Trees Content / Trees Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en Damaged Lake Spafford Tree Slated for Removal /news/damaged-lake-spafford-tree-slated-removal <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>In a difficult decision that weighs both safety and sentiment, one of the most beloved and iconic trees on the ºÙºÙÊÓƵ campus is slated for removal Thursday (Sept. 14).</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> September 12, 2023 - 11:11am Cody Kitaura /news/damaged-lake-spafford-tree-slated-removal How ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Is Growing a Tree Canopy for Tomorrow’s Climate /climate/news/tomorrows-trees-today Discover how ºÙºÙÊÓƵ is planting a canopy of strong shade trees to prepare for the extreme heat waves central California will experience in the next 100 years. March 28, 2023 - 9:20am Jocelyn C Anderson /climate/news/tomorrows-trees-today Monitoring Forest Threats with New Open Forest Observatory /climate/blog/monitoring-forest-threats-new-open-forest-observatory The Open Forest Observatory project at ºÙºÙÊÓƵ will use drones, mapping, AI, remote sensing and more to create a powerful tool to better monitor forest threats, like wildfire. September 21, 2022 - 11:53am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/blog/monitoring-forest-threats-new-open-forest-observatory The Survivors: Sugar Pine Trees and the Future Forest /climate/news/survivors-sugar-pine-trees-and-future-forest <p>California’s drought and bark-beetle infestation killed more than 129 million trees between 2012 and 2016 in the Sierra Nevada. But amid the devastation stood some survivors.</p> November 07, 2019 - 2:44pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/survivors-sugar-pine-trees-and-future-forest Thinning Forests, Prescribed Fire Before Drought Reduced Tree Loss /climate/news/thinning-forests-prescribed-fire-drought-reduced-tree-loss <p>Thinning forests and conducting prescribed burns may help preserve trees in future droughts and bark beetle epidemics expected under climate change, suggests a study from the University of California, Davis.</p> <p><a href="https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/eap.1902">The study</a>, published in the journal <em>Ecological Applications, </em>found that thinning and prescribed fire treatments reduced the number of trees that died during the bark beetle epidemic and drought that killed more than 129 million trees across the Sierra Nevada between 2012-2016.</p> May 29, 2019 - 1:18pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/thinning-forests-prescribed-fire-drought-reduced-tree-loss Ozark Grasslands Experience Major Increase in Trees and Shrubs /news/ozark-grasslands-experience-major-increase-tree-and-shrub-cover <p>Woody vegetation, such as trees and shrubs, has increased dramatically in Ozark grasslands over the past 75 years, according to<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-017-0569-9"> a study published this week </a>in the journal <em>Landscape Ecology. </em></p> <p>The study examines grasslands called dolomite glades in the Mark Twain National Forest near Ava, Missouri. It analyzed historical aerial photos and found that woody vegetation cover increased from 8 percent in 1939 to 59 percent in 2014.</p> September 20, 2017 - 2:39pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/ozark-grasslands-experience-major-increase-tree-and-shrub-cover Earth’s Oldest Trees in Climate-Induced Race up the Tree Line /news/earths-oldest-trees-climate-induced-race-tree-line <p>Bristlecone pine and limber pine trees in the Great Basin region are like two very gnarled, old men in a slow-motion race up the mountaintop, and <a href="http://climatechange.ucdavis.edu/">climate change</a> is the starting gun, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.</p> September 13, 2017 - 1:11pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/earths-oldest-trees-climate-induced-race-tree-line More Trees Tumble Down /news/more-trees-tumble-down <section class="wysiwyg-feature-block "> <h3 class="wysiwyg-feature-block__title">Earlier coverage</h3> <div class="wysiwyg-feature-block__body"> <ul> <li><a href="/news/wind-topples-trees-campus">Wind Topples Trees on Campus</a></li> <li><a href="/news/crews-help-campus-weather-storms">Crews Help Campus Weather the Storms</a></li> <li><a href="/news/flood-watch-campus-alert">Flood Watch: Campus on Alert</a></li> </ul> </div> </section> <p>The latest round of rain to hit over the weekend claimed two more larg</p> January 23, 2017 - 10:16am Cody Kitaura /news/more-trees-tumble-down How Much Drought Can a Forest Take? /news/how-much-drought-can-forest-take <p>Why do some trees die in a drought and others don’t? And how can we predict where trees are most likely to die in future droughts?</p> <p>Scientists from the University of California, Davis, and colleagues examined those questions in a <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.12711/full">study published in the journal <em>Ecology Letters</em></a><em>. </em>&nbsp;</p> January 19, 2017 - 1:24pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/how-much-drought-can-forest-take Drought Slows Growth of Douglas Fir Trees Across the West /news/drought-conditions-slow-growth-douglas-fir-trees-across-west <p>Douglas fir trees are consistently sensitive to drought conditions that occur throughout the species’ range in the United States, according to a study led by a researcher at the University of California, Davis.</p> August 08, 2016 - 1:00pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/drought-conditions-slow-growth-douglas-fir-trees-across-west