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Thus, not only is PG&E falling short of its EVM goals for the year, but the quality of the completed work is questionable. Second, PG&E’s system for recording, tracking and assigning EVM work are not reliable or consistent and are likely contributing to the identified quality issues.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Filip, a former federal judge and deputy U.S. attorney general, was appointed in 2017 by former U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson to monitor PG&E's compliance with the terms of its probation for felony violations of pipeline safety laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alsup, who was assigned to oversee the case after Henderson retired, ordered Filip's team to inspect various aspects of PG&E's state-mandated wildfire safety program — and especially whether the company's vegetation management practices complied with state laws and regulations that set minimum clearances between power lines and trees. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That clearance, as well as the hazard posed by 10 particularly fire-prone tree species and dead or dying trees that could fall onto power lines, is of paramount importance after a siege of destructive wildfires over the last several years \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11757904/pge-faces-new-allegations-and-major-fines-for-role-in-october-2017-fire-siege\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">touched off by PG&E electrical equipment\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his report, Filip said that by late July, his team had inspected more than 1,550 PG&E vegetation management projects covering about 71 miles of the utility's power lines. That's a tiny fraction of the utility's more than 100,000 miles of distribution and transmission network. About 25,000 miles of those lines runs through areas the state has identified as high fire-threat districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In more than 400 cases, the monitor's team identified what Filip termed \"potential exceptions\" — nearly 3,300 trees that needed work or should have been considered for removal but were missed by PG&E's enhanced vegetation management program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Coverage\" tag=\"pge\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report said most of the trees identified as potential exceptions were from a group of 10 species that PG&E has identified as presenting a particularly high risk of touching off a fire if they come into contact with power lines. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company's vegetation management program called earlier this year for removing such trees, which include gray pine, Monterey pine, several species of oaks and eucalyptus, if they're tall enough to fall across power lines. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The monitor's inspections — performed by two-person teams consisting of a certified arborist and an attorney employed by Filip's Chicago law firm — also turned up more than 500 cases where tree contractors had failed to properly clear limbs from above power lines and 60 in which trees showing signs of decay or rot had been left in place. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In three separate cases, Filip said his team found issues \"that could have resulted in fatalities, injuries or serious damage if not timely remediated.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On all three occasions, the monitor's team found trees that were either in contact with or within a foot of live electrical wires. Two of those three cases involved trees that contractors had reported working on — and one of those instances involved a false report of action taken. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On July 12, the monitor team informed PG&E of a tree that was within inches of the primary conductor (power line) and had been contacting the conductor during wind gusts,\" Filip's report says, noting that the ongoing contact had burned leaves on the tree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"PG&E informed the monitor team that this particular tree was identified for routing compliance work in November 2018 and a tree work company reported to PG&E that it completed the work in February 2019, even though it was not actually completed (that is, the tree work company provided a false certification),\" the report continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Filip credited PG&E for acting promptly to deal with urgent tree-trimming issues his team identified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, the company said it continues \"to work transparently and cooperatively with the federal monitor and his team. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We understand and recognize the serious concerns raised by the monitor and we are taking immediate action to address these issues, which are consistent with our own internal reviews,\" the statement said. \"PG&E’s service area includes more than 120 million trees with the potential to grow or fall into our overhead power lines. While we have made progress in many areas to further enhance wildfire safety including vegetation management work, we acknowledge that we have more work to do. We are pursuing a range of solutions to help make the energy system safer for the customers we serve.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Court-ordered review of utility's management program finds numerous problems, including some that posed immediate threat of sparking fires.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1565892725,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":24,"wordCount":1004},"headData":{"title":"PG&E 'Falling Short' in Removing Hazardous Trees Near Power Lines | KQED","description":"Court-ordered review of utility's management program finds numerous problems, including some that posed immediate threat of sparking fires.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"PG&E 'Falling Short' in Removing Hazardous Trees Near Power Lines","datePublished":"2019-08-14T23:30:41.000Z","dateModified":"2019-08-15T18:12:05.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11767619 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11767619","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/08/14/monitors-spot-check-of-pge-wildfire-safety-effort-finds-missed-trees-recordkeeping-errors/","disqusTitle":"PG&E 'Falling Short' in Removing Hazardous Trees Near Power Lines","source":"News","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/news/","path":"/news/11767619/monitors-spot-check-of-pge-wildfire-safety-effort-finds-missed-trees-recordkeeping-errors","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 12:15 a.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A court-appointed monitor who was ordered earlier this year to track PG&E's wildfire safety program says the company's effort to remove hazardous vegetation near power lines suffers from a series of potentially dangerous deficiencies, including missing large numbers of trees that need to be cut down or trimmed and an error-plagued record-keeping system. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6272392/Monitor-s-Report-on-PGE-Vegetation-Management.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a report\u003c/a> submitted to U.S. District Judge William Alsup late last month and made public Wednesday, monitor Mark Filip said his team had recorded hundreds of instances in which PG&E contractors failed to treat trees that posed potential wildfire hazards. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'Not only is PG&E falling short of its ... goals for the year, but the quality of the completed work is questionable.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Mark Filip, court-appointed monitor","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Filip said his team's inspections had also uncovered \"substantial record-keeping issues,\" including at least one instance in which a contractor had falsely reported it had addressed a dangerous tree when it had not. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Based on its inspections thus far, the monitor team has two core observations,\" Filip's report said. \"First, PG&E's contractors are missing numerous trees that should have been identified and worked under applicable regulations and the EVM (enhanced vegetation management) program. Thus, not only is PG&E falling short of its EVM goals for the year, but the quality of the completed work is questionable. Second, PG&E’s system for recording, tracking and assigning EVM work are not reliable or consistent and are likely contributing to the identified quality issues.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Filip, a former federal judge and deputy U.S. attorney general, was appointed in 2017 by former U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson to monitor PG&E's compliance with the terms of its probation for felony violations of pipeline safety laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alsup, who was assigned to oversee the case after Henderson retired, ordered Filip's team to inspect various aspects of PG&E's state-mandated wildfire safety program — and especially whether the company's vegetation management practices complied with state laws and regulations that set minimum clearances between power lines and trees. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That clearance, as well as the hazard posed by 10 particularly fire-prone tree species and dead or dying trees that could fall onto power lines, is of paramount importance after a siege of destructive wildfires over the last several years \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11757904/pge-faces-new-allegations-and-major-fines-for-role-in-october-2017-fire-siege\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">touched off by PG&E electrical equipment\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his report, Filip said that by late July, his team had inspected more than 1,550 PG&E vegetation management projects covering about 71 miles of the utility's power lines. That's a tiny fraction of the utility's more than 100,000 miles of distribution and transmission network. About 25,000 miles of those lines runs through areas the state has identified as high fire-threat districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In more than 400 cases, the monitor's team identified what Filip termed \"potential exceptions\" — nearly 3,300 trees that needed work or should have been considered for removal but were missed by PG&E's enhanced vegetation management program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related Coverage ","tag":"pge"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report said most of the trees identified as potential exceptions were from a group of 10 species that PG&E has identified as presenting a particularly high risk of touching off a fire if they come into contact with power lines. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company's vegetation management program called earlier this year for removing such trees, which include gray pine, Monterey pine, several species of oaks and eucalyptus, if they're tall enough to fall across power lines. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The monitor's inspections — performed by two-person teams consisting of a certified arborist and an attorney employed by Filip's Chicago law firm — also turned up more than 500 cases where tree contractors had failed to properly clear limbs from above power lines and 60 in which trees showing signs of decay or rot had been left in place. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In three separate cases, Filip said his team found issues \"that could have resulted in fatalities, injuries or serious damage if not timely remediated.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On all three occasions, the monitor's team found trees that were either in contact with or within a foot of live electrical wires. Two of those three cases involved trees that contractors had reported working on — and one of those instances involved a false report of action taken. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On July 12, the monitor team informed PG&E of a tree that was within inches of the primary conductor (power line) and had been contacting the conductor during wind gusts,\" Filip's report says, noting that the ongoing contact had burned leaves on the tree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"PG&E informed the monitor team that this particular tree was identified for routing compliance work in November 2018 and a tree work company reported to PG&E that it completed the work in February 2019, even though it was not actually completed (that is, the tree work company provided a false certification),\" the report continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Filip credited PG&E for acting promptly to deal with urgent tree-trimming issues his team identified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, the company said it continues \"to work transparently and cooperatively with the federal monitor and his team. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We understand and recognize the serious concerns raised by the monitor and we are taking immediate action to address these issues, which are consistent with our own internal reviews,\" the statement said. \"PG&E’s service area includes more than 120 million trees with the potential to grow or fall into our overhead power lines. While we have made progress in many areas to further enhance wildfire safety including vegetation management work, we acknowledge that we have more work to do. We are pursuing a range of solutions to help make the energy system safer for the customers we serve.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11767619/monitors-spot-check-of-pge-wildfire-safety-effort-finds-missed-trees-recordkeeping-errors","authors":["222"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_19542","news_140","news_17041","news_2595","news_4463","news_24784"],"featImg":"news_11767654","label":"source_news_11767619"},"news_11644304":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11644304","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11644304","score":null,"sort":[1516917867000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"in-californias-sierra-nevada-putting-the-trees-to-work","title":"In California's Sierra Nevada, Putting the Trees to Work","publishDate":1516917867,"format":"image","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>This is going to be a big year for one of the state’s smallest agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As California redoubles its efforts to reduce greenhouse gases, officials are rooting around for new ways to meet the state’s goals. Included in their plan: recruiting billions of redwood, oak and pine trees to help diminish planet-warming gases by pulling carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a major pivot, from regulating harmful emissions solely from factories and cars to calling on nature to pitch in. Officials say 2018 is the moment for the state to harness -- and fully measure -- the role forests can play in addressing the pressing problems of wildfires and the dangerous releases of carbon that occur when millions of forested acres burn. Both issues are accelerating in alarming, parallel lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A good bit of the work will fall to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sierranevadaconservancy.ca.gov/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sierra Nevada Conservancy\u003c/a>, one of 10 conservancies within the state’s Natural Resources Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group -- two dozen multitasking scientists, biologists and planners in a nondescript office park in Auburn, an old gold-rush town in the Sierra foothills -- was born in 2004 with a mandate nearly as vast as the region. Like the state’s iconic coastline, the Sierra Nevada mountains are a defining feature of California, rising sharply to dizzying elevations, topping out at Mount Whitney’s 14,500 feet, the highest peak in the lower 48 states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The range, tracing the spine of the state across 22 counties from the Oregon border to deep inside the Mojave Desert south of Bakersfield, holds most of California’s forested land and is the source of 60 percent of the state’s drinking water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conservancy is charged with restoring the Sierra’s environmental and economic health, on a modest $4.5 million annual operating budget derived entirely from the environmental license-plate fund. The bulk of its work, such as facilitating research and making grants for forest and watershed restoration projects, is paid for with state bond money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"QBUTED6Xau5cVVjZhg7GZ45Hexkkj63k\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group has no bulldozers or chain saws; it’s largely a clearinghouse and planning entity. But its casual work space lacks the stuffiness of Capitol offices: jeans and hiking boots substitute for Sacramento’s skinny suits and wing-tip shoes. Even with an already full to-do list, executive director Jim Branham says, the organization is ready to take on an expanded role policing carbon in the region’s forests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is a sense of urgency,” Branham said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sierra forests are overgrown and susceptible to both fire and pests, Branham noted. Last year was the most destructive fire year on record, and the state and national forests within California’s boundaries are strewn with 129 million dead trees, felled by flames, disease and insects. Years of drought, disease and dead wood fed the infernos. The extent of forest loss could not have been foreseen, Branham said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of the best scientists in the world have looked at this and didn’t come close to predicting what happened,” he said. “Our worst fears were nowhere near what actually happened. It’s been far worse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/252242317\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the conservancy’s unique job to fashion a response appealing to a mosaic of land owners -- including the federal government, whose land is included in the conservancy’s brief. The federal component alone is a contentious issue for some of the three-quarter-million Sierra residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sprawling Sierra, its deep forests studded with icy blue lakes, is not just a geological divide but also a political one. Towns tucked into these foothills and mountains are often deeply conservative and proudly self-sufficient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some residents are of the opinion that government -- Sacramento and Washington alike -- is already too present in their lives and businesses. The California Farm Bureau was on record opposing the establishment of the conservancy. When the Legislature created it, some locals looked askance at what they anticipated would be yet another bureaucratic agency bossing them around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doug Teeter was among those residents. Teeter, who is on the Butte County Board of Supervisors, said increasing limits on the use of off-road vehicles and other recreation on federal lands had caused him to harbor anti-government views. When it became his turn to sit on the conservancy’s 16-member board, he was skeptical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was hesitant,” he said, fearing the influence of outside environmentalists would impose their will on the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while the agency often conceives of and oversees projects, it does not have the staff to undertake them, instead funding local, state or federal agencies and groups. When it became clear that the conservancy’s focus was clearing out forests and shoring up watersheds, Teeter was won over. The agency has doled out $60 million in grants since its inception, rather than hand down edicts, and that has gone a long way to win over locals, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"GSqHFJw4R7ViGNwU81guw9YsR3emxzhM\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My community has been a big recipient of SNC grants,” Teeter said. Grants to Butte County have gone to restoration of natural streams, the thinning of forests for fire safety and a wastewater project in the town of Paradise, near Chico. “I see the on-the-ground effort that the conservancy has made in our community. Money talks, and people listen when they want that money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sierra had a once-booming economy as the center of the gold rush and timber cutting, but those industries are in the rearview mirror. Today, people are hurting. Branham, who has been running the conservancy since its inception and is sensitive to local sentiment, found a way to marry the needs of the forest to the economy. He made a strategic decision to achieve results by bringing together groups historically indisposed to sitting at the same table: county officials, timber companies, environmental groups and federal land managers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lacking the regulatory teeth to force landowners or counties to act, the conservancy took a soft-power approach, acting as a broker to champion projects that either employed local businesses or boosted the region’s economy through forest clearing or watershed projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Restoring forests is “a tremendous economic driver” Branham said. “That’s the other part of our mission. It puts people to work and produces material from, the forest. It was a pretty nice fit to say this ecological restoration initiative across the region serves to make the environment healthier, but it can also serve to make the economy work better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scope of the conservancy’s mission narrowed after the devastating 2013 \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/tag/rim-fire/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rim Fire\u003c/a>, which raged for more than a year, burning a quarter-million acres of forest in the central Sierra. That fire made it clear the conservancy could not mend every broken place in its portfolio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11644323\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Flames from the Rim Fire consume trees on August 25, 2013 near Groveland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11644323\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-960x641.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flames from the Rim Fire consume trees on August 25, 2013 near Groveland. