Date: 10/1/24 9:44 am From: Jessie Altstatt via groups.io <jessie.altstatt...> Subject: Re: [sbcobirding] Tree and brush clearance in euc groves
Hi All,
We will have a discussion of the wildfire resilience project at tomorrow
night's Santa Barbara Audubon Conservation Science Committee meeting-
6:30-8:30 pm. You are welcome to join us- email me and I will send you the
agenda and meeting details.
Thanks everyone.
Jessie
On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 7:21 AM Nick Lethaby via groups.io <nlethaby=
<proton.me...> wrote:
> All,
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> Earlier this fall, I had noticed some trees and saplings had been removed
> at Winchester One. Yesterday, I saw that further removal had taken place
> with all the smaller lerpy eucs removed. This is major negative for birds
> as the removed trees provided good quality foraging as they had lots of
> leaves.
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> I ran into Adrian later and he told me that there is a plan to clear out
> ALL understood and smaller trees from many areas to reduce fire risk. While
> I can somewhere like the Ellwood Grove presenting a fire risk, it's very
> questionable to claim Winchester One presents one, given its limited size
> and already open understood.
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> I am very concerned about what may happen to Evergreen and Ellwood as well
> as various creeks. Is this something that Audubon is looking at?
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Nick Lethaby
> Goleta, CA
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> +1 805 284 6200
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> Nick Lethaby
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