Sutro Stewards

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WHY CONCERN YOURSELF?

Our sporadic winter storms have brought to light valid reasons for forest management and tree thinning on Mount Sutro. Hanging high above some of our heavily used trails is a web of tangled trees and broken limbs, some dead and some uprooted, all waiting to come crashing down.

Anyone who has spent a few days in the forest during hot weather has heard the sound of a sharp crack followed by a huge crash as a eucalyptus sheds a branch to conserve the little moisture it struggles to live off.

If you aren't a hiker, cyclist, or trail user, you need not concern yourself. On the other hand if you enjoy your open space experiences you should consider supporting the management of our urban forests including the thinning of the dead and dying trees to make way for another generation of forest trees.

Some of you may recall what the Sierra looked like before the beetle infestation killed the pines, and the subsequent fires turned the rich forest into charred matchsticks.

If you have seen the eucalyptus that have died recently like the cluster along the NIKE Road, then you should recognize the mounting danger. Many of the largest trees on the mountain have been affected from the Interior Greenbelt to the western slopes.

We can work to minimize the impact of fire through management, but not without it. Please consider all of this when the subject arises next. CD

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ABOUT THE SUTRO STEWARDS

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June 1

Saturday

NATIONAL TRAILS DAY ON SUTRO

June 1, 2013 from 8:45am to 1pm – UCSF Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve, San Francisco

Join the Sutro Stewards for our annual National Trails Day event. We'll be out in force focusing on our network of single-track trails and smoothing over some rough spots. We'll be performing some he…

Organized by Craig Dawson | Type: national, trails, day, volunteer, stewardship, mount, sutro

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SUPPORT THE VISION OF A SAN FRANCISCO REGIONAL PARK

IMAGINE taking a hike from Crissy Field to Candlestick Point on a trail that traverses California grasslands, natural lakes, native oak woodlands, and lush riparian forests. Imagine during a single hike, counting hundreds of native plant, bird, mammal, reptile, and amphibian species, so that you felt like you were in a rainforest, not right in

the geographic heart of a densely populated worldclass city.

LEARN MORE about the effort to make this vision a reality across the heart of San Francisco with the formation of the San Miguel Hills Bioregional Park.

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UC RELEASES SUTRO FAQ

More answers to your questions regarding plans for Mount Sutro directly from the source.UCSF%20Sutro%20FAQ%202013%200220.pdf

Posted by Craig Dawson on February 20, 2013 at 5:37pm

ORIGINAL SUTRO MANAGEMENT PLAN

If you want a better understanding of what the 1,000+ page DEIR responds to, please take a look at the 80 page UCSF Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve Management Plan. This is the document that has guided the process of creating the trail network (SF's first multi-use trails), Rotary Meadow and numerous restoration sites, and the Sutro Stewards.

http://www.ucsf.edu/sites/default/files/documents/Mount_Sutro_Reserve_Plan.pdf

Posted by Craig Dawson on February 18, 2013 at 11:26am