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since then, Branham said, the agency’s work has focused more on forest thinning to minimize fire threats and sustain healthier trees, which stabilize slopes that store valuable water underground. That work clearly dovetails with the state’s interest in using forests to capture carbon emissions and finding ways to reduce the significant carbon release that accompanies massive wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conservancy has recently partnered with Cal Fire, which is turning over $5 million in proceeds from the state’s cap-and-trade system for reducing harmful emissions. The money will pay for forest and watershed restoration around Lake Tahoe that is expected to create multiple benefits: Clearing crowded forests allows more healthy trees to grow, take in and store carbon in the ground and stabilize soils that hold water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I applaud the Sierra Nevada Conservancy’s work to increase the amount of carbon captured by our forests,” said state Sen. Bob Wieckowski, a Democrat from Fremont who chairs the Senate Environmental Quality Committee. “The more we can rely on our green infrastructure and let nature help us to mitigate climate change... The better off we will be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even the most generous of grants, welcome as they are, don’t go a long way across a vast landscape. A $25 million grant from a state water bond was greeted with excitement but tempered by the enormity of the Sierra itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We thought, ‘Awesome, that’s, uh, … one … dollar …. per… acre,’“ said Brittany Covich, the agency’s outreach manager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More money and political will may be available this year, from more cap-and-trade revenue and funding directed by the state Air Resources Board to manage greenhouse gases. Projects those funds could pay for are in the planning stages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Branham has been around long enough to know that the political spotlight seldom lingers, and the important thing is to act quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My experience with these issues is sometimes those opportunities close quicker than you would expect,” he said. “It’s a matter of how much can we do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CALmatters.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Efforts to restore the Sierra’s environmental health focus on forest thinning to minimize fire threat and sustain healthier trees, which stabilize slopes that store valuable water underground.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1516917960,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":36,"wordCount":1555},"headData":{"title":"In California's Sierra Nevada, Putting the Trees to Work | KQED","description":"Efforts to restore the Sierra’s environmental health focus on forest thinning to minimize fire threat and sustain healthier trees, which stabilize slopes that store valuable water underground.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"In California's Sierra Nevada, Putting the Trees to Work","datePublished":"2018-01-25T22:04:27.000Z","dateModified":"2018-01-25T22:06:00.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11644304 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11644304","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/25/in-californias-sierra-nevada-putting-the-trees-to-work/","disqusTitle":"In California's Sierra Nevada, Putting the Trees to Work","source":"CALmatters","sourceUrl":"https://calmatters.org/","nprByline":"\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/author/julie-cart/\">Julie Cart\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>","path":"/news/11644304/in-californias-sierra-nevada-putting-the-trees-to-work","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>This is going to be a big year for one of the state’s smallest agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As California redoubles its efforts to reduce greenhouse gases, officials are rooting around for new ways to meet the state’s goals. Included in their plan: recruiting billions of redwood, oak and pine trees to help diminish planet-warming gases by pulling carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a major pivot, from regulating harmful emissions solely from factories and cars to calling on nature to pitch in. Officials say 2018 is the moment for the state to harness -- and fully measure -- the role forests can play in addressing the pressing problems of wildfires and the dangerous releases of carbon that occur when millions of forested acres burn. Both issues are accelerating in alarming, parallel lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A good bit of the work will fall to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sierranevadaconservancy.ca.gov/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sierra Nevada Conservancy\u003c/a>, one of 10 conservancies within the state’s Natural Resources Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group -- two dozen multitasking scientists, biologists and planners in a nondescript office park in Auburn, an old gold-rush town in the Sierra foothills -- was born in 2004 with a mandate nearly as vast as the region. Like the state’s iconic coastline, the Sierra Nevada mountains are a defining feature of California, rising sharply to dizzying elevations, topping out at Mount Whitney’s 14,500 feet, the highest peak in the lower 48 states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The range, tracing the spine of the state across 22 counties from the Oregon border to deep inside the Mojave Desert south of Bakersfield, holds most of California’s forested land and is the source of 60 percent of the state’s drinking water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conservancy is charged with restoring the Sierra’s environmental and economic health, on a modest $4.5 million annual operating budget derived entirely from the environmental license-plate fund. The bulk of its work, such as facilitating research and making grants for forest and watershed restoration projects, is paid for with state bond money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group has no bulldozers or chain saws; it’s largely a clearinghouse and planning entity. But its casual work space lacks the stuffiness of Capitol offices: jeans and hiking boots substitute for Sacramento’s skinny suits and wing-tip shoes. Even with an already full to-do list, executive director Jim Branham says, the organization is ready to take on an expanded role policing carbon in the region’s forests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is a sense of urgency,” Branham said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sierra forests are overgrown and susceptible to both fire and pests, Branham noted. Last year was the most destructive fire year on record, and the state and national forests within California’s boundaries are strewn with 129 million dead trees, felled by flames, disease and insects. Years of drought, disease and dead wood fed the infernos. The extent of forest loss could not have been foreseen, Branham said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of the best scientists in the world have looked at this and didn’t come close to predicting what happened,” he said. “Our worst fears were nowhere near what actually happened. It’s been far worse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/252242317\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the conservancy’s unique job to fashion a response appealing to a mosaic of land owners -- including the federal government, whose land is included in the conservancy’s brief. The federal component alone is a contentious issue for some of the three-quarter-million Sierra residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sprawling Sierra, its deep forests studded with icy blue lakes, is not just a geological divide but also a political one. Towns tucked into these foothills and mountains are often deeply conservative and proudly self-sufficient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some residents are of the opinion that government -- Sacramento and Washington alike -- is already too present in their lives and businesses. The California Farm Bureau was on record opposing the establishment of the conservancy. When the Legislature created it, some locals looked askance at what they anticipated would be yet another bureaucratic agency bossing them around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doug Teeter was among those residents. Teeter, who is on the Butte County Board of Supervisors, said increasing limits on the use of off-road vehicles and other recreation on federal lands had caused him to harbor anti-government views. When it became his turn to sit on the conservancy’s 16-member board, he was skeptical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was hesitant,” he said, fearing the influence of outside environmentalists would impose their will on the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while the agency often conceives of and oversees projects, it does not have the staff to undertake them, instead funding local, state or federal agencies and groups. When it became clear that the conservancy’s focus was clearing out forests and shoring up watersheds, Teeter was won over. The agency has doled out $60 million in grants since its inception, rather than hand down edicts, and that has gone a long way to win over locals, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My community has been a big recipient of SNC grants,” Teeter said. Grants to Butte County have gone to restoration of natural streams, the thinning of forests for fire safety and a wastewater project in the town of Paradise, near Chico. “I see the on-the-ground effort that the conservancy has made in our community. Money talks, and people listen when they want that money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sierra had a once-booming economy as the center of the gold rush and timber cutting, but those industries are in the rearview mirror. Today, people are hurting. Branham, who has been running the conservancy since its inception and is sensitive to local sentiment, found a way to marry the needs of the forest to the economy. He made a strategic decision to achieve results by bringing together groups historically indisposed to sitting at the same table: county officials, timber companies, environmental groups and federal land managers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lacking the regulatory teeth to force landowners or counties to act, the conservancy took a soft-power approach, acting as a broker to champion projects that either employed local businesses or boosted the region’s economy through forest clearing or watershed projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Restoring forests is “a tremendous economic driver” Branham said. “That’s the other part of our mission. It puts people to work and produces material from, the forest. It was a pretty nice fit to say this ecological restoration initiative across the region serves to make the environment healthier, but it can also serve to make the economy work better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scope of the conservancy’s mission narrowed after the devastating 2013 \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/tag/rim-fire/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rim Fire\u003c/a>, which raged for more than a year, burning a quarter-million acres of forest in the central Sierra. That fire made it clear the conservancy could not mend every broken place in its portfolio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11644323\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Flames from the Rim Fire consume trees on August 25, 2013 near Groveland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11644323\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-960x641.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flames from the Rim Fire consume trees on August 25, 2013 near Groveland. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since then, Branham said, the agency’s work has focused more on forest thinning to minimize fire threats and sustain healthier trees, which stabilize slopes that store valuable water underground. That work clearly dovetails with the state’s interest in using forests to capture carbon emissions and finding ways to reduce the significant carbon release that accompanies massive wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conservancy has recently partnered with Cal Fire, which is turning over $5 million in proceeds from the state’s cap-and-trade system for reducing harmful emissions. The money will pay for forest and watershed restoration around Lake Tahoe that is expected to create multiple benefits: Clearing crowded forests allows more healthy trees to grow, take in and store carbon in the ground and stabilize soils that hold water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I applaud the Sierra Nevada Conservancy’s work to increase the amount of carbon captured by our forests,” said state Sen. Bob Wieckowski, a Democrat from Fremont who chairs the Senate Environmental Quality Committee. “The more we can rely on our green infrastructure and let nature help us to mitigate climate change... The better off we will be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even the most generous of grants, welcome as they are, don’t go a long way across a vast landscape. A $25 million grant from a state water bond was greeted with excitement but tempered by the enormity of the Sierra itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We thought, ‘Awesome, that’s, uh, … one … dollar …. per… acre,’“ said Brittany Covich, the agency’s outreach manager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More money and political will may be available this year, from more cap-and-trade revenue and funding directed by the state Air Resources Board to manage greenhouse gases. Projects those funds could pay for are in the planning stages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Branham has been around long enough to know that the political spotlight seldom lingers, and the important thing is to act quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My experience with these issues is sometimes those opportunities close quicker than you would expect,” he said. “It’s a matter of how much can we do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CALmatters.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11644304/in-californias-sierra-nevada-putting-the-trees-to-work","authors":["byline_news_11644304"],"programs":["news_6944","news_72"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_255","news_4747","news_17286","news_2595"],"affiliates":["news_18481"],"featImg":"news_11644315","label":"source_news_11644304"},"science_912163":{"type":"posts","id":"science_912163","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"912163","score":null,"sort":[1470865347000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"californias-70-million-dead-trees-a-botanical-emergency-room","title":"California's 70 Million Dead Trees: A 'Botanical Emergency Room'","publishDate":1470865347,"format":"standard","headTitle":"California’s 70 Million Dead Trees: A ‘Botanical Emergency Room’ | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Until recently, strolling through a California forest meant walking in dappled light along a path strewn with leaves or pine needles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But across the state, once-towering pines have collapsed, their desiccated limbs sprawled across forest floors. Toppled oak and tanoak trees, their trunks bleeding, decomposing from the inside out, litter the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Choked with the detritus of at least 70 million dead trees, vast tracts of the landscape have become a botanical emergency room, parched by drought, invaded by damaging insects and infected with a deadly organism that may have piggybacked its way to the state on rhododendron leaves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In many communities of the central and southern Sierra Nevada range, “80 percent of trees are dead,” said Ken Pimlott, the state’s top forester as director of Cal Fire, the state forestry and fire-protection agency. “There will be no conifers [there] when this is done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘We are literally one spark away from catastrophic fire in these tree mortality areas.’\u003ccite>Ken Pimlott, Cal Fire\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The catastrophic tree loss has taken out 66 million pines and other conifers and more than 5 million oak trees and tanoaks, which are relatives in the beech family. Nearly 60 million more water-starved trees are teetering. \u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dead and distressed woodlands represent a small fraction of the state’s billions of trees. But the problem is acute because large concentrations of trees — hundreds of acres of forest — are being wiped out. And experts expect the situation to worsen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists say that until they learn more about oak disease, or the drought eases, what is now a botanical calamity threatens to become an environmental disaster:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Dead and dying trees are exceptionally flammable, amplifying an already severe wildfire threat after five years of drought.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Treeless slopes foster soil erosion, perilous landslides and a loss of essential watersheds. More than 60 percent of the state’s water originates in the hard-hit Sierra.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Forests absorb carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, and long-term tree loss could set back the state’s battle against climate change.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>When trees burn and decay, they release “black carbon,” a highly destructive emission many thousand times more polluting than other greenhouse gases. A wildfire around Yosemite National Park in 2013 discharged as much carbon as 2.3 million cars emit in a year, state officials say.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_912265\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-912265\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/Rizzo2-800x515.jpg\" alt=\"Dave Rizzo, a professor at UC Davis, walks through an area of trees dead from the effects of sudden oak death near Inverness, Calif. \" width=\"800\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/Rizzo2-800x515.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/Rizzo2-400x257.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/Rizzo2-768x494.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/Rizzo2-1440x927.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/Rizzo2-1920x1236.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/Rizzo2-1180x759.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/Rizzo2-960x618.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave Rizzo, a professor at UC Davis, walks through an area of trees dead from the effects of sudden oak death near Inverness, Calif. \u003ccite>( Robert Durell/CALmatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The problem is playing out mostly along California’s edges. Coast-hugging oaks are dying from Monterey County north to Humboldt County. Pines and other conifers, dried by drought and attacked by bark beetles, are failing along the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B07BADv7t15JUGl5dVl2a2wtOHc/view\">eastern spine\u003c/a> from northern Los Angeles County to the Oregon border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve never experienced a change and impact at this scale,” said Pimlott.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State leaders are paying attention. Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency. More than 80 federal, state and local agencies, electric utilities and other organizations have formed the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fire.ca.gov/treetaskforce/\">Tree Mortality Task Force\u003c/a>, co-chaired by Pimlott, to combat the problem. Another \u003ca href=\"http://www.suddenoakdeath.org/\">group\u003c/a> is grappling with what has been called “sudden oak death.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some aspects of the problem are not new. Drought has ravaged the state before. Insects have been opportunistically attacking weakened trees for hundreds of years. Disease takes hold. Trees die.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the current convergence of drought, bark beetles and oak disease is changing ecosystems enough that scientists cannot say when the tree population might be restored. In addition to the millions of oaks that have died since the mid-2000s, an unknown number may have the disease, and infected oaks can take two to five years to exhibit signs of trouble. [contextly_sidebar id=”WznzxFbrnM2angWaEyL24Eecd4eB66vj”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the disease is confined to 15 of California’s 58 counties, their nursery products quarantined to help prevent further spread. Scientists believe sudden oak death, or \u003cem>Phytophthora ramorum\u003c/em>, was brought to California on plants from commercial nurseries elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the die-off of pines and other conifers is occurring on a scale unprecedented in recent times, those trees evolved along with invasive insects, and healthy ones have the capacity to fight off attacks. When the drought eventually ends, pines are likely to come back, experts say, but even that is not fully understood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oak trees have no natural defense against the mold destroying them – it was identified in the state only about a decade ago — although not all infected oaks die. The question is whether, and how many, oaks can return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_912268\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-912268\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/bleeding-bark-800x949.jpg\" alt='\"Bleeding\" bark is one sign of sudden oak death. ' width=\"800\" height=\"949\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/bleeding-bark-800x949.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/bleeding-bark-400x475.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/bleeding-bark-768x911.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/bleeding-bark-1440x1708.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/bleeding-bark-1920x2278.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/bleeding-bark-1180x1400.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/bleeding-bark-960x1139.