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- Don’t plant invasives! Plant these instead
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- NASA maps trees
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- 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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Tag Archives: invasive weeds
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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March 14 2025 Meeting Report
Cambria Forest Committee March 14, 2025 monthly meeting summary March 14 2025 Harry Farmer meeting report The meeting was called to order by Chair Crosby Swartz at 10:06AM. Also in attendance were Treasurer Laura Swartz, Board member Julie Jorgensen, Friends … Continue reading
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Tagged burn piles, Earth Day, home hardening, invasive weed guide, invasive weeds, Strawberry Canyon, Weed Abatement ordinance
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February 14 2025 Meeting Report
Cambria Forest Committee February 14, 2025 meeting summary February 14 2025 Harry Farmer report The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Crosby Swartz at 10:03 AM. Also in attendance are Treasurer Laura Swartz, Board member Julie Jorgensen, Greenspace Vice … Continue reading
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Tagged defensible space, Fire Protection Committee, fuel reduction Rancho Marino, invasive weed guide, invasive weeds, Weed Abatement ordinance
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June 2024 Meeting Report
Cambria Forest Committee June 14th, 2024 Meeting summary Not Approved Minutes, but a helpful report by CSD Director and board liaison Harry Farmer. June 2024 Harry Farmer report Chair Crosby Swartz called the meeting to order at 10:04AM. Also in … Continue reading
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Tagged CNPS, Dead Tree removal, forest health, invasive weed guide, invasive weeds, tree removal
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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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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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Minutes January 2021
CAMBRIA FOREST COMMITTEE TO CONSERVE AND MANAGE THE NATIVE FOREST OF CAMBRIA Minutes January 2021 January 13, 2021, 6:30 PM Zoom.com Video Teleconference The meeting was called to order at 6:35 pm. A Quorum was established by attendance of Crosby … Continue reading
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Tagged Forest Manager, invasive weeds, Monterey Pines, permit applications, Village Lane project
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Minutes March 2020
CAMBRIA FOREST COMMITTEE TO CONSERVE AND MANAGE THE NATIVE FOREST OF CAMBRIA Minutes March 2020 March 11, 2020, 6:30 PM Mechanics Bank, 1070 Main Street, Cambria The meeting was called to Order and a Quorum established by attendance of Crosby … Continue reading
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Tagged Dead Tree removal, Fire Hazard Fuel Reduction, Fire Safe Focus Group, Forest Impact Mitigation, Forest Management Plan, Forest Manager, french broom, invasive weeds, Native Plant Garden, tree removal
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