Volunteers are needed to help SDRUFC plant over two dozen trees at San Elijo Campground.

Years of drought and water restrictions, heavy site use, combined with pests and disease have all but wiped out much of the vegetation at this iconic campsite.  But there is help on the way.  The park has recently received a grant for re-vegetating and irrigating the north end of the grounds.  SDRUFC is helping out with some additional funds to plant native 5 and 15 gallon trees.

These trees will help soften the effects heavy campground use has on the site and the surrounding community.  As they mature they will provide shade to cool the area and intercept smoke and exhaust from vehicles and generators.

Trees are provided but we need gloves, pry bars, and shovels to get the trees in the ground.

Please join us for this incredible Arbor Day Event!  Sign up using this google form by April 7th!

Saturday April 22

Check in – 8:30 am

Event 9am-12:30pm

Free street parking available nearby.  Day use lot at north end of campground for $10.00/day

Our April 5th meeting will be held at:

Balboa Park Club: Santa Fe Room

2150 Pan American Rd West.
San Diego 92101

This meeting will be held from 11:00am to 1:30pm

This meeting will have 1 CEU’s for Arborist / Tree Worker Certification.

This Months topic will be:

Tree Care for Birds and Other Wildlife

As nesting season for many wildlife species begins in Southern California, there is no time like the present to learn about minimizing impacts to wildlife during tree care!

While many tree care workers and land managers wish to act responsibly around wildlife, little information has been available about how work can best be accomplished with minimal or no negative impact to wildlife.  In addition, the existence of Federal and California wildlife regulations are not widely known within the tree care industry, thereby putting uninformed workers at risk of significant fines and public criticism.  The Tree Care for Birds working group has brought together 80+ urban forestry and wildlife professionals to develop Best Management Practices (BMPs), training, and education programs, to enhance habitat and protect wildlife through tree care practices.  Learn more about the project attreecareforbirds.com.

Corey Bassett, West Coast Arborists, and Magen Shaw, Davey Resource Group, both members of the Tree Care for Birds working group, will be presenting the group’s work at the San Diego Regional Forest Council meeting in April.   

BIOS:

Corey Bassett is a Program Coordinator at West Coast Arborists, Inc., (WCA), and works out of the San Diego area.  She coordinates state wide tree and community outreach grant programs and performs urban forestry, biological, and arboricultural consulting work.  She is an ISA Certified Arborist, holds the ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification, and has a Masters in Environmental Studies conc. Environmental Biology and B.A. in Earth Science concentration in Environmental Science, both from the University of Pennsylvania.  Outside of work, Corey is very involved with the San Diego Audubon Society chapter and leads volunteers at habitat restoration events.  Feel free to contact Corey with any questions at cbassett@wcainc.com or (619) 218-4573.

Magen Shaw, a San Diego native, obtained a B.S. in Environmental Studies, with a concentration in Environmental Restoration and Natural Resource Management, from San Jose State University (SJSU). Shortly after graduation, she moved back to San Diego, and in March 2015 began working for Davey Resource Group (DRG) as a Consulting Utility Forester. She obtained an International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Certification as an Arborist in July 2015. She now works between the Natural Resource Management and Urban Forestry Departments, as DRG’s Associate Biologist and an Consulting Arborist. Feel free to contact Magen with any questions at magen.shaw@davey.com or  (858) 864-6069

There will be a 20.00 fee for this meeting with  Lunch included      

RSVP by Friday April 1, 2017

 Please email confirmation

mikepalat@aol.com

Tree Warden / Code Compliance Officer

Help Save San Diego’s Trees!!

Urban forester/arborist sought to plan, coordinate, and implement urban forestry or tree maintenance programs; administer and inspect the work of private contractors; make inspections of public right of way tree conditions to determine work priorities; provide technical arborist expertise to subordinates, supervisors and other City departments; evaluate and rate the work of subordinates and contractors; and perform other duties as assigned. Program info at https://www.sandiego.gov/street-div/services/forestry/ and https://www.sandiego.gov/planning/programs/urbanforest/.  City Forester position is vacant, and will be advertised within the next month.