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Bleeding” bark is one sign of sudden oak death. \u003ccite>(Robert Durell/CALmatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Already researchers are seeing diseased oak stands replaced by chaparral and other fast-growing flora. Tanoaks, scientists say, bear the brunt of the epidemic and may not come back at all or, like the chestnut trees that once flourished in the United States, may ultimately become shrubs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diseased oaks were first observed in the state in 1995, in Marin and Santa Cruz counties. Much of the damage didn’t show up until years later, and officials didn’t recognize the potential for the current epidemic. That may have allowed sudden oak death to gain a stranglehold in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A handful of state agencies, county crews and public utilities are removing dead and diseased trees around power lines, roads, bridges and other infrastructure where they might pose a hazard to public safety. The U.S. Forest Service, which manages much of California’s pine forest, has been cutting down dead trees, clearing debris from recreation sites and roads and taking other measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire and other agencies are carting away trees and limbs in places where thousands of dead pines and oaks still stand near homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are literally one spark away from catastrophic fire in these tree mortality areas,” Pimlott said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homeowners and pest control specialists are spraying or injecting oaks with a chemical concoction aimed at helping them fight infection, hoping to keep the disease at bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That kind of labor-intensive work is not practical on a forest-wide scale, and aerial spraying of chemicals would likely be unacceptable and ineffective\u003cstrong>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the pathogen’s spread is accelerating, despite California’s drought, because many of the affected oaks are in coastal areas with damper climates. Researchers are documenting the advancing destruction and looking for ways to protect still-healthy portions of California’s 32 million forested acres.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CALmatters is a non-profit journalism venture dedicated to exploring state policies and politics. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Eighty percent of the trees are dead in some forests, suffocated by drought and infected with sudden oak death.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704929793,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":26,"wordCount":1124},"headData":{"title":"California's 70 Million Dead Trees: A 'Botanical Emergency Room' | KQED","description":"Eighty percent of the trees are dead in some forests, suffocated by drought and infected with sudden oak death.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"California's 70 Million Dead Trees: A 'Botanical Emergency Room'","datePublished":"2016-08-10T21:42:27.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T23:36:33.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"CALmatters","sourceUrl":"https://calmatters.org/","sticky":false,"nprByline":"Julie Cart\u003c/br>CALmatters","path":"/science/912163/californias-70-million-dead-trees-a-botanical-emergency-room","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Until recently, strolling through a California forest meant walking in dappled light along a path strewn with leaves or pine needles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But across the state, once-towering pines have collapsed, their desiccated limbs sprawled across forest floors. Toppled oak and tanoak trees, their trunks bleeding, decomposing from the inside out, litter the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Choked with the detritus of at least 70 million dead trees, vast tracts of the landscape have become a botanical emergency room, parched by drought, invaded by damaging insects and infected with a deadly organism that may have piggybacked its way to the state on rhododendron leaves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In many communities of the central and southern Sierra Nevada range, “80 percent of trees are dead,” said Ken Pimlott, the state’s top forester as director of Cal Fire, the state forestry and fire-protection agency. “There will be no conifers [there] when this is done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘We are literally one spark away from catastrophic fire in these tree mortality areas.’\u003ccite>Ken Pimlott, Cal Fire\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The catastrophic tree loss has taken out 66 million pines and other conifers and more than 5 million oak trees and tanoaks, which are relatives in the beech family. Nearly 60 million more water-starved trees are teetering. \u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dead and distressed woodlands represent a small fraction of the state’s billions of trees. But the problem is acute because large concentrations of trees — hundreds of acres of forest — are being wiped out. And experts expect the situation to worsen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists say that until they learn more about oak disease, or the drought eases, what is now a botanical calamity threatens to become an environmental disaster:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Dead and dying trees are exceptionally flammable, amplifying an already severe wildfire threat after five years of drought.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Treeless slopes foster soil erosion, perilous landslides and a loss of essential watersheds. More than 60 percent of the state’s water originates in the hard-hit Sierra.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Forests absorb carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, and long-term tree loss could set back the state’s battle against climate change.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>When trees burn and decay, they release “black carbon,” a highly destructive emission many thousand times more polluting than other greenhouse gases. A wildfire around Yosemite National Park in 2013 discharged as much carbon as 2.3 million cars emit in a year, state officials say.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_912265\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-912265\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/Rizzo2-800x515.jpg\" alt=\"Dave Rizzo, a professor at UC Davis, walks through an area of trees dead from the effects of sudden oak death near Inverness, Calif. \" width=\"800\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/Rizzo2-800x515.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/Rizzo2-400x257.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/Rizzo2-768x494.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/Rizzo2-1440x927.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/Rizzo2-1920x1236.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/Rizzo2-1180x759.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/Rizzo2-960x618.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave Rizzo, a professor at UC Davis, walks through an area of trees dead from the effects of sudden oak death near Inverness, Calif. \u003ccite>( Robert Durell/CALmatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The problem is playing out mostly along California’s edges. Coast-hugging oaks are dying from Monterey County north to Humboldt County. Pines and other conifers, dried by drought and attacked by bark beetles, are failing along the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B07BADv7t15JUGl5dVl2a2wtOHc/view\">eastern spine\u003c/a> from northern Los Angeles County to the Oregon border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve never experienced a change and impact at this scale,” said Pimlott.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State leaders are paying attention. Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency. More than 80 federal, state and local agencies, electric utilities and other organizations have formed the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fire.ca.gov/treetaskforce/\">Tree Mortality Task Force\u003c/a>, co-chaired by Pimlott, to combat the problem. Another \u003ca href=\"http://www.suddenoakdeath.org/\">group\u003c/a> is grappling with what has been called “sudden oak death.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some aspects of the problem are not new. Drought has ravaged the state before. Insects have been opportunistically attacking weakened trees for hundreds of years. Disease takes hold. Trees die.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the current convergence of drought, bark beetles and oak disease is changing ecosystems enough that scientists cannot say when the tree population might be restored. In addition to the millions of oaks that have died since the mid-2000s, an unknown number may have the disease, and infected oaks can take two to five years to exhibit signs of trouble. \u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the disease is confined to 15 of California’s 58 counties, their nursery products quarantined to help prevent further spread. Scientists believe sudden oak death, or \u003cem>Phytophthora ramorum\u003c/em>, was brought to California on plants from commercial nurseries elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the die-off of pines and other conifers is occurring on a scale unprecedented in recent times, those trees evolved along with invasive insects, and healthy ones have the capacity to fight off attacks. When the drought eventually ends, pines are likely to come back, experts say, but even that is not fully understood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oak trees have no natural defense against the mold destroying them – it was identified in the state only about a decade ago — although not all infected oaks die. The question is whether, and how many, oaks can return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_912268\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-912268\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/bleeding-bark-800x949.jpg\" alt='\"Bleeding\" bark is one sign of sudden oak death. ' width=\"800\" height=\"949\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/bleeding-bark-800x949.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/bleeding-bark-400x475.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/bleeding-bark-768x911.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/bleeding-bark-1440x1708.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/bleeding-bark-1920x2278.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/bleeding-bark-1180x1400.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/08/bleeding-bark-960x1139.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Bleeding” bark is one sign of sudden oak death. \u003ccite>(Robert Durell/CALmatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Already researchers are seeing diseased oak stands replaced by chaparral and other fast-growing flora. Tanoaks, scientists say, bear the brunt of the epidemic and may not come back at all or, like the chestnut trees that once flourished in the United States, may ultimately become shrubs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diseased oaks were first observed in the state in 1995, in Marin and Santa Cruz counties. Much of the damage didn’t show up until years later, and officials didn’t recognize the potential for the current epidemic. That may have allowed sudden oak death to gain a stranglehold in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A handful of state agencies, county crews and public utilities are removing dead and diseased trees around power lines, roads, bridges and other infrastructure where they might pose a hazard to public safety. The U.S. Forest Service, which manages much of California’s pine forest, has been cutting down dead trees, clearing debris from recreation sites and roads and taking other measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire and other agencies are carting away trees and limbs in places where thousands of dead pines and oaks still stand near homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are literally one spark away from catastrophic fire in these tree mortality areas,” Pimlott said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homeowners and pest control specialists are spraying or injecting oaks with a chemical concoction aimed at helping them fight infection, hoping to keep the disease at bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That kind of labor-intensive work is not practical on a forest-wide scale, and aerial spraying of chemicals would likely be unacceptable and ineffective\u003cstrong>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the pathogen’s spread is accelerating, despite California’s drought, because many of the affected oaks are in coastal areas with damper climates. Researchers are documenting the advancing destruction and looking for ways to protect still-healthy portions of California’s 32 million forested acres.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CALmatters is a non-profit journalism venture dedicated to exploring state policies and politics. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/912163/californias-70-million-dead-trees-a-botanical-emergency-room","authors":["byline_science_912163"],"categories":["science_35","science_40"],"tags":["science_1622","science_113"],"featImg":"science_912263","label":"source_science_912163"},"news_10953916":{"type":"posts","id":"news_10953916","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"10953916","score":null,"sort":[1463209537000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"months-after-rough-fire-millions-of-giant-sequoia-seedlings-take-root","title":"After Rough Fire, Millions of Giant Sequoia Seedlings Take Root","publishDate":1463209537,"format":"image","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>The lightning-sparked \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/x08/18/campgrounds-closed-as-fast-moving-sierra-fire-burns-20000-acres\" target=\"_blank\">Rough Fire\u003c/a> burned last year for more than five months, consuming over 150,000 acres of forest in the Sierra Nevada. Now, after a wet winter, the charred forest is slowly coming back to life -- and the first signs of growth are the tiniest of seedlings that may become the world’s largest trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2015 the Rough Fire in the mountains east of Fresno grew so large that it threatened 12 different giant sequoia groves. Unlike the millions of pine and fir trees that were decimated by the blaze, giant sequoia trees weren’t taken out altogether. Instead, the Rough Fire actually helped them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are a lot of the sequoia groves that burned in the Rough Fire that had never seen fire,” says Tony Caprio, a fire ecologist with Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. \"So those trees have been accumulating cones.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/264033916\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the Rough Fire crept through these groves, Caprio says the fire burned the cones, unleashing oatmeal-like seeds into the fertile soil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When you get a pulse of heat up into the crown, it dries those cones and then they will open up and release the seeds. Following the fire in the groves, the ground was littered with just millions and millions of seeds.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10953941\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10953941\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/BurnedSequoia-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"The Rough Fire tore through 8,888 aces of giant sequoia groves.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/BurnedSequoia-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/BurnedSequoia-400x533.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/BurnedSequoia.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/BurnedSequoia-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/BurnedSequoia-960x1280.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rough Fire tore through 8,888 aces of giant sequoia groves. \u003ccite>(Ezra David Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Caprio, a few other scientists and I are hiking the 1½-mile North Grove Trail in Grant Grove. Caprio says many giant sequoias withstood the Rough Fire because the Park Service used prescribed burns to decrease the chance of high-intensity blazes. The other reason is the sequoia's fibrous bark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It has a lot of air pockets in it,\" Caprio says. \"If you come over here and actually knock on it, it actually sounds hollow. So the heat from the fire doesn’t penetrate the tree.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A little farther down the trail there’s a clear delineation of how prescribed burns can help preserve the landscape. National Park Service Fire Information Officer Mike Theune points to an area west of the trail where everything is charred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The fire was so hot,\" says Theune. \"It came up this hill. This is not a place you would want to be. So there was some tree mortality in this inner part.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This area not too far from the famous General Grant Tree was never intentionally burned to reduce the hazards of wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"YhmbUXMGwTeHNoJHo0pavuA75n2IHsiU\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You can really see how hot it got in there, up in the canopies, even the giant sequoias,” Theune says. “That’s the heat of the fire. Up to your left you’ll see green. This is an area where the fire literally hit one of our prescribed fire treatments.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the fire approached this previously treated area the blaze slowed down, preventing damage to the core of Grant Grove. But despite how dead and scorched this area looks today, at our feet are signs of the forest ready to regenerate itself. All those seeds that the fire unlocked are beginning to sprout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>MIKE THEUNE: “They’re really tiny. Almost smaller than your pinky finger.”\u003cbr>\nEZRA ROMERO: “Do you see one down here?”\u003cbr>\nTHEUNE: “Oh, yeah. I can point them out. They’re little tiny, green... That’s a baby sequoia there. Eventually over 1,000 plus years, one of these baby sequoias will be one of our new giant sequoias.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>He also says so many seeds have germinated that clusters of seedlings are growing up together, which he says usually doesn’t happen. By next year Theune and Caprio expect the seedlings to be joined by ferns and other plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10953980\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10953980\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/SequoiaSeeds-800x529.jpg\" alt=\"Giant sequoia seeds are released from their cones when fire burns them -- and they look a little like oatmeal.\" width=\"800\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/SequoiaSeeds-800x529.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/SequoiaSeeds-400x264.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/SequoiaSeeds.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/SequoiaSeeds-1180x780.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/SequoiaSeeds-960x635.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giant sequoia seeds are released from their cones when fire burns them -- and they look a little like oatmeal. \u003ccite>(Ezra David Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"It’ll look like there’s a green lawn out there with all the little sequoia seedlings,\" Caprio says. \"The thing we have to think about in the future is how we manage fire in that area, because we want some of those to survive.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says a prescribed burn a few years ago in another giant sequoia grove taught them how important fire is in thinning out young seedlings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Imagine if none of these trees never got thinned out how dense of a forest it would be,\" Theune says. \"So this process takes generations of time. It’s slow, but this is the process of the forest.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also hope to apply those lessons to this grove, so in 1,000 years these little seedlings could be some of the largest trees in the world.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"In the mountains east of Fresno, they might grow to become the world's largest trees.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1463194255,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":22,"wordCount":827},"headData":{"title":"After Rough Fire, Millions of Giant Sequoia Seedlings Take Root | KQED","description":"In the mountains east of Fresno, they might grow to become the world's largest trees.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"After Rough Fire, Millions of Giant Sequoia Seedlings Take Root","datePublished":"2016-05-14T07:05:37.000Z","dateModified":"2016-05-14T02:50:55.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"10953916 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=10953916","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/05/14/months-after-rough-fire-millions-of-giant-sequoia-seedlings-take-root/","disqusTitle":"After Rough Fire, Millions of Giant Sequoia Seedlings Take Root","nprByline":"\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://kvpr.org/people/ezra-david-romero\">Ezra David Romero\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\u003ca href=\"http://kvpr.org/\">Valley Public Radio\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>","path":"/news/10953916/months-after-rough-fire-millions-of-giant-sequoia-seedlings-take-root","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The lightning-sparked \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/x08/18/campgrounds-closed-as-fast-moving-sierra-fire-burns-20000-acres\" target=\"_blank\">Rough Fire\u003c/a> burned last year for more than five months, consuming over 150,000 acres of forest in the Sierra Nevada. Now, after a wet winter, the charred forest is slowly coming back to life -- and the first signs of growth are the tiniest of seedlings that may become the world’s largest trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2015 the Rough Fire in the mountains east of Fresno grew so large that it threatened 12 different giant sequoia groves. Unlike the millions of pine and fir trees that were decimated by the blaze, giant sequoia trees weren’t taken out altogether. Instead, the Rough Fire actually helped them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are a lot of the sequoia groves that burned in the Rough Fire that had never seen fire,” says Tony Caprio, a fire ecologist with Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. \"So those trees have been accumulating cones.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/264033916&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/264033916'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the Rough Fire crept through these groves, Caprio says the fire burned the cones, unleashing oatmeal-like seeds into the fertile soil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When you get a pulse of heat up into the crown, it dries those cones and then they will open up and release the seeds. Following the fire in the groves, the ground was littered with just millions and millions of seeds.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10953941\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10953941\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/BurnedSequoia-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"The Rough Fire tore through 8,888 aces of giant sequoia groves.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/BurnedSequoia-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/BurnedSequoia-400x533.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/BurnedSequoia.