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The city of Berkeley released a guide Nov. 24 for the renting and disposing of holiday trees, with the purpose of minimizing the negative environmental impact of the holidays.
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A group of UC Berkeley students and Berkeley community members helped clear eucalyptus tree debris that has been posing a threat to the community Sunday.
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A study that included campus researchers found that shifting dynamics within the forest community have led to global forests becoming younger and smaller.
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Two tanoak trees in Del Norte County tested positive for Phytophthora ramorum, a deadly plant pathogen known to cause sudden oak death.
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California’s recent widespread death of trees — affecting 102 million trees since 2010 — is raising environmental concerns among fire and ecology experts.
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Recent campus findings reveal that a pathogen that kills oak trees by the millions has recently spread further down the coast of California than ever before.
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Two wildfires — which both broke out out Friday— scorched through Monterey County and Santa Clarita Valley, putting both areas in a state of emergency Tuesday as firefighters battle to contain the blaze.
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Despite drought conditions, Sudden Oak Death — a fatal oak tree disease — has seen a resurgence in north Berkeley and Tilden Regional Park, according to a report recently released by a UC Berkeley researcher.
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