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- Don’t plant invasives! Plant these instead
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- NASA maps trees
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- 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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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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April 2024 Meeting Report
Cambria Forest Committee April 12th, 2024 Meeting summary Not Approved Minutes, but a helpful report by CSD Director and board liaison Harry Farmer. April 2024 Harry Farmer report The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Crosby Swartz at 10:03 … Continue reading
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Tagged Earth Day, Fire Hazard Fuel Reduction, Fire Safe Focus Group, forest health, Forest Management Plan, Greenspace, invasive weed guide, 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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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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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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December 2022 Meeting Report
Cambria Forest Committee meeting summary for Friday December 16th, 2022 Not Approved Minutes, but a helpful report by CSD Director and board liaison Harry Farmer. December 2022 Harry Farmer report Today’s meeting was attended by a variety of folks, beginning … Continue reading
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Tagged Cal VTP, Cambria Fire Department, Covell Ranch Fuel Reduction, FFRP, forest ecologist, forest health, Forest Management Plan, Greenspace, Las Tablas ForestWatch, Native Plant Garden, Rancho Marino, Wildfire Mitigation Plan
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