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/BurnedSequoia-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/BurnedSequoia-960x1280.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rough Fire tore through 8,888 aces of giant sequoia groves. \u003ccite>(Ezra David Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Caprio, a few other scientists and I are hiking the 1½-mile North Grove Trail in Grant Grove. Caprio says many giant sequoias withstood the Rough Fire because the Park Service used prescribed burns to decrease the chance of high-intensity blazes. The other reason is the sequoia's fibrous bark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It has a lot of air pockets in it,\" Caprio says. \"If you come over here and actually knock on it, it actually sounds hollow. So the heat from the fire doesn’t penetrate the tree.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A little farther down the trail there’s a clear delineation of how prescribed burns can help preserve the landscape. National Park Service Fire Information Officer Mike Theune points to an area west of the trail where everything is charred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The fire was so hot,\" says Theune. \"It came up this hill. This is not a place you would want to be. So there was some tree mortality in this inner part.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This area not too far from the famous General Grant Tree was never intentionally burned to reduce the hazards of wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You can really see how hot it got in there, up in the canopies, even the giant sequoias,” Theune says. “That’s the heat of the fire. Up to your left you’ll see green. This is an area where the fire literally hit one of our prescribed fire treatments.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the fire approached this previously treated area the blaze slowed down, preventing damage to the core of Grant Grove. But despite how dead and scorched this area looks today, at our feet are signs of the forest ready to regenerate itself. All those seeds that the fire unlocked are beginning to sprout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>MIKE THEUNE: “They’re really tiny. Almost smaller than your pinky finger.”\u003cbr>\nEZRA ROMERO: “Do you see one down here?”\u003cbr>\nTHEUNE: “Oh, yeah. I can point them out. They’re little tiny, green... That’s a baby sequoia there. Eventually over 1,000 plus years, one of these baby sequoias will be one of our new giant sequoias.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>He also says so many seeds have germinated that clusters of seedlings are growing up together, which he says usually doesn’t happen. By next year Theune and Caprio expect the seedlings to be joined by ferns and other plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10953980\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10953980\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/SequoiaSeeds-800x529.jpg\" alt=\"Giant sequoia seeds are released from their cones when fire burns them -- and they look a little like oatmeal.\" width=\"800\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/SequoiaSeeds-800x529.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/SequoiaSeeds-400x264.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/SequoiaSeeds.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/SequoiaSeeds-1180x780.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/SequoiaSeeds-960x635.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giant sequoia seeds are released from their cones when fire burns them -- and they look a little like oatmeal. \u003ccite>(Ezra David Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"It’ll look like there’s a green lawn out there with all the little sequoia seedlings,\" Caprio says. \"The thing we have to think about in the future is how we manage fire in that area, because we want some of those to survive.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says a prescribed burn a few years ago in another giant sequoia grove taught them how important fire is in thinning out young seedlings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Imagine if none of these trees never got thinned out how dense of a forest it would be,\" Theune says. \"So this process takes generations of time. It’s slow, but this is the process of the forest.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also hope to apply those lessons to this grove, so in 1,000 years these little seedlings could be some of the largest trees in the world.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/10953916/months-after-rough-fire-millions-of-giant-sequoia-seedlings-take-root","authors":["byline_news_10953916"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_18474","news_18473","news_18865","news_17286","news_17041","news_2595"],"affiliates":["news_18382"],"featImg":"news_10953920","label":"news_72"},"news_10831288":{"type":"posts","id":"news_10831288","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"10831288","score":null,"sort":[1453035641000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"amigo-bob-cantisano-heritage-tree-explorer","title":"Preserving Gold Rush-era Heritage Trees With Amigo Bob Cantisano","publishDate":1453035641,"format":"standard","headTitle":"California Foodways | The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Who doesn’t like a treasure hunt? The search for something mysterious and valuable, with just a few clues for guidance, is pretty irresistible. In California’s Nevada County, an unusual explorer with an unusual name -- Amigo Bob Cantisano -- hunts for remnants of the Gold Rush, just not the kind you might expect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The treasures Cantisano seeks are trees, the fruits and nuts and ornamentals planted at homesteads and stagecoach stops and small orchards in the late 1800s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite decades of neglect, many are still highly productive and could prove valuable at a time when California faces drought and the effects of climate change. Cantisano is looking to bring the best-tasting, heartiest ones back to life, back to gardens and farms.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">Resilient heirloom trees have lessons for growers in California today, where highly tended crops face drought, pests and disease.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>He and two partners run a nonprofit organization: the \u003ca href=\"http://felixgillet.org/\">Felix Gillet Institute\u003c/a>. They’re committed to finding, identifying and propagating heirloom fruits and nuts from which they sell to gardeners and small farmers in Northern California and Oregon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At his home about 20 minutes outside the picturesque Gold Country town of Nevada City, in the northeastern part of the state, Cantisano (the “Amigo” was a high school nickname that stuck) shows me around his garden and nursery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost as an aside, he points to one plant, saying, “We have a lilac named after a friend of ours, Kate Wolf.” When I push, an illuminating story tumbles out: the late singer/songwriter spent summers nearby at an old mining camp and, decades ago, told Cantisano the backstory of her song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q83NqwtdBZk\">The Lilac and The Apple\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q83NqwtdBZk\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kate wrote the song about walking into an old homestead with the house no longer there, and finding this apple and lilac growing on a hill,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the song, Wolf imagines the plants reminiscing about the miners and mill workers who planted them, the lilac and the apple the only evidence that people once lived there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After she passed away, I started wondering about where that was,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After years of searching for the homestead, Cantisano finally got a lead. He walked for hours in forest along the Yuba River when, bingo: the lilac and the apple were still growing, side by side. He took cuttings and he’s been nurturing them in his nursery ever since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10834091\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10834091\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-1-800x508.jpg\" alt=\"Amigo Bob harvests persimmons at what was once a stagecoach stop.\" width=\"800\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-1-800x508.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-1-400x254.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-1-768x487.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-1-1440x914.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-1-1180x749.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-1-960x609.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amigo Bob harvests persimmons at what was once a stagecoach stop. \u003ccite>(Lisa Morehouse/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cantisano straps a ladder on his car, tosses bags in his trunk and takes me on a tour. Instead of pointing out old buildings, he shows me his favorite walnut, the rose and apple that grow in the cemetery, and a 120-year-old pear tree standing tall between a community hall and a gas station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is absolutely just the most hearty tree,” he says, looking at the tree like it’s a friend. “It’s thrown huge crops every year in the drought. It doesn’t get diseases, it doesn’t get insects. Nobody prunes it, nobody waters it, nobody fertilizes it, and it is just prolific as heck. I’ve picked over 500 pounds of pears off of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cantisano says these resilient heirloom trees have lessons for growers in California today, where highly tended crops face drought, pests and disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we can figure out how to take those characteristics and meld them into modern agriculture, we’re going to have a more sustainable agriculture,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a name like Amigo, dreadlocks down to his waist, and a year-round outfit of shorts and tie-dye, Cantisano has had plenty of people write him off over the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10834089\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10834089\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Sidone-800x744.jpg\" alt=\"The property of Cantisano's friend Sidonie Christian is full of mature trees, and Cantisano sees the impact of Felix Gillet, the Frenchman who ran a nursery in Nevada City in the late 1800s. “This homestead clearly has Gillet vibe all through it," he says. "All these trees are Gillet-era plants."\" width=\"800\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Sidone-800x744.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Sidone-400x372.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Sidone-768x714.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Sidone-1440x1339.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Sidone.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Sidone-1180x1097.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Sidone-960x893.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The property of Cantisano's friend Sidonie Christian is full of mature trees, and Cantisano sees the impact of Felix Gillet, the Frenchman who ran a nursery in Nevada City in the late 1800s. “This homestead clearly has Gillet vibe all through it,\" he says. \"All these trees are Gillet-era plants.\" \u003ccite>(Lisa Morehouse/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m a hippie, OK!” he says with a laugh. More to the point, he’s an influential founding figure in California’s organic agriculture movement. Cantisano co-founded California Certified Organic Farmers -- a leading organic certification organization -- and advises a bunch of the big agriculture corporations on how to adopt organic methods for their operations, to highlight just a couple points on his extensive resume.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cantisano was practically born into this work. His grandmother, Dorothy Moraga, gardened in her Bay Area home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"DGCEY4EzC6GzmxM7Gj8v8wwK5IQ2tSyb\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She grew fava beans, made compost from the manure from our chickens, squashed the bugs and hoed the weeds,” he says, basically gardening organically before anyone used the term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember crawling around in the dirt, picking cucumbers with her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His interest piqued, Cantisano provided food for the San Francisco communes he lived in as a teenager by gardening. At the first Earth Day in 1970, he heard about pesticide hazards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lightbulb went on, as they say,” and he’s worked in organic agriculture ever since. Eventually he moved to Nevada County, where he ran an organic garden supply store. That’s when he found his first abandoned trees, and started to learn about Felix Gillet, the Frenchman who ran a barbershop and then opened a nursery in Nevada City in the late 1800s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gillet had plants from almost 35 countries. He was a plant maniac,” says Cantisano. “If you drink wine, you are indebted to Felix Gillet. He had a catalog of 241 types of grapes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'If we lose a tree like this chestnut, we lose the genetics of a particularly hearty, productive, high-quality plant. You can’t find those everywhere.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>That’s just grapes. From historic documents he’s found, Cantisano believes many of the trees still growing in the Sierra originated in Gillet’s nursery. When Cantisano and his partners formed their nonprofit, they named it in his honor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tom Gradziel, of the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, says a lot of California agriculture was built on the expertise of nurserymen like Gillet and his contemporaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now we can just go to the grocery store, and there are only one or two varieties of any given fruit or nut,” he says. “The horticulturist in all of us is lost. Nurserymen like Gillet would be appalled.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10834081\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10834081\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-800x1373.jpg\" alt=\"Amigo harvests chestnuts from a century-old, heritage tree. "We've tested nearly 100 of them and that's the very best one."\" width=\"800\" height=\"1373\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-800x1373.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-400x686.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-768x1318.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-1440x2471.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-1180x2024.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-960x1647.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amigo harvests chestnuts from a century-old, heritage tree. \"We've tested nearly 100 of them and that's the very best one.\" \u003ccite>(Lisa Morehouse/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lack of diversity in varieties isn’t only dull for our taste buds, he says, it makes crops vulnerable to being wiped out. “The more diverse material we have in both commercial fields and in the backyard, the more resilience there’ll be to better contain disease and pests,” he says. While one variety might perish, another might survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a breeder, Gradziel says it’s important to find a diversity of varieties that can work in a range of California environments. “The more we find with proven adaptability -- and the stuff Bob’s finding has proven itself in adaptability -- the better,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Cantisano drives up to a property owned by his longtime friend, Sidonie Christian, that’s filled with mature trees, he sees Gillet’s living legacy. “This homestead clearly has Gillet vibe all through it,\" he says. \"All these trees are Gillet-era plants: the walnuts, the chestnut, the pear, the apples, the plums, the cherries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He and Christian rake the porcupine-like pods of chestnuts that have fallen to the ground, then peel and toss them in a basket. Of the 100 chestnuts he and his partners have tested, Cantisano says, “That’s the very best one. They are the tastiest, they’re the biggest.” Plus, Christian adds, they peel easily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based on tips from friends and their own explorations, the people at the Felix Gillet Institute have a database of more than 600 locations -- and 3,000 plants -- they want to investigate. They’ve gotten to about a fifth of those, evaluating each tree’s health and productivity, harvesting the crops, then inviting friends over to for a taste test of fresh fruit and nuts, pies and juices. They research their favorites, like this chestnut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10834085\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10834085\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Chestnuts-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"Amigo Bob and his partners believe these chestnuts come from a Marron de Lyon tree, originally from France. They're working with the University of Pennsylvania to test its DNA.\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Chestnuts-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Chestnuts-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Chestnuts-768x511.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Chestnuts-1440x958.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Chestnuts.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Chestnuts-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Chestnuts-960x639.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amigo Bob and his partners believe these chestnuts come from a Marron de Lyon tree, originally from France. They're working with the University of Pennsylvania to test its DNA. \u003ccite>(Lisa Morehouse/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We believe it’s called the Marron de Lyon, which means it’s from Lyon, France,” Cantisano says. “Judging from the leaf shape, the size of the nut and the structure of the plant, it looks like it’s a European chestnut.” The University of Pennsylvania is testing this chestnut’s DNA to find out for certain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As they harvest, Christian tells Cantisano about county workers who were doing maintenance nearby and almost ran a beloved apple tree through a chipper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I ran out yelling, ‘No, no no! The whole neighborhood eats those apples,’ ” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So I ask Cantisano: What happens when you lose a century-old heritage tree?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we lose a tree like this chestnut, we lose the genetics of a particularly hearty, productive, high-quality plant. You can’t find those everywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These trees are important for people and neighborhoods, too, says Christian, pointing around her small town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Generations of kids have eaten apples off that tree. Lots of people put chestnuts off this tree into their Thanksgiving stuffing and have done for years,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Cantisano, this work connects human and botanical history. He says he’ll often stand in front of an old tree, “and just stop and try and feel the vibe of the person who planted it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He realizes it sounds a little odd but, “I’ve had trees talk to me, like ‘Thank you. You’re taking care of me again. I’ve been alone,' ” not picked for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is a spirit in those plants,” he says. A spirit he’s trying to keep alive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/california-foodways\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Foodways\u003c/a> piece was produced in collaboration with the \u003ca href=\"https://thefern.org/\">Food & Environment Reporting Network\u003c/a>, a nonprofit investigative news organization.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Hunting for old trees to learn our botanical and human history - and to contribute to modern-day agriculture in a time of drought.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1609798530,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":44,"wordCount":1800},"headData":{"title":"Preserving Gold Rush-era Heritage Trees With Amigo Bob Cantisano | KQED","description":"Hunting for old trees to learn our botanical and human history - and to contribute to modern-day agriculture in a time of drought.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Preserving Gold Rush-era Heritage Trees With Amigo Bob Cantisano","datePublished":"2016-01-17T13:00:41.000Z","dateModified":"2021-01-04T22:15:30.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"10831288 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=10831288","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/01/17/amigo-bob-cantisano-heritage-tree-explorer/","disqusTitle":"Preserving Gold Rush-era Heritage Trees With Amigo Bob Cantisano","audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcrmag/2021/01/TCR20160115AmigoBob.wav","nprStoryId":"463371793","path":"/news/10831288/amigo-bob-cantisano-heritage-tree-explorer","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Who doesn’t like a treasure hunt? The search for something mysterious and valuable, with just a few clues for guidance, is pretty irresistible. In California’s Nevada County, an unusual explorer with an unusual name -- Amigo Bob Cantisano -- hunts for remnants of the Gold Rush, just not the kind you might expect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The treasures Cantisano seeks are trees, the fruits and nuts and ornamentals planted at homesteads and stagecoach stops and small orchards in the late 1800s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite decades of neglect, many are still highly productive and could prove valuable at a time when California faces drought and the effects of climate change. Cantisano is looking to bring the best-tasting, heartiest ones back to life, back to gardens and farms.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">Resilient heirloom trees have lessons for growers in California today, where highly tended crops face drought, pests and disease.