Not all first responders show up to handle emergencies with flashing lights, blaring sirens and recognizable badges. Some are simple men in orange shirts and helmets like West Coast Arborists’ Foreman, Francisco Villanueva, and his crew. On May 24 they were called to McClatchy Park in Sacramento, California, to remove a fallen elm, but then unexpectedly […]
I have started and stopped and started again to write a review deserving of the accomplishment of Charlotte Adelman and Bernard L. Schwartz’s book Midwestern Native Shrubs and Trees, gardening alternatives to non-native species, an illustrated guide. The authors deliver much more than the title promises. Biodiversity: The Impact of the Every-Day Gardener could have […]
Often when our Wildlife Tree signs are shipped out of California we get something wonderful in return from those that installed them! A story about another exceptional person who is doing mountains more than preserving dead trees. Meet Betsy Leibson, founder of Friends of the Green Bay Trail in Glencoe, Illinois. The restoration has focused […]
Let’s appreciate birds for yet another reason. For reminding us that a dead tree is a place where life begins! A few years ago, Orange County Parks’ Supervising Park Ranger, Adam Shuck, approved this tree (among others) for retention in his park. This week, while on a field trip with Sea and Sage Audubon, birdwatcher […]
One ranger, naturalist, and arborist at a time, we are engaging others in turning dead trees into teachers. Even fallen ones! This weekend we added Ranger Jennifer Prewitt of Orange County Parks, California, to the list! When a dead tree in her park became a casualty of a recent storm, she got permission from Senior […]
When Nancy Lawson contacted the Cavity Conservation Initiative early in 2016 to discuss our focus on the ecological benefits of dead trees, we knew she was working on the final chapter of her book, The Humane Gardener. Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife. The chapter, The Gift that Keeps on Giving: Encourage Life in the Decay, […]
Let us take you back to the beginning. In 1998, in the small village of Wilmette, Illinois, a three-city-block long, 20-foot-wide strip of woodland is unattended and derelict. It has succumbed to invasive vines, weeds and non-native trees, and is a convenient dump for yard waste, dead trees and litter. To its neighbors, Susan Gaines-Gatto […]
Literally and figuratively! This past weekend we took on the long drive to San Diego to attend the San Diego Audubon Society’s annul birding festival in Mission Bay. This is one of several events to which we travel annually. But this one is splendidly organized and has something for everyone! You might consider attending […]
Sims Tree Care is one of California’s premium leaders in offering to the tree care industry just the type of training that we advocate. Here are two upcoming dates and locations in Northern and Southern California where this training will shortly be available. Please see flyers attached.
We are happy to say that this native cavity-nesting bird, the House Wren, does not need the added assistance of nest boxes. And we further want to offer reasons why we should avoid increasing their housing opportunities by artificial means. This charming songster is the most abundant cavity-nester in North America! It’s population is 160,000,000 […]
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