volunteers – July 2015. Enter you...
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Oakland oaks under attack by EBMUD | Sudden Oak Life
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Observations on oak health, tree care, organic farming, gardening, forest decline, acid rain, climate change, Gaia . . . by Lee Klinger. Oakland oaks under attack by EBMUD. This is a follow up regarding a post here in February 2013. Walking through what remained of the oak grove I quickly noticed wounds on the trunks caused by the workers undertaking the removal of the oaks. That prompted me to inspect more carefully the remaining oaks. And in one case, the damage done to the tree was clearly intentional!
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Oakland oaks get a reprieve from the chainsaws | Sudden Oak Life
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Observations on oak health, tree care, organic farming, gardening, forest decline, acid rain, climate change, Gaia . . . by Lee Klinger. Oakland oaks get a reprieve from the chainsaws. Healthy grove of oaks in Oakland slated for removal (January 2013). Healthy, mature oak marked for removal (January 2013). Oak grove (in foreground) in January 2007. Same oak grove (slated for removal) in January 2013. Note the increase in canopy size over six years. On February 8, 2013 EBMUD acknowledged it had received a...
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Case Studies | Sudden Oak Life
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Observations on oak health, tree care, organic farming, gardening, forest decline, acid rain, climate change, Gaia . . . by Lee Klinger. See hundreds more case studies in the various Sudden Oak Life posts here. Variable one-year responses of birch, apple, and pine trees to fire mimicry. Pine, oak, and ironwood trees in Big Sur responding nicely after a decade of fire mimicry. Coast live oak in Big Sur cured of stem canker infection using fire mimicry surgery. Talk on Gaia and trees for Gaia University.
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Newsroom | Sudden Oak Life
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Observations on oak health, tree care, organic farming, gardening, forest decline, acid rain, climate change, Gaia . . . by Lee Klinger. Variable one-year responses of birch, apple, and pine trees to fire mimicry. Pine, oak, and ironwood trees in Big Sur responding nicely after a decade of fire mimicry. Coast live oak in Big Sur cured of stem canker infection using fire mimicry surgery. Rapid response of oak, mayten, bay laurel, and cedar trees to fire mimicry. Talk on Gaia and trees for Gaia University.