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>He and two partners run a nonprofit organization: the \u003ca href=\"http://felixgillet.org/\">Felix Gillet Institute\u003c/a>. They’re committed to finding, identifying and propagating heirloom fruits and nuts from which they sell to gardeners and small farmers in Northern California and Oregon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At his home about 20 minutes outside the picturesque Gold Country town of Nevada City, in the northeastern part of the state, Cantisano (the “Amigo” was a high school nickname that stuck) shows me around his garden and nursery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost as an aside, he points to one plant, saying, “We have a lilac named after a friend of ours, Kate Wolf.” When I push, an illuminating story tumbles out: the late singer/songwriter spent summers nearby at an old mining camp and, decades ago, told Cantisano the backstory of her song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q83NqwtdBZk\">The Lilac and The Apple\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/q83NqwtdBZk'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/q83NqwtdBZk'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>“Kate wrote the song about walking into an old homestead with the house no longer there, and finding this apple and lilac growing on a hill,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the song, Wolf imagines the plants reminiscing about the miners and mill workers who planted them, the lilac and the apple the only evidence that people once lived there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After she passed away, I started wondering about where that was,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After years of searching for the homestead, Cantisano finally got a lead. He walked for hours in forest along the Yuba River when, bingo: the lilac and the apple were still growing, side by side. He took cuttings and he’s been nurturing them in his nursery ever since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10834091\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10834091\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-1-800x508.jpg\" alt=\"Amigo Bob harvests persimmons at what was once a stagecoach stop.\" width=\"800\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-1-800x508.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-1-400x254.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-1-768x487.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-1-1440x914.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-1-1180x749.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-1-960x609.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amigo Bob harvests persimmons at what was once a stagecoach stop. \u003ccite>(Lisa Morehouse/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cantisano straps a ladder on his car, tosses bags in his trunk and takes me on a tour. Instead of pointing out old buildings, he shows me his favorite walnut, the rose and apple that grow in the cemetery, and a 120-year-old pear tree standing tall between a community hall and a gas station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is absolutely just the most hearty tree,” he says, looking at the tree like it’s a friend. “It’s thrown huge crops every year in the drought. It doesn’t get diseases, it doesn’t get insects. Nobody prunes it, nobody waters it, nobody fertilizes it, and it is just prolific as heck. I’ve picked over 500 pounds of pears off of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cantisano says these resilient heirloom trees have lessons for growers in California today, where highly tended crops face drought, pests and disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we can figure out how to take those characteristics and meld them into modern agriculture, we’re going to have a more sustainable agriculture,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a name like Amigo, dreadlocks down to his waist, and a year-round outfit of shorts and tie-dye, Cantisano has had plenty of people write him off over the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10834089\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10834089\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Sidone-800x744.jpg\" alt=\"The property of Cantisano's friend Sidonie Christian is full of mature trees, and Cantisano sees the impact of Felix Gillet, the Frenchman who ran a nursery in Nevada City in the late 1800s. “This homestead clearly has Gillet vibe all through it," he says. "All these trees are Gillet-era plants."\" width=\"800\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Sidone-800x744.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Sidone-400x372.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Sidone-768x714.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Sidone-1440x1339.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Sidone.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Sidone-1180x1097.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Sidone-960x893.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The property of Cantisano's friend Sidonie Christian is full of mature trees, and Cantisano sees the impact of Felix Gillet, the Frenchman who ran a nursery in Nevada City in the late 1800s. “This homestead clearly has Gillet vibe all through it,\" he says. \"All these trees are Gillet-era plants.\" \u003ccite>(Lisa Morehouse/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m a hippie, OK!” he says with a laugh. More to the point, he’s an influential founding figure in California’s organic agriculture movement. Cantisano co-founded California Certified Organic Farmers -- a leading organic certification organization -- and advises a bunch of the big agriculture corporations on how to adopt organic methods for their operations, to highlight just a couple points on his extensive resume.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cantisano was practically born into this work. His grandmother, Dorothy Moraga, gardened in her Bay Area home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She grew fava beans, made compost from the manure from our chickens, squashed the bugs and hoed the weeds,” he says, basically gardening organically before anyone used the term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember crawling around in the dirt, picking cucumbers with her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His interest piqued, Cantisano provided food for the San Francisco communes he lived in as a teenager by gardening. At the first Earth Day in 1970, he heard about pesticide hazards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lightbulb went on, as they say,” and he’s worked in organic agriculture ever since. Eventually he moved to Nevada County, where he ran an organic garden supply store. That’s when he found his first abandoned trees, and started to learn about Felix Gillet, the Frenchman who ran a barbershop and then opened a nursery in Nevada City in the late 1800s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gillet had plants from almost 35 countries. He was a plant maniac,” says Cantisano. “If you drink wine, you are indebted to Felix Gillet. He had a catalog of 241 types of grapes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'If we lose a tree like this chestnut, we lose the genetics of a particularly hearty, productive, high-quality plant. You can’t find those everywhere.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>That’s just grapes. From historic documents he’s found, Cantisano believes many of the trees still growing in the Sierra originated in Gillet’s nursery. When Cantisano and his partners formed their nonprofit, they named it in his honor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tom Gradziel, of the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, says a lot of California agriculture was built on the expertise of nurserymen like Gillet and his contemporaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now we can just go to the grocery store, and there are only one or two varieties of any given fruit or nut,” he says. “The horticulturist in all of us is lost. Nurserymen like Gillet would be appalled.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10834081\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10834081\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-800x1373.jpg\" alt=\"Amigo harvests chestnuts from a century-old, heritage tree. "We've tested nearly 100 of them and that's the very best one."\" width=\"800\" height=\"1373\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-800x1373.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-400x686.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-768x1318.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-1440x2471.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-1180x2024.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/AmigoHarvests-960x1647.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amigo harvests chestnuts from a century-old, heritage tree. \"We've tested nearly 100 of them and that's the very best one.\" \u003ccite>(Lisa Morehouse/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lack of diversity in varieties isn’t only dull for our taste buds, he says, it makes crops vulnerable to being wiped out. “The more diverse material we have in both commercial fields and in the backyard, the more resilience there’ll be to better contain disease and pests,” he says. While one variety might perish, another might survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a breeder, Gradziel says it’s important to find a diversity of varieties that can work in a range of California environments. “The more we find with proven adaptability -- and the stuff Bob’s finding has proven itself in adaptability -- the better,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Cantisano drives up to a property owned by his longtime friend, Sidonie Christian, that’s filled with mature trees, he sees Gillet’s living legacy. “This homestead clearly has Gillet vibe all through it,\" he says. \"All these trees are Gillet-era plants: the walnuts, the chestnut, the pear, the apples, the plums, the cherries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He and Christian rake the porcupine-like pods of chestnuts that have fallen to the ground, then peel and toss them in a basket. Of the 100 chestnuts he and his partners have tested, Cantisano says, “That’s the very best one. They are the tastiest, they’re the biggest.” Plus, Christian adds, they peel easily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based on tips from friends and their own explorations, the people at the Felix Gillet Institute have a database of more than 600 locations -- and 3,000 plants -- they want to investigate. They’ve gotten to about a fifth of those, evaluating each tree’s health and productivity, harvesting the crops, then inviting friends over to for a taste test of fresh fruit and nuts, pies and juices. They research their favorites, like this chestnut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10834085\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10834085\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Chestnuts-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"Amigo Bob and his partners believe these chestnuts come from a Marron de Lyon tree, originally from France. They're working with the University of Pennsylvania to test its DNA.\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Chestnuts-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Chestnuts-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Chestnuts-768x511.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Chestnuts-1440x958.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Chestnuts.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Chestnuts-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Chestnuts-960x639.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amigo Bob and his partners believe these chestnuts come from a Marron de Lyon tree, originally from France. They're working with the University of Pennsylvania to test its DNA. \u003ccite>(Lisa Morehouse/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We believe it’s called the Marron de Lyon, which means it’s from Lyon, France,” Cantisano says. “Judging from the leaf shape, the size of the nut and the structure of the plant, it looks like it’s a European chestnut.” The University of Pennsylvania is testing this chestnut’s DNA to find out for certain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As they harvest, Christian tells Cantisano about county workers who were doing maintenance nearby and almost ran a beloved apple tree through a chipper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I ran out yelling, ‘No, no no! The whole neighborhood eats those apples,’ ” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So I ask Cantisano: What happens when you lose a century-old heritage tree?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we lose a tree like this chestnut, we lose the genetics of a particularly hearty, productive, high-quality plant. You can’t find those everywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These trees are important for people and neighborhoods, too, says Christian, pointing around her small town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Generations of kids have eaten apples off that tree. Lots of people put chestnuts off this tree into their Thanksgiving stuffing and have done for years,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Cantisano, this work connects human and botanical history. He says he’ll often stand in front of an old tree, “and just stop and try and feel the vibe of the person who planted it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He realizes it sounds a little odd but, “I’ve had trees talk to me, like ‘Thank you. You’re taking care of me again. I’ve been alone,' ” not picked for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is a spirit in those plants,” he says. A spirit he’s trying to keep alive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/california-foodways\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Foodways\u003c/a> piece was produced in collaboration with the \u003ca href=\"https://thefern.org/\">Food & Environment Reporting Network\u003c/a>, a nonprofit investigative news organization.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/10831288/amigo-bob-cantisano-heritage-tree-explorer","authors":["3229"],"programs":["news_72"],"series":["news_17045"],"categories":["news_223","news_19906","news_457"],"tags":["news_333","news_18607","news_160","news_17286","news_17041","news_2595"],"featImg":"news_10834074","label":"news_72"},"news_10814946":{"type":"posts","id":"news_10814946","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"10814946","score":null,"sort":[1451671225000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"how-to-compost-or-recycle-your-christmas-tree-in-the-bay-area","title":"How to Compost or Recycle Your Christmas Tree in the Bay Area","publishDate":1451671225,"format":"standard","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Our comprehensive Christmas tree recycling guide is back and updated again to keep you from going over your city or county’s Christmas tree composting/recycling cliff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No county or city accepts decorated trees for curbside pickup, although some Boy Scout troops do for a charge. Most counties compost their trees. And many don’t accept flocked trees, or trees sprayed with artificial snow. We have tried our best to answer when, where and how to recycle your tree this new year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alameda County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.albanyca.org/index.aspx?page=134\" target=\"_blank\">Albany\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n510-613-8710\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan id=\"_ctl0_leftColumn\">Holiday trees are collected through the month of January at no charge. Place your tree at the curb next to your green waste, recycling and trash carts on your regular pickup day. Trees taller than 6 feet must be cut into lengths of 6 feet or smaller. Remove all tinsel, ornaments, nails and tree stands. Green trees only; flocked trees will not be accepted. After Jan. 31, trees will not be collected curbside, unless they are cut up and properly placed in your green waste cart. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/ContentDisplay.aspx?id=5606#HOLIDAY_TREES\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeley\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>510-981-7270\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can place your holiday tree at the curb on your normal collection day through the month of January. Trees must be cut to a maximum of 5 feet tall. You may also choose to drop off your holiday tree at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/transferstation/\">Berkeley Transfer Station\u003c/a> at no charge during the month of January. Businesses and residents of multifamily buildings who don’t normally have plant debris service can call 311 (or 510-981-7270) to schedule the service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After January, you can cut up your tree to fit in your plant debris cart, or you can bring it to the Transfer Station for the minimum compost fee of $23. Please remove all lights, decorations, tinsel, bags and tree stands. Flocked trees will be collected, but they are not compostable\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.amadorvalleyindustries.com/cs_holidaycollection.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dublin\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>925-479-9545\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may place your holiday tree at the curb by 5:30 a.m. on your regular service day through Jan. 2. A truck exclusively for recycling holiday trees will collect the trees. Only clean trees will be taken (no flocking or tinsel). Please cut trees down to 4 feet or less in height. Please remove bases or stand. You may place your holiday tree in your Organics Cart, along with acceptable yard trimmings, anytime after the holiday. Your cart will be emptied on your regular service day. Only clean trees are accepted (no flocking or tinsel). Tree branches and stumps must be cut up in lengths that will allow the lid to securely close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a $5 donation per tree, local Boy Scouts will also pick up holiday trees from Dublin residents on Saturday, Jan. 3. Reservations are required and must be made by Jan. 2. To make arrangements, please send your email request to \u003ca href=\"mailto:xmastreepickup@dublintroop905.org\" target=\"_blank\">xmastreepickup@dublintroop905.org\u003c/a> or call 925-967-2141. Only clean trees will be accepted. No flocking or tinsel allowed. Please remove the tree base or stand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amador Valley Industries can pick up your non-recyclable holiday tree. Please call 925-479-9545 to arrange for disposal of your flocked or tinseled tree. An additional fee may apply, unless you use one of the three Large Item Collections available to you per year at no cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.wm.com/location/california/bay_area/emeryville/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">Emeryville\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>510-613-2104\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For single-family units, trees are collected curbside on regular collection days during the month of January. Place your tree at the curb next to your green waste, recycling and trash carts on your regular pickup day. Trees taller than 6 feet must be cut into lengths of 6 feet or smaller. Remove all tinsel, ornaments, nails and tree stands. Green trees only. Flocked trees will not be accepted. After Jan. 31, trees will not be collected curbside without additional charge unless they are cut up and properly placed in your green waste cart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multifamily dwellings of four or more units have the option of setting the trees curbside, setting the trees in the centralized trash/recycling area or ordering a roll-off box at no charge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For properties that are setting trees curbside or in the central trash or recycling area, Waste Management will check for trees on Monday Jan. 4 and Monday Jan. 11, or Tuesday Jan. 5 and Tuesday Jan. 12, depending on your location. To order a roll-off box, please contact Ben Collins with Waste Management at collins@wm.com or 510-613-2149\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenants wishing to keep their tree longer than Jan. 12 or who have a flocked tree may bring their tree to Davis Street Transfer Station at 2615 Davis St. in San Leandro. One clean green tree per household may be recycled at no charge. A fee will be charged for flocked trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.fremont.gov/DocumentCenter/View/25663\" target=\"_blank\">Fremont\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>510-657-3500\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republic Services will service Christmas trees curbside at no charge for\u003ca href=\"http://www.fremont.gov/DocumentCenter/View/28448\" target=\"_blank\"> single-family residents \u003c/a>that have weekly yard waste service from Monday Dec. 28 to Friday Jan. 8. Residents of multifamily dwellings can check \u003ca href=\"http://www.fremont.gov/DocumentCenter/View/28447\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a> or contact your property management for disposal options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remove all decorations, tinsel, lights, nails and tree stands prior to pickup or dropoff. Trees that have any of these items are not compostable. Trees that contain fire retardant or flocking are not compostable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://user.govoutreach.com/hayward/faq.php?cid=11125\" target=\"_blank\">Hayward\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>510-537-5500\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The garbage collection service will pick up Christmas trees for recycling during the first two weeks of January. Residents can recycle their cut-up tree in their green cart at any time. Residents must remove tinsel, ornaments, nails and tree stands; cut trees into 5 foot pieces, and set the tree at the curb next to refuse and yard waste carts. After the two-week period, trees set out at the curb, but not in the green cart, can be picked up for a fee, but the trees will not be recycled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/PWA/o/FE/s/GAR/OAK024756\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>510-638-2303\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flocked trees cannot be recycled and must be put inside your garbage container. For free pickup at one- to four-unit residences: First two weeks of January, place your clean, green holiday tree at the curb, next to your green yard trimmings cart on your regularly scheduled yard trimmings collection day; remove all tinsel, ornaments, nails and tree stands (metal or wood); place trees curbside by 6 a.m. on collection day and no earlier than one day before. Trees must be no more than 5 feet tall. Cut taller trees in half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For five-unit residences or larger: Tenants may take clean, green holiday trees to the Davis Street Transfer Station 510-638-2303 for recycling at no charge, limit one tree per household. Property owners/managers may call Waste Management of Alameda County (510-613-8700) to get a price quote for services and to schedule pickup. After the first two weeks of January, recycle your clean, green holiday tree in your \u003ca href=\"http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/PWA/o/FE/s/GAR/OAK024616\" target=\"\">green yard trimmings cart\u003c/a> at any time. Lid must close. Take clean, green holiday trees to the Davis Street Transfer Station for recycling at no charge, limit one tree per household.