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Praising trailblazers and their trophy trees!

Praising trailblazers and their trophy trees!

You are daring, all who retained these dying trees! And you are visionaries. Let’s tell the world why! The Cavity Conservation Initiative is proud to showcase your decisions because when nay sayers pushed back, saying, “But its ugly! It’s dangerous! It’s dead for heaven sake! Why would you want to keep it?” you remained resolute, […]

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California teenager promotes snags for wildlife

California teenager promotes snags for wildlife

An audience of about 50 members of The Southern California Bluebird Club and the Cavity Conservation Initiative had a jaw-dropping guest speaker at their December monthly meeting.  Thirteen year-old Dessi Sieburth, member of the Pasadena Audubon Society, revealed his program to promote dead trees (called snags) for the benefit of birds and other species.   […]

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Park ranger retains dead trees for urban birds

Park ranger retains dead trees for urban birds

Apart from meeting the needs of cyclists, fishermen, runners, birdwatchers, party planners and groups of the elderly and the disabled, Orange County Park Supervising Ranger, Adam Shuck, and staff at the Laguna Niguel Regional Park in southern California, consider their ‘good stewardship’ mandate to protect habitat for birds. Trees are high on the list, and […]

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When a gift falls from the sky

When a gift falls from the sky

How can a small, all volunteer-run, non-profit like the Cavity Conservation Initiative (CCI) say thank you to a very unexpected, generous and anonymous donor in December? This gift from the sky enables us to open our 2016 calendar with great celebration! To express our gratitude we eagerly assembled for a photo after our January meeting […]

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California teen promotes saving dead trees for birds

California teen promotes saving dead trees for birds

An audience of about 50 members of The Southern California Bluebird Club and the Cavity Conservation Initiative had an unusual guest speaker at their December monthly meeting.  Thirteen year-old Dessi Sieburth, member of the Pasadena Audubon Society, revealed his program to promote dead trees (called snags) for the benefit of birds and other species.   […]

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Portland arborist promotes pruning dead trees for wildlife

Portland arborist promotes pruning dead trees for wildlife

If you want to remove a dead tree on your property but want to lower the cost, certified arborist, Brian French, is just the man. He’s in Portland, OR, and yes, he does travel for business, even for teaching other arborists! Brian will offer you a win win solution, i.e a win for you and […]

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CCI participates in Partners in Community Forestry Conference

CCI participates in Partners in Community Forestry Conference

The Cavity Conservation (CCI) was among 550 stake-holders and constituencies that attended the Arbor Foundation’s annual Partners in Community Forestry Conference last week in Denver CO.  Program Director, Gillian Martin, was invited to speak about the habitat benefits of dead trees.  The honor of such an opportunity was noteworthy given that the conference’s main focus […]

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Tree care for birds and wildlife makes progress

Tree care for birds and wildlife makes progress

On October 30, the Cavity Conservation Initiative in partnership with West Coast Arborists held its second regional meeting, this time in Riverside, CA, to develop Best Management Practices (BPMs) for tree pruning during the nesting season and to protect habitat for birds.  Forty-eight California-based stake holders are now represented on this project.  With the except […]

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Owls WOW Fourth Graders

Owls WOW Fourth Graders

Did you know that a Barn Owl consumes about 1,000 rodents a year?  If it  raises a family each year, that number could climb into the thousands.  And did you know that when we poison rodents, we poison owls and other wildlife that prey on rodents?  Snap traps are a better choice and safer for […]

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A Task force to help nesting birds

A Task force to help nesting birds

The Cavity Conservation Initiative, in partnership with West Coast Arborists, has organized a ground-breaking 28-person, professional, volunteer task force in southern California to address the problematic issue of tree pruning during the nesting season.  Its mission is a response to the widespread harm to nesting birds, an action prohibited by the Federal Bird Migratory Act. […]

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