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- Don’t plant invasives! Plant these instead
- Pull invasive weeds!
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- How Norway is saving its forests
- Trees keep people healthy
- NASA maps trees
- Fly could control Cape Ivy
- Drones help monitor forests
- Our forest heals us
- The Secret Life of Trees
- Forests are crucial to reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- Forests mitigate climate change
- Forests are in retreat
- Forests create rain
- Building a church out of live trees
- California’s forests can curb climate change
- Preschool in the Forest
- Trees, Life and Happiness
- Trees reduce crime
- Trees clean the air
- Planning beats logging in reducing widlfire
- Iconic Forests Reaching Climate Tipping Points in American West
- China fights climate change with forests
- Trees fight climate change
- Thinning Forest Can Reduce Tree Loss
- Cities Should Think about Trees as Public Health Infrastructure
- Trees Fight Climate Change
- Trees Reduce Stress
- Planting Trees to Save the World
- TDCs and Buildout Reduction Report
- Land Conservancy director speaks to Forest Committee
- Land Conservancy wants to restart TDCs
- CSD accepts 52 lots
- TDC document CCSD-LCSLO Conservation Easement
- TDC document Coastal Conservancy letter April 2011
- TDC document Cambria/Lodge Hill Restoration Program
- TDC document summary
- TDC document Cambria/Lodge Hill Restoration Program Abstract
- TCD document MOU between CCSD and LCSLO
- TDC document NCAP Chapter 6
- TDC document NCAP Chapter 7
- TDC document Title 23 Land Use Ordinance
- TDC document Cambria Vacant Parcel Assessment
- Fern Canyon lot conservation
- Water Wait List Map
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Author Archives: Christine Heinrichs
Forests sequester carbon
US forests store record carbon as natural and human factors combine U.S. forests have stored more carbon in the past two decades than at any time in the last century, an increase attributable to a mix of natural factors and … Continue reading
December 2025 Meeting Report
December 2025 Harry Farmer report Cambria Forest Committee December 12, 2025 meeting summary Chair Crosby Swartz called the meeting to order at 10:06AM. Also in attendance were Treasurer Laura Swartz, CFC Board member Julie Jorgensen, Friends of the Fiscalini Ranch … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Ivy, Greenspace tree planting, native plants, Pocahontas Park, Santa Rosa Creek, SLO-RESIL
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November 2025 Meeting Report
November 2025 Harry Farmer report Cambria Forest Committee November 14, 2025 meeting summary The meeting was called to order at 10:05 AM by Chair Crosby Swartz. Also in attendance were treasurer Laura Swartz, Friends of the Fiscalini Ranch Preserve Executive … Continue reading
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Tagged Cal Fire VTP, Covell Ranch Fuel Reduction, forest management, Greenspace, Strawberry Canyon
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October 2025 Meeting Report
October 2025 Harry Farmer report Cambria Forest Committee October 10th, 2025 meeting summary Chair Crosby Swartz called the meeting to order at 10:03 AM. Also in attendance are Treasurer Laura Swartz, Friends of the Fiscalini Ranch Preserve Executive Director Kitty … Continue reading
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Tagged Fern Canyon, FFRP tree planting, Greenspace, Interpretive sign, pile burning, Rancho Marino, Strawberry Canyon
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September 2025 Meeting Report
September Forest Committee report Director Farmer Summary
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Tagged Interpretive sign, OaK Moth
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August 2025 Meeting Report
August 2025 Harry Farmer report
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Tagged FFRP Maintenance, Interpretive sign, SLO-RESIL
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July 2025 Meeting Report
July 2025 Harry Farmer report
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Tagged Fern Canyon, FFRP Maintenance, Fire Protection Committee, Strawberry Canyon
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June 2025 Meeting Report
June 2025 Harry Farmer report
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Tagged Fire Hazard Fuel Reduction, SLO-RESIL
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May 16 2025 Meeting Report
Cambria Forest Committee May 16th, 2025 Meeting Summary May 2025 Harry Farmer report The meeting was called to order by Chair Crosby Swartz at 10:06 AM. In attendance were Secretary Christine Heinrichs, Treasurer Laura Swartz, Board member Julie Jorgensen, Greenspace … Continue reading
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Tagged Earth Day, fuel breaks, invasive weed guide, invasive weeds, Planned Fire Prevention and Forest Health Projects, USLTRCD, Weed Abatement ordinance
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April 2025 Meeting Report
Cambria Forest Committee April 11, 2025 meeting summary April 11 2025 Harry Farmer report Prior to the official beginning of the meeting, Chair Swartz addressed the issue of one member of the CFC Board now having a meeting conflict with … Continue reading
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Tagged burn piles, drone, Earth Day, PSA, Weed Abatement ordinance, wildflower show
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