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://pleasantongarbageservice.com/pdfs/PGS_Newsletter_10-2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Pleasanton\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>925-846-2042\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pleasanton Garbage Service will pick up Christmas trees that are placed at the curb the night of Jan. 15. Trees must be placed curbside the night before pickup and cut in 4-foot sections. Please remove stands, tinsel, ornaments and lights. Pleasanton Garbage Service is not responsible for any decorations that are left on the tree. You can also place your Christmas tree, cut in 2-foot sections, inside your green waste container and it will be picked up on your regular pickup day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pleasanton Boy Scout Troop 941 will conduct its annual Christmas Tree Recycling Pickup community service event and fundraiser on Saturday Jan. 9. As a Pleasanton resident or business you will be able to \u003ca href=\"http://tree-pickup.troop941.org/\" target=\"_blank\">make a reservation\u003c/a> for tree pickup. Registration closes on Jan. 7 at 5 p.m. Donations are not required to have them pick up your tree, but you may make a donation if you'd like to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sanleandro.org/depts/pw/es/recycle.asp\" target=\"_blank\">San Leandro\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sanleandro.org/depts/pw/es/providers.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Contact your service provider for details\u003c/a>.\u003cbr>\nPlace your Christmas tree curbside on your regularly scheduled collection day during the first two weeks in January. Remember to remove all tinsel and ornaments, cut your tree down if it is larger than 6 feet and set it out on the curb with your yard trimmings cart for collection. Trees will be recycled into mulch for use in landscaping applications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.tri-ced.org/index.php?page=holiday-tree-recycling\" target=\"_blank\">Union City\u003c/a> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>510-471-3850\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tri-CED will be collecting trees until the end of January. On your regular collection day, simply set your tree at the curb or place inside the green yard waste cart. Trees will be hauled to the compost facility. No flocked, bagged, excessively heavy or tinseled holiday trees. Remove lights, ornaments, tinsel and other trimmings from branches. Remove tree stands, metal or wood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it fits, place the tree inside the green yard waste cart for collection on your service day. If your tree does not fit inside your yard waste cart, please cut it in half, place half inside the yard waste container and the other half in the gutter next to your cart. You can also drop off trees at Tri-CED Recycling Center, 33377 Western Ave., Monday through Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Contra Costa County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.pittsburg.ca.us/index.aspx?page=476#Tree%20recycling\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburg\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>925-473-0180\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remove all tinsel, flocking, ornaments and tree stand. Place your Christmas tree at the curb, on your yard waste day and it will be recycled at no additional charge. If your tree is 5 feet or longer, cut it in half. (Flocked trees can be picked up, but cannot be recycled.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.san-ramon.ca.us/recycle/default.htm\" target=\"_blank\">San Ramon\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>925-837-3356\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are three ways to recycle your Christmas tree:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Boy Scouts of America Annual Fundraiser: Tree Pickup Day is Saturday, Jan. 2. For a $10 donation, local Boy Scouts will pick up your tree. Visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanramonscouts.org/\">\u003cstrong>www.sanramonscouts.org\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>, e-mail \u003ca href=\"mailto:sanramontrees@yahoo.com\">Trees@sanramonscouts.org\u003c/a>, or call 925-587-8733.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Waste Management Yard Trimmings/Green Waste Cart:\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>Cut tree into lengths that will easily fit into cart and allow lid to completely close. Place tree pieces into cart any time after holidays.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Special One-Time Tree Pickup is the week of Jan. 4\u003cstrong>. \u003c/strong>Set your tree at curb for pickup by a special truck. Cut larger trees into lengths of 6 feet or less.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Trees with flocking, tinsel or tree stands: call Waste Management at 925-837-3356 to arrange for collection at an additional pickup fee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://marinsanitaryservice.com/christmas-tree-collection/\" target=\"_blank\">Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>415-456-2601\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trees will be collected at the curb during the month of January. Each resident is allowed one free tree pickup on your regular service day. Simply place your tree by the side of your green cart, NOT inside it. Cut the tree in half if it is more than 6 feet in length. Remove all ornaments and metal strands. Flocked trees are not allowed, but for a small fee you can bring flocked trees to the Marin Resource Recovery Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also drop off up to two trees free of charge at the Marin Resource Recovery Center, located at 565 Jacoby St. in San Rafael, during the month of January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apartment tree collection information can be found \u003ca href=\"http://marinsanitaryservice.com/mobius/msswp-content/uploads/2015/12/MFU-Tree-Collection-2015-front-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.millvalleyrefuse.com/holiday-schedule\" target=\"_blank\">Mill Valley\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can put your trees out on the curb on any regular green can day, starting after Christmas Day. Trees left by garbage cans will not be picked up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homestead Valley customers without green cans can leave their trees on the curb when they see their neighbors putting green cans out. All ornaments, tinsel and metal stands must be removed from your tree (wooden stands are OK). Cut any tree over 5 feet tall in half so it can be easily handled. Flocked trees are OK to put out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://unicycler.com/residential/marin/novato\" target=\"_blank\">Novato\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>415-897-4177\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For all regular curbside pickup customers, your tree will be picked up with your regular service. \u003cspan class=\"msg-text\">Trees over 6 feet must be cut in half. Flocked trees not accepted. You can also recycle your tree as part of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.smsafegrad.org/\" target=\"_blank\">San Marin High School Safe Grad Fundraiser\u003c/a>. There is a suggested donation of $10 for pickup ($25 for a flocked tree). To request pickup, click\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cb>\u003cstrong> \u003ca href=\"http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e44acac2babfb6-tree\">here\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/b> or email SMTreeRecycle@gmail.com. For more on dates for dropoff, click \u003ca href=\"http://www.smsafegrad.org/Home_Page.html\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>. \u003cb> \u003c/b>\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinmommies.com/christmas-tree-recycling-marin\" target=\"_blank\">West Marin\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cut trees to fit inside your yard waste cart for pickup on any regular service day. Flocked trees will not be collected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may also drop off trees Dec. 26 through Jan. 15 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Point Reyes (Fourth and B streets), Tomales (599 Dillon Beach Road), and Woodacre (33 Castle Rock Road) fire stations. Trees may also be dropped off at the Bolinas-Stinson Recovery Park, Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 25 Olema–Bolinas Road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://naparecycling.com/christmas-tree-recycling/\" target=\"_blank\">Napa County\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n707-255-5200\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Napa Valley District Boy Scouts Christmas Tree Pickup and Recycling Day comes to Napa on Saturday, Jan. 9. Have your tree on the curb by 9 a.m. on Saturday morning. Do not set out your tree earlier in the week, since tree collection will not take place until Saturday. Trees must be free of ornaments, nails, tinsel, stands and metal spikes. All are contaminants or safety hazards. A voluntary donation of $10 per tree is suggested and appreciated. Cut trees over 8 feet in half. Flocked trees are accepted. Wreaths, pumpkins and other holiday greenery go in the compost cart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.recologysf.com/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco County\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n415-330-1300\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Christmas Tree Collection program runs Jan. 2 through Jan. 15. Place trees at the curb next to your recycling bins on your regular collection day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also bring your clean tree (no ornaments, tinsel or fake snow) to \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/citygrazing\" target=\"_blank\">City Grazing\u003c/a> for their goats to eat. Email goats@citygrazing.com or call \u003cspan id=\"stacks_in_534_page8\">415-642-7172.\u003c/span> City Grazing is at 100 Cargo Way in San Francisco. Look for signs for San Francisco Bay Rail and Waste Solutions Group. The goat yard is across the gravel lot just to the right as you come in the gates, by the goat mural.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.recycleworks.org/resident/treelist.html\" target=\"_blank\">San Mateo County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Place trees curbside on normal yard waste pickup days during the month of January. Tree length maximum sizes vary depending on the recycling company. Most of the recycling companies do not accept flocked trees. Check \u003ca href=\"http://www.recycleworks.org/resident/treelist.html\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a> for your pickup requirements. Residents without regular trash pickup can drop off their trees at \u003ca href=\"http://www.recycleworks.org/resident/treelist.html\" target=\"_blank\">several locations\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Santa Clara County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://westvalleyrecycles.com/serviceareas/schedules.html\" target=\"_blank\">Campbell\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"PlainText\">West Valley Collection and Recycling will pick up trees on the curb during regular service through the third full week of January. Trees must be less than 5 feet tall and placed at least 1 foot from carts. Trees exceeding 5 feet in length, flocked and decorated trees will not be collected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"PlainText\">For multifamily residents and complexes, holiday tree dumpsters available for rent. Owners and/or property managers must contact Customer Service at 408-283-9250 for information regarding the collection of holiday trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"PlainText\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cupertino.org/index.aspx?page=166\" target=\"_blank\">Cupertino\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"PlainText\">408-725-4020\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recology will provide free Christmas tree collection and recycling through the month of January. Please remove tree stands and all decorations, including tinsel. Flocked trees are acceptable. Trees should be cut into 5-foot lengths. Cut pieces may be placed inside your yard waste cart for service. Place trees in a central location and call to arrange pickup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cityofgilroy.org/cityofgilroy/city_hall/community_services/environmental_programs/recycling_garbage/recology/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Gilroy\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>408-842-3358\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trees are collected at no charge. Trees must be cut into 3-foot-by-3-footsections and placed at the curb for collection. Look for collection dates and information in your newsletter and your October garbage bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.recyclestuff.org/Guides/CityGuideLosAltos.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Los Altos\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Collection provided no charge for two weeks after \u003cspan class=\"highlight selected\">Christmas\u003c/span>. Contact Mission Trail Waste Systems at 650-473-1400\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://westvalleyrecycles.com/serviceareas/schedules.html\" target=\"_blank\">Los Gatos\u003c/a> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>West Valley Collection and Recycling will pick up trees on the curb during regular service until Jan. 23. Trees must cut into segments less than 5 feet tall and placed 1 foot away from the garbage and recycling carts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.recyclestuff.org/Guides/CityGuideMilpitas.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Milpitas\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n408-432-0444\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents should place their undecorated trees (flocked trees are OK) by the curb on their pickup day by Jan. 8. Trees should be cut into 4-foot lengths.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?nid=1548\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recycle your holiday tree on your regular collection day from Dec. 26 throughout the month of January. Trees should then be cut into 5- foot lengths and placed in the street one foot from the curb and 5 feet from your garbage and recycling carts and parked vehicles. Natural and flocked trees accepted. If you live in an apartment, townhouse or condo, ask your property manager if special arrangements have been made for recycling holiday trees on site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.vallejo.ca.us/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=42963\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Solano County\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>707 784-6765\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curbside, dropoff, and special pickup services are available for Christmas trees throughout the county. Programs take place during the end of December and early January each year. Often trees must be cut down to 5 feet or into 3-foot sections, depending on the city. The Reporter has a nice summary of pickup times \u003ca href=\"http://www.thereporter.com/general-news/20141225/christmas-tree-pickup-services-offered\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>, and includes several Boy Scout troops that will also be picking up trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.recyclenow.org/recycling/tree.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Sonoma County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>707-565-3579\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents have four options for getting rid of their Christmas trees:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Cut the tree to fit in your yard waste container or have your whole tree picked up at the curb. Put your tree in your yard waste container and place at the curb on your regular yard waste collection day. The tree must be cut to fit inside the container (4 foot or less sections, please). Cloverdale, Cotati, Healdsburg, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, Windsor and unincorporated Sonoma County have whole tree collection. Place your unflocked tree beside your yard waste container.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Call 707-565-3333 for an appointment to have a nonprofit in your area pick up your tree. Call before Friday, Jan. 8, to arrange for pickup. The suggested donation for this service is $7 for trees less than 6 feet and $10 for larger trees.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Additionally, multifamily apartment complexes in Rohnert Park can arrange to have the complex’s trees picked up by special appointment. Apartment managers should make further arrangements; check \u003ca href=\"http://www.recyclenow.org/recycling/tree.asp\" target=\"_blank\">the website\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>There is also free dropoff\u003ca href=\"http://www.recyclenow.org/recycling/tree.asp\" target=\"_blank\"> throughout the county.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Most counties compost their trees, and many don’t accept flocked trees or trees sprayed with artificial snow. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1451610555,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":91,"wordCount":3039},"headData":{"title":"How to Compost or Recycle Your Christmas Tree in the Bay Area | KQED","description":"Most counties compost their trees, and many don’t accept flocked trees or trees sprayed with artificial snow. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"How to Compost or Recycle Your Christmas Tree in the Bay Area","datePublished":"2016-01-01T18:00:25.000Z","dateModified":"2016-01-01T01:09:15.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"10814946 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=10814946","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/01/01/how-to-compost-or-recycle-your-christmas-tree-in-the-bay-area/","disqusTitle":"How to Compost or Recycle Your Christmas Tree in the Bay Area","path":"/news/10814946/how-to-compost-or-recycle-your-christmas-tree-in-the-bay-area","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Our comprehensive Christmas tree recycling guide is back and updated again to keep you from going over your city or county’s Christmas tree composting/recycling cliff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No county or city accepts decorated trees for curbside pickup, although some Boy Scout troops do for a charge. Most counties compost their trees. And many don’t accept flocked trees, or trees sprayed with artificial snow. We have tried our best to answer when, where and how to recycle your tree this new year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alameda County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.albanyca.org/index.aspx?page=134\" target=\"_blank\">Albany\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n510-613-8710\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan id=\"_ctl0_leftColumn\">Holiday trees are collected through the month of January at no charge. Place your tree at the curb next to your green waste, recycling and trash carts on your regular pickup day. Trees taller than 6 feet must be cut into lengths of 6 feet or smaller. Remove all tinsel, ornaments, nails and tree stands. Green trees only; flocked trees will not be accepted. After Jan. 31, trees will not be collected curbside, unless they are cut up and properly placed in your green waste cart. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/ContentDisplay.aspx?id=5606#HOLIDAY_TREES\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeley\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>510-981-7270\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can place your holiday tree at the curb on your normal collection day through the month of January. Trees must be cut to a maximum of 5 feet tall. You may also choose to drop off your holiday tree at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/transferstation/\">Berkeley Transfer Station\u003c/a> at no charge during the month of January. Businesses and residents of multifamily buildings who don’t normally have plant debris service can call 311 (or 510-981-7270) to schedule the service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After January, you can cut up your tree to fit in your plant debris cart, or you can bring it to the Transfer Station for the minimum compost fee of $23. Please remove all lights, decorations, tinsel, bags and tree stands. Flocked trees will be collected, but they are not compostable\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.amadorvalleyindustries.com/cs_holidaycollection.