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- Iconic Forests Reaching Climate Tipping Points in American West
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- Cities Should Think about Trees as Public Health Infrastructure
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- 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
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Author Archives: Christine Heinrichs
December 2023 Meeting Report
Cambria Forest Committee December 15th, 2023 Meeting summary Not Approved Minutes, but a helpful report by CSD Director and board liaison Harry Farmer. December 2023 Harry Farmer report At 10AM a quorum could not be established. An informal discussion about … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation easements, Fire Safe Focus Group, Strawberry Canyon
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November 2023 Meeting Report
Cambria Forest Committee November 10th, 2023 Meeting summary Not Approved Minutes, but a helpful report by CSD Director and board liaison Harry Farmer. November 2023 Meeting Report by Harry Farmer The meeting was called to order by Chairman Crosby Swartz … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation easements, Covell Ranch, defensible space, dwarf mistletoe, Greenspace, invasive weeds, lot clearing, Strawberry Canyon, tree planting, Weed abatement
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October 2023 Meeting Report
Cambria Forest Committee October 13, 2023 meeting summary Not Approved Minutes, but a helpful summary, thanks to CSD Director and board liaison to CFC Harry Farmer. October 2023 Harry Farmer report After some conversation on a variety of environmental issues … Continue reading
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Tagged Cal Fire, Covell Ranch Fuel Reduction, Fern Canyon, Fire Hazard Fuel Reduction, Fire Safe Focus Group, Greenspace, invasive weeds, lot clearing, Strawberry Canyon, Weed abatement
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September 2023 Meeting Report
Summary of the Cambria Forest Committee September 15, 2023 meeting Not Approved Minutes, but a helpful meeting report, thanks to CSd Director and board Liaison to CFC Harry Farmer. September 2023 Meeting Report by Harry Farmer The meeting was called … Continue reading
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Tagged aerial mapping, drone, Fire Hazard Fuel Reduction, invasive weeds, PROS, UNDERSTORY, VTP
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August 2023 Meeting Report
August 2023 Harry Farmer Meeting Report Not Approved Minutes, but a helpful report by CSD Director and board liaison Harry Farmer.
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Tagged aerial mapping, Fire Hazard Fuel Reduction, Fire Safe Focus Group, Forest Management Plan, Forest Manager, Greenspace, Rancho Marino, Strawberry Canyon
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July 14, 2023 Cambria Forest Committee Meeting Summary Not Approved Minutes, but a helpful report by CSD Director and board liaison Harry Farmer. July 2023 Harry Farmer Meeting Report Prior to the beginning of the meeting a brief discussion took … Continue reading
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Tagged Covell Ranch Fuel Reduction, Fire Hazard Fuel Reduction, Fire Safe Focus Group, Forest Manager, Greenspace, invasive weeds, PROS, Rancho Marino, Weed abatement
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June 2023 Meeting Report
Cambria Forest Committee June 2nd, 2023 Meeting Summary Not Approved Minutes, but a helpful report by CSD Director and board liaison Harry Farmer. June 2023 Harry Farmer Meeting Report The meeting was called to order by Chairman Crosby Swartz at … Continue reading
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Tagged Coastal Commission, Covell Ranch Fuel Reduction, Fire Hazard Fuel Reduction, Greenspace, Rancho Marino
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May 2023 Meeting Report
Cambria Forest Committee May 12, 2023 Meeting Summary Not Approved Minutes, but a helpful report by CSD Director and board liaison Harry Farmer. May 2023 Harry Farmer Meeting Report The meeting was called to order at 10:05 AM by Committee … Continue reading
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Tagged Covell Ranch Fuel Reduction, Fire Hazard Fuel Reduction, forest health, Forest Management Plan, Forest Manager, Hearst Ranch, Monterey Pines, Rancho Marino
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April 2023 Meeting Report
Cambria Forest Committee April 14th, 2023 meeting summary The meeting was called to order at 10:05 AM by Committee Chair Crosby Swartz. Not Approved Minutes, but a helpful report by CSD Director and board liaison Harry Farmer. April 2023 Harry … Continue reading
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Tagged CalVTP, Carbon footprint, Eath Day, FFRP, fire safe council, Fire Safe Focus Group, Greenspace, Greenspace tree planting, Hearst Ranch, Rancho Marino, SODBlitz, Strawberry Canyon, Suddon Oak Death
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March 2023 Minutes
CAMBRIA FOREST COMMITTEE TO CONSERVE AND MANAGE THE NATIVE FOREST OF CAMBRIA Meeting Minutes March 10 2023 Minutes March 10, 2023, 10:00 AM Zoom.com Video Teleconference 1.0 Chair Crosby Swartz called the meeting to Order at 10 am. A Quorum … Continue reading
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Tagged Cal VTP, Covell Ranch Fuel Reduction, defensible space, Fire Hazard Fuel Reduction, Rancho Marino
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