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dublin\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>925-479-9545\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may place your holiday tree at the curb by 5:30 a.m. on your regular service day through Jan. 2. A truck exclusively for recycling holiday trees will collect the trees. Only clean trees will be taken (no flocking or tinsel). Please cut trees down to 4 feet or less in height. Please remove bases or stand. You may place your holiday tree in your Organics Cart, along with acceptable yard trimmings, anytime after the holiday. Your cart will be emptied on your regular service day. Only clean trees are accepted (no flocking or tinsel). Tree branches and stumps must be cut up in lengths that will allow the lid to securely close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a $5 donation per tree, local Boy Scouts will also pick up holiday trees from Dublin residents on Saturday, Jan. 3. Reservations are required and must be made by Jan. 2. To make arrangements, please send your email request to \u003ca href=\"mailto:xmastreepickup@dublintroop905.org\" target=\"_blank\">xmastreepickup@dublintroop905.org\u003c/a> or call 925-967-2141. Only clean trees will be accepted. No flocking or tinsel allowed. Please remove the tree base or stand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amador Valley Industries can pick up your non-recyclable holiday tree. Please call 925-479-9545 to arrange for disposal of your flocked or tinseled tree. An additional fee may apply, unless you use one of the three Large Item Collections available to you per year at no cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.wm.com/location/california/bay_area/emeryville/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">Emeryville\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>510-613-2104\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For single-family units, trees are collected curbside on regular collection days during the month of January. Place your tree at the curb next to your green waste, recycling and trash carts on your regular pickup day. Trees taller than 6 feet must be cut into lengths of 6 feet or smaller. Remove all tinsel, ornaments, nails and tree stands. Green trees only. Flocked trees will not be accepted. After Jan. 31, trees will not be collected curbside without additional charge unless they are cut up and properly placed in your green waste cart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multifamily dwellings of four or more units have the option of setting the trees curbside, setting the trees in the centralized trash/recycling area or ordering a roll-off box at no charge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For properties that are setting trees curbside or in the central trash or recycling area, Waste Management will check for trees on Monday Jan. 4 and Monday Jan. 11, or Tuesday Jan. 5 and Tuesday Jan. 12, depending on your location. To order a roll-off box, please contact Ben Collins with Waste Management at collins@wm.com or 510-613-2149\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenants wishing to keep their tree longer than Jan. 12 or who have a flocked tree may bring their tree to Davis Street Transfer Station at 2615 Davis St. in San Leandro. One clean green tree per household may be recycled at no charge. A fee will be charged for flocked trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.fremont.gov/DocumentCenter/View/25663\" target=\"_blank\">Fremont\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>510-657-3500\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republic Services will service Christmas trees curbside at no charge for\u003ca href=\"http://www.fremont.gov/DocumentCenter/View/28448\" target=\"_blank\"> single-family residents \u003c/a>that have weekly yard waste service from Monday Dec. 28 to Friday Jan. 8. Residents of multifamily dwellings can check \u003ca href=\"http://www.fremont.gov/DocumentCenter/View/28447\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a> or contact your property management for disposal options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remove all decorations, tinsel, lights, nails and tree stands prior to pickup or dropoff. Trees that have any of these items are not compostable. Trees that contain fire retardant or flocking are not compostable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://user.govoutreach.com/hayward/faq.php?cid=11125\" target=\"_blank\">Hayward\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>510-537-5500\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The garbage collection service will pick up Christmas trees for recycling during the first two weeks of January. Residents can recycle their cut-up tree in their green cart at any time. Residents must remove tinsel, ornaments, nails and tree stands; cut trees into 5 foot pieces, and set the tree at the curb next to refuse and yard waste carts. After the two-week period, trees set out at the curb, but not in the green cart, can be picked up for a fee, but the trees will not be recycled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/PWA/o/FE/s/GAR/OAK024756\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>510-638-2303\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flocked trees cannot be recycled and must be put inside your garbage container. For free pickup at one- to four-unit residences: First two weeks of January, place your clean, green holiday tree at the curb, next to your green yard trimmings cart on your regularly scheduled yard trimmings collection day; remove all tinsel, ornaments, nails and tree stands (metal or wood); place trees curbside by 6 a.m. on collection day and no earlier than one day before. Trees must be no more than 5 feet tall. Cut taller trees in half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For five-unit residences or larger: Tenants may take clean, green holiday trees to the Davis Street Transfer Station 510-638-2303 for recycling at no charge, limit one tree per household. Property owners/managers may call Waste Management of Alameda County (510-613-8700) to get a price quote for services and to schedule pickup. After the first two weeks of January, recycle your clean, green holiday tree in your \u003ca href=\"http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/PWA/o/FE/s/GAR/OAK024616\" target=\"\">green yard trimmings cart\u003c/a> at any time. Lid must close. Take clean, green holiday trees to the Davis Street Transfer Station for recycling at no charge, limit one tree per household.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://pleasantongarbageservice.com/pdfs/PGS_Newsletter_10-2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Pleasanton\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>925-846-2042\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pleasanton Garbage Service will pick up Christmas trees that are placed at the curb the night of Jan. 15. Trees must be placed curbside the night before pickup and cut in 4-foot sections. Please remove stands, tinsel, ornaments and lights. Pleasanton Garbage Service is not responsible for any decorations that are left on the tree. You can also place your Christmas tree, cut in 2-foot sections, inside your green waste container and it will be picked up on your regular pickup day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pleasanton Boy Scout Troop 941 will conduct its annual Christmas Tree Recycling Pickup community service event and fundraiser on Saturday Jan. 9. As a Pleasanton resident or business you will be able to \u003ca href=\"http://tree-pickup.troop941.org/\" target=\"_blank\">make a reservation\u003c/a> for tree pickup. Registration closes on Jan. 7 at 5 p.m. Donations are not required to have them pick up your tree, but you may make a donation if you'd like to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sanleandro.org/depts/pw/es/recycle.asp\" target=\"_blank\">San Leandro\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sanleandro.org/depts/pw/es/providers.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Contact your service provider for details\u003c/a>.\u003cbr>\nPlace your Christmas tree curbside on your regularly scheduled collection day during the first two weeks in January. Remember to remove all tinsel and ornaments, cut your tree down if it is larger than 6 feet and set it out on the curb with your yard trimmings cart for collection. Trees will be recycled into mulch for use in landscaping applications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.tri-ced.org/index.php?page=holiday-tree-recycling\" target=\"_blank\">Union City\u003c/a> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>510-471-3850\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tri-CED will be collecting trees until the end of January. On your regular collection day, simply set your tree at the curb or place inside the green yard waste cart. Trees will be hauled to the compost facility. No flocked, bagged, excessively heavy or tinseled holiday trees. Remove lights, ornaments, tinsel and other trimmings from branches. Remove tree stands, metal or wood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it fits, place the tree inside the green yard waste cart for collection on your service day. If your tree does not fit inside your yard waste cart, please cut it in half, place half inside the yard waste container and the other half in the gutter next to your cart. You can also drop off trees at Tri-CED Recycling Center, 33377 Western Ave., Monday through Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Contra Costa County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.pittsburg.ca.us/index.aspx?page=476#Tree%20recycling\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburg\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>925-473-0180\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remove all tinsel, flocking, ornaments and tree stand. Place your Christmas tree at the curb, on your yard waste day and it will be recycled at no additional charge. If your tree is 5 feet or longer, cut it in half. (Flocked trees can be picked up, but cannot be recycled.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.san-ramon.ca.us/recycle/default.htm\" target=\"_blank\">San Ramon\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>925-837-3356\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are three ways to recycle your Christmas tree:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Boy Scouts of America Annual Fundraiser: Tree Pickup Day is Saturday, Jan. 2. For a $10 donation, local Boy Scouts will pick up your tree. Visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanramonscouts.org/\">\u003cstrong>www.sanramonscouts.org\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>, e-mail \u003ca href=\"mailto:sanramontrees@yahoo.com\">Trees@sanramonscouts.org\u003c/a>, or call 925-587-8733.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Waste Management Yard Trimmings/Green Waste Cart:\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>Cut tree into lengths that will easily fit into cart and allow lid to completely close. Place tree pieces into cart any time after holidays.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Special One-Time Tree Pickup is the week of Jan. 4\u003cstrong>. \u003c/strong>Set your tree at curb for pickup by a special truck. Cut larger trees into lengths of 6 feet or less.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Trees with flocking, tinsel or tree stands: call Waste Management at 925-837-3356 to arrange for collection at an additional pickup fee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://marinsanitaryservice.com/christmas-tree-collection/\" target=\"_blank\">Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>415-456-2601\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trees will be collected at the curb during the month of January. Each resident is allowed one free tree pickup on your regular service day. Simply place your tree by the side of your green cart, NOT inside it. Cut the tree in half if it is more than 6 feet in length. Remove all ornaments and metal strands. Flocked trees are not allowed, but for a small fee you can bring flocked trees to the Marin Resource Recovery Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also drop off up to two trees free of charge at the Marin Resource Recovery Center, located at 565 Jacoby St. in San Rafael, during the month of January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apartment tree collection information can be found \u003ca href=\"http://marinsanitaryservice.com/mobius/msswp-content/uploads/2015/12/MFU-Tree-Collection-2015-front-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.millvalleyrefuse.com/holiday-schedule\" target=\"_blank\">Mill Valley\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can put your trees out on the curb on any regular green can day, starting after Christmas Day. Trees left by garbage cans will not be picked up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homestead Valley customers without green cans can leave their trees on the curb when they see their neighbors putting green cans out. All ornaments, tinsel and metal stands must be removed from your tree (wooden stands are OK). Cut any tree over 5 feet tall in half so it can be easily handled. Flocked trees are OK to put out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://unicycler.com/residential/marin/novato\" target=\"_blank\">Novato\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>415-897-4177\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For all regular curbside pickup customers, your tree will be picked up with your regular service. \u003cspan class=\"msg-text\">Trees over 6 feet must be cut in half. Flocked trees not accepted. You can also recycle your tree as part of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.smsafegrad.org/\" target=\"_blank\">San Marin High School Safe Grad Fundraiser\u003c/a>. There is a suggested donation of $10 for pickup ($25 for a flocked tree). To request pickup, click\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cb>\u003cstrong> \u003ca href=\"http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e44acac2babfb6-tree\">here\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/b> or email SMTreeRecycle@gmail.com. For more on dates for dropoff, click \u003ca href=\"http://www.smsafegrad.org/Home_Page.html\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>. \u003cb> \u003c/b>\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinmommies.com/christmas-tree-recycling-marin\" target=\"_blank\">West Marin\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cut trees to fit inside your yard waste cart for pickup on any regular service day. Flocked trees will not be collected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may also drop off trees Dec. 26 through Jan. 15 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Point Reyes (Fourth and B streets), Tomales (599 Dillon Beach Road), and Woodacre (33 Castle Rock Road) fire stations. Trees may also be dropped off at the Bolinas-Stinson Recovery Park, Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 25 Olema–Bolinas Road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://naparecycling.com/christmas-tree-recycling/\" target=\"_blank\">Napa County\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n707-255-5200\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Napa Valley District Boy Scouts Christmas Tree Pickup and Recycling Day comes to Napa on Saturday, Jan. 9. Have your tree on the curb by 9 a.m. on Saturday morning. Do not set out your tree earlier in the week, since tree collection will not take place until Saturday. Trees must be free of ornaments, nails, tinsel, stands and metal spikes. All are contaminants or safety hazards. A voluntary donation of $10 per tree is suggested and appreciated. Cut trees over 8 feet in half. Flocked trees are accepted. Wreaths, pumpkins and other holiday greenery go in the compost cart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.recologysf.com/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco County\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n415-330-1300\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Christmas Tree Collection program runs Jan. 2 through Jan. 15. Place trees at the curb next to your recycling bins on your regular collection day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also bring your clean tree (no ornaments, tinsel or fake snow) to \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/citygrazing\" target=\"_blank\">City Grazing\u003c/a> for their goats to eat. Email goats@citygrazing.com or call \u003cspan id=\"stacks_in_534_page8\">415-642-7172.\u003c/span> City Grazing is at 100 Cargo Way in San Francisco. Look for signs for San Francisco Bay Rail and Waste Solutions Group. The goat yard is across the gravel lot just to the right as you come in the gates, by the goat mural.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.recycleworks.org/resident/treelist.html\" target=\"_blank\">San Mateo County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Place trees curbside on normal yard waste pickup days during the month of January. Tree length maximum sizes vary depending on the recycling company. Most of the recycling companies do not accept flocked trees. Check \u003ca href=\"http://www.recycleworks.org/resident/treelist.html\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a> for your pickup requirements. Residents without regular trash pickup can drop off their trees at \u003ca href=\"http://www.recycleworks.org/resident/treelist.html\" target=\"_blank\">several locations\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Santa Clara County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://westvalleyrecycles.com/serviceareas/schedules.html\" target=\"_blank\">Campbell\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"PlainText\">West Valley Collection and Recycling will pick up trees on the curb during regular service through the third full week of January. Trees must be less than 5 feet tall and placed at least 1 foot from carts. Trees exceeding 5 feet in length, flocked and decorated trees will not be collected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"PlainText\">For multifamily residents and complexes, holiday tree dumpsters available for rent. Owners and/or property managers must contact Customer Service at 408-283-9250 for information regarding the collection of holiday trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"PlainText\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cupertino.org/index.aspx?page=166\" target=\"_blank\">Cupertino\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"PlainText\">408-725-4020\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recology will provide free Christmas tree collection and recycling through the month of January. Please remove tree stands and all decorations, including tinsel. Flocked trees are acceptable. Trees should be cut into 5-foot lengths. Cut pieces may be placed inside your yard waste cart for service. Place trees in a central location and call to arrange pickup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cityofgilroy.org/cityofgilroy/city_hall/community_services/environmental_programs/recycling_garbage/recology/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Gilroy\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>408-842-3358\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trees are collected at no charge. Trees must be cut into 3-foot-by-3-footsections and placed at the curb for collection. Look for collection dates and information in your newsletter and your October garbage bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.recyclestuff.org/Guides/CityGuideLosAltos.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Los Altos\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Collection provided no charge for two weeks after \u003cspan class=\"highlight selected\">Christmas\u003c/span>. Contact Mission Trail Waste Systems at 650-473-1400\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://westvalleyrecycles.com/serviceareas/schedules.html\" target=\"_blank\">Los Gatos\u003c/a> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>West Valley Collection and Recycling will pick up trees on the curb during regular service until Jan. 23. Trees must cut into segments less than 5 feet tall and placed 1 foot away from the garbage and recycling carts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.recyclestuff.org/Guides/CityGuideMilpitas.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Milpitas\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n408-432-0444\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents should place their undecorated trees (flocked trees are OK) by the curb on their pickup day by Jan. 8. Trees should be cut into 4-foot lengths.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?nid=1548\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recycle your holiday tree on your regular collection day from Dec. 26 throughout the month of January. Trees should then be cut into 5- foot lengths and placed in the street one foot from the curb and 5 feet from your garbage and recycling carts and parked vehicles. Natural and flocked trees accepted. If you live in an apartment, townhouse or condo, ask your property manager if special arrangements have been made for recycling holiday trees on site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.vallejo.ca.us/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=42963\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Solano County\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>707 784-6765\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curbside, dropoff, and special pickup services are available for Christmas trees throughout the county. Programs take place during the end of December and early January each year. Often trees must be cut down to 5 feet or into 3-foot sections, depending on the city. The Reporter has a nice summary of pickup times \u003ca href=\"http://www.thereporter.com/general-news/20141225/christmas-tree-pickup-services-offered\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>, and includes several Boy Scout troops that will also be picking up trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.recyclenow.org/recycling/tree.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Sonoma County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>707-565-3579\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents have four options for getting rid of their Christmas trees:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Cut the tree to fit in your yard waste container or have your whole tree picked up at the curb. Put your tree in your yard waste container and place at the curb on your regular yard waste collection day. The tree must be cut to fit inside the container (4 foot or less sections, please). Cloverdale, Cotati, Healdsburg, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, Windsor and unincorporated Sonoma County have whole tree collection. Place your unflocked tree beside your yard waste container.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Call 707-565-3333 for an appointment to have a nonprofit in your area pick up your tree. Call before Friday, Jan. 8, to arrange for pickup. The suggested donation for this service is $7 for trees less than 6 feet and $10 for larger trees.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Additionally, multifamily apartment complexes in Rohnert Park can arrange to have the complex’s trees picked up by special appointment. Apartment managers should make further arrangements; check \u003ca href=\"http://www.recyclenow.org/recycling/tree.asp\" target=\"_blank\">the website\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>There is also free dropoff\u003ca href=\"http://www.recyclenow.org/recycling/tree.asp\" target=\"_blank\"> throughout the county.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/10814946/how-to-compost-or-recycle-your-christmas-tree-in-the-bay-area","authors":["8654"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_18909","news_382","news_3118","news_2595"],"featImg":"news_51398","label":"news_6944"},"news_10614708":{"type":"posts","id":"news_10614708","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"10614708","score":null,"sort":[1438365978000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"too-many-dead-trees-sierra-sawmills-face-a-backlog","title":"Too Many Dead Trees: Sierra Sawmills Face a Backlog","publishDate":1438365978,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Larry Duysen’s family has run Sierra Forest Products in the small town of Terra Bella, just west of the Sierra Nevada, for almost 50 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His father, Glenn Duysen, founded the company in 1968. At that time, there were seven other sawmills in the region logging trees in the Sequoia National Forest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But as wood became less available, one by one, they went out of business,” he says. Logging was restricted and the creation of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/sequoia/home/?cid=stelprdb5394941\">Giant Sequoia National Monument \u003c/a>put large tracts of land off-limits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/217192855\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now Sierra Forest Products is the only sawmill left in the entire southern Sierra. And it has gone from a two-shift operation to one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this year, because of wildfires and the drought, Duysen could easily use two shifts. His log deck outside -- where the logs are stacked several stories high before being milled -- is almost full.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It means for the first time in many years, he has to turn customers away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10624083\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/LogDeck-800x588.jpg\" alt=\"The log deck at Sierra Forest Products is almost full.\" width=\"800\" height=\"588\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10624083\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/LogDeck-800x588.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/LogDeck-400x294.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/LogDeck-1440x1059.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/LogDeck.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/LogDeck-1180x868.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/LogDeck-960x706.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The log deck at Sierra Forest Products is almost full. \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had so many years of, I’ll say famine, as far as supply goes,” Duysen says. “It’s really disheartening for me to have to answer a phone call and tell people we just cannot help them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s talking mainly about private landowners who are hoping to sell wood from trees killed by the drought and bark beetles. But the company is already backlogged with fire salvage trees from two large wildfires in the Sierra National Forest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We could run the mill on that alone and have a surplus,” he says. Taking new contracts is out of the question right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The emergency or catastrophe is at such an extent that at this time we can’t take all the wood,” Duysen says of the fire and insect salvage. “We don’t have the capacity for it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mill can take 36 million board-feet of lumber a year; the wood from the fires alone amounts to about 40 million board-feet, Duysen says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 2½ hours north of Terra Bella, logger Hudson Fisk knows all too well that there’s a glut at the mills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s been removing dead trees from private properties in Mariposa and Madera counties all summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10624085\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/DeadPine-800x1123.jpg\" alt=\"Hudson Fisk’s team of loggers takes down a dead Ponderosa pine tree.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1123\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10624085\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/DeadPine-800x1123.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/DeadPine-400x562.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/DeadPine-1440x2022.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/DeadPine.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/DeadPine-1180x1657.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/DeadPine-960x1348.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hudson Fisk’s team of loggers takes down a dead Ponderosa pine tree. \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In past years, he would take the logs to Terra Bella or one of two sawmills in Sonora.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s really no market for it anymore,” Fisk says of the insect salvage. “It’s hard to make a profit selling the wood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He used to be able to give landowners a credit for their wood. But now he has to charge them to remove it. “We’re just stockpiling it back at our yard,” he says. “Some of it we process into firewood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And some will be used for lumber, but most of it will go into a chipper. “I have a feeling in a couple years from now, a large portion of our log decks are gonna just end up getting chipped into mulch,” Fisk says. “We’ll make compost out of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If he had fresh green trees, he’d get more money. But the damaged trees bring in about 40 percent less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now I can’t even get a contract to sell,\" Fisk says. \"But if I could, the price would be so low it wouldn’t even cover my trucking cost.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some people are benefiting from the surplus wood, at least in Mariposa County. Homeowners can donate their logs to the senior firewood program at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mariposafiresafe.net/\">Mariposa Fire Safe Council\u003c/a> -- and feel good about helping those on a fixed income stay warm in the winter.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"For first time in years, sawmills are flooded with logs, thanks to fire, insects and drought.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1438365978,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":23,"wordCount":705},"headData":{"title":"Too Many Dead Trees: Sierra Sawmills Face a Backlog | KQED","description":"For first time in years, sawmills are flooded with logs, thanks to fire, insects and drought.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Too Many Dead Trees: Sierra Sawmills Face a Backlog","datePublished":"2015-07-31T18:06:18.000Z","dateModified":"2015-07-31T18:06:18.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"10614708 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=10614708","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/31/too-many-dead-trees-sierra-sawmills-face-a-backlog/","disqusTitle":"Too Many Dead Trees: Sierra Sawmills Face a Backlog","path":"/news/10614708/too-many-dead-trees-sierra-sawmills-face-a-backlog","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Larry Duysen’s family has run Sierra Forest Products in the small town of Terra Bella, just west of the Sierra Nevada, for almost 50 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His father, Glenn Duysen, founded the company in 1968. At that time, there were seven other sawmills in the region logging trees in the Sequoia National Forest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But as wood became less available, one by one, they went out of business,” he says. Logging was restricted and the creation of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/sequoia/home/?cid=stelprdb5394941\">Giant Sequoia National Monument \u003c/a>put large tracts of land off-limits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/217192855&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/217192855'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now Sierra Forest Products is the only sawmill left in the entire southern Sierra. And it has gone from a two-shift operation to one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this year, because of wildfires and the drought, Duysen could easily use two shifts. His log deck outside -- where the logs are stacked several stories high before being milled -- is almost full.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It means for the first time in many years, he has to turn customers away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10624083\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/LogDeck-800x588.jpg\" alt=\"The log deck at Sierra Forest Products is almost full.\" width=\"800\" height=\"588\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10624083\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/LogDeck-800x588.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/LogDeck-400x294.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/LogDeck-1440x1059.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/LogDeck.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/LogDeck-1180x868.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/LogDeck-960x706.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The log deck at Sierra Forest Products is almost full. \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had so many years of, I’ll say famine, as far as supply goes,” Duysen says. “It’s really disheartening for me to have to answer a phone call and tell people we just cannot help them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s talking mainly about private landowners who are hoping to sell wood from trees killed by the drought and bark beetles. But the company is already backlogged with fire salvage trees from two large wildfires in the Sierra National Forest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We could run the mill on that alone and have a surplus,” he says. Taking new contracts is out of the question right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The emergency or catastrophe is at such an extent that at this time we can’t take all the wood,” Duysen says of the fire and insect salvage. “We don’t have the capacity for it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mill can take 36 million board-feet of lumber a year; the wood from the fires alone amounts to about 40 million board-feet, Duysen says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 2½ hours north of Terra Bella, logger Hudson Fisk knows all too well that there’s a glut at the mills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s been removing dead trees from private properties in Mariposa and Madera counties all summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10624085\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/DeadPine-800x1123.jpg\" alt=\"Hudson Fisk’s team of loggers takes down a dead Ponderosa pine tree.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1123\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10624085\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/DeadPine-800x1123.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/DeadPine-400x562.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/DeadPine-1440x2022.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/DeadPine.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/DeadPine-1180x1657.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/DeadPine-960x1348.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hudson Fisk’s team of loggers takes down a dead Ponderosa pine tree. \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In past years, he would take the logs to Terra Bella or one of two sawmills in Sonora.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s really no market for it anymore,” Fisk says of the insect salvage. “It’s hard to make a profit selling the wood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He used to be able to give landowners a credit for their wood. But now he has to charge them to remove it. “We’re just stockpiling it back at our yard,” he says. “Some of it we process into firewood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And some will be used for lumber, but most of it will go into a chipper. “I have a feeling in a couple years from now, a large portion of our log decks are gonna just end up getting chipped into mulch,” Fisk says. “We’ll make compost out of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If he had fresh green trees, he’d get more money. But the damaged trees bring in about 40 percent less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now I can’t even get a contract to sell,\" Fisk says. \"But if I could, the price would be so low it wouldn’t even cover my trucking cost.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some people are benefiting from the surplus wood, at least in Mariposa County. Homeowners can donate their logs to the senior firewood program at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mariposafiresafe.net/\">Mariposa Fire Safe Council\u003c/a> -- and feel good about helping those on a fixed income stay warm in the winter.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/10614708/too-many-dead-trees-sierra-sawmills-face-a-backlog","authors":["208"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_1758","news_19906","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_4747","news_17286","news_2595"],"featImg":"news_10624080","label":"news_72"},"news_128505":{"type":"posts","id":"news_128505","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"128505","score":null,"sort":[1394067552000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"park-officials-illegal-cutting-of-redwoods-is-increasing","title":"Park Officials: Illegal Cutting of Redwoods Is Increasing","publishDate":1394067552,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Mina Kim and Lisa Pickoff-White\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_128506\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/1904243_744397315570586_106019437_n.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-128506\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/1904243_744397315570586_106019437_n.jpg\" alt='An 8x10-foot section of \"poached\" burl-wood. (National Park Service)' width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An 8 x 10-foot section of \"poached\" burl wood. (National Park Service)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California's awe-inspiring, ancient redwood trees are increasingly the target of timber thieves. The practice of burl poaching has increased so significantly that, on March 1, Redwood National and State Parks began \u003ca href=\"http://www.nps.gov/redw/parknews/newton-drury-parkway-will-be-closed-at-night-due-to-increased-wood-poaching.htm\" target=\"_blank\">closing\u003c/a> the scenic road through the park every night. The park is also increasing patrols.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.nps.gov/redw/planyourvisit/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&PageID=136876\" target=\"_blank\">burl\u003c/a> is the knobby growth often at the base of trees, which is filled with unsprouted bud tissue. If the redwood falls, the burl can sprout another redwood tree. So, although one redwood tree can live up to 2,000 years, one burl can hold the DNA of trees that have been growing for 20,000 years, according to Jeff Bomke, sector manager for California State Parks of the Redwood Coast. Cutting burls essentially ends the genetic life of a line of trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burls are often used to make souvenirs or ornamental furniture that can command a high price. Bomke said there has been a dramatic increase in the number of trees poached during the last two to three years. About 15 trees were cut in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What's most concerning now is that the thieves have resorted to felling standing old-growth trees to reach burls that are on the stem above the ground,\" Bomke said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bomke estimates that a poacher can make between $5,000 to $10,000 on a haul of wood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's very emotional, it's very concerning,\" Bomke said. \"These are World Heritage Sites. This isn't just affecting the immediate park, but it's affecting everybody's future.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/138135356&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"By removing burls, timber thieves end genetic life of a line of trees; 15 were damaged in February.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1394068389,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":10,"wordCount":276},"headData":{"title":"Park Officials: Illegal Cutting of Redwoods Is Increasing | KQED","description":"By removing burls, timber thieves end genetic life of a line of trees; 15 were damaged in February.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Park Officials: Illegal Cutting of Redwoods Is Increasing","datePublished":"2014-03-06T00:59:12.000Z","dateModified":"2014-03-06T01:13:09.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"128505 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=128505","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/05/park-officials-illegal-cutting-of-redwoods-is-increasing/","disqusTitle":"Park Officials: Illegal Cutting of Redwoods Is Increasing","customPermalink":"2014/03/05/redwood-poaching-increasing/","path":"/news/128505/park-officials-illegal-cutting-of-redwoods-is-increasing","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Mina Kim and Lisa Pickoff-White\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_128506\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/1904243_744397315570586_106019437_n.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-128506\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/1904243_744397315570586_106019437_n.jpg\" alt='An 8x10-foot section of \"poached\" burl-wood. (National Park Service)' width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An 8 x 10-foot section of \"poached\" burl wood. (National Park Service)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California's awe-inspiring, ancient redwood trees are increasingly the target of timber thieves. The practice of burl poaching has increased so significantly that, on March 1, Redwood National and State Parks began \u003ca href=\"http://www.nps.gov/redw/parknews/newton-drury-parkway-will-be-closed-at-night-due-to-increased-wood-poaching.htm\" target=\"_blank\">closing\u003c/a> the scenic road through the park every night. The park is also increasing patrols.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.nps.gov/redw/planyourvisit/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&PageID=136876\" target=\"_blank\">burl\u003c/a> is the knobby growth often at the base of trees, which is filled with unsprouted bud tissue. If the redwood falls, the burl can sprout another redwood tree. So, although one redwood tree can live up to 2,000 years, one burl can hold the DNA of trees that have been growing for 20,000 years, according to Jeff Bomke, sector manager for California State Parks of the Redwood Coast. Cutting burls essentially ends the genetic life of a line of trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burls are often used to make souvenirs or ornamental furniture that can command a high price. Bomke said there has been a dramatic increase in the number of trees poached during the last two to three years. About 15 trees were cut in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What's most concerning now is that the thieves have resorted to felling standing old-growth trees to reach burls that are on the stem above the ground,\" Bomke said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bomke estimates that a poacher can make between $5,000 to $10,000 on a haul of wood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's very emotional, it's very concerning,\" Bomke said. \"These are World Heritage Sites. 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(Photo: Craig Rosa/KQED).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Forest Service says hundreds of thousands of oak trees have died over the last year due to the plant disease known as \u003ca href=\"http://www.suddenoakdeath.org/about-sudden-oak-death/history-background/\">Sudden Oak Death\u003c/a>. Scientists still don’t have a reliable way to control the epidemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spike in tree deaths, more than 300,000 in California this past year, is due to the wet spring and dry summer – ideal conditions for Sudden Oak Death to spread. The disease is appearing in new areas, including the East Bay, Big Sur and Mendocino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susan Frankel of the U.S. Forest Service says they expect it to get worse in years ahead. “Our models and observations predict that millions and millions and millions of tan oaks will die over the next 30 to 40 years,” she says.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The frustrating thing is that this is an invasive pathogen,” she says. It was introduced to the Bay Area 15 years ago through nursery plants. The spores are spread by native bay laurel trees, as well as rhododendrons, camellias and other ornamental trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The widespread impact of the disease is easy to see in Marin County. “Around Mt. Tamalpais, we’ve had an entire change of the ecology,” says Frankel. “The tan oak used to be the dominant species there and now it’s at a low level. All the wildlife that feeds on acorns has to find other food sources.” Dead trees also pose a fire risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Slowing the spread of Sudden Oak Death has proved challenging. “We are trying to develop resistant oak trees, but it will take some time to develop,” says Frankel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preventive pesticide treatments for uninfected trees show promise, but Frankel says they’re most likely too expensive to use on a widespread basis, since trees must be treated repeatedly. 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Berkeley, which is \u003ca href=\"http://nature.berkeley.edu/garbelotto/english/sodblitzfollowup.php\">holding public meetings\u003c/a> this fall about the symptoms and spread of the disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.google.com/fusiontables/embedviz?viz=MAP&q=select+col8+from+1T2x8DnmdlhBVKPjpPW3dQ13WZbKfkKh3oUz3o30&h=true&lat=38.69396305303858&lng=-122.6347915&z=6&t=1&l=col8\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"500\" height=\"450\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1350071248,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":12,"wordCount":440},"headData":{"title":"Tree Deaths Spike as Sudden Oak Death Spreads Across California | KQED","description":"The U.S. Forest Service says hundreds of thousands of oak trees have died over the last year due to the plant disease known as Sudden Oak Death. 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(Photo: Craig Rosa/KQED).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Forest Service says hundreds of thousands of oak trees have died over the last year due to the plant disease known as \u003ca href=\"http://www.suddenoakdeath.org/about-sudden-oak-death/history-background/\">Sudden Oak Death\u003c/a>. Scientists still don’t have a reliable way to control the epidemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spike in tree deaths, more than 300,000 in California this past year, is due to the wet spring and dry summer – ideal conditions for Sudden Oak Death to spread. The disease is appearing in new areas, including the East Bay, Big Sur and Mendocino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susan Frankel of the U.S. Forest Service says they expect it to get worse in years ahead. “Our models and observations predict that millions and millions and millions of tan oaks will die over the next 30 to 40 years,” she says.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The frustrating thing is that this is an invasive pathogen,” she says. It was introduced to the Bay Area 15 years ago through nursery plants. The spores are spread by native bay laurel trees, as well as rhododendrons, camellias and other ornamental trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The widespread impact of the disease is easy to see in Marin County. “Around Mt. Tamalpais, we’ve had an entire change of the ecology,” says Frankel. “The tan oak used to be the dominant species there and now it’s at a low level. 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