Oaks ’n’ Folks

The newsletter of the Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program for owners and managers of California hardwood rangelands. Published 2 times a year. It is available in both printed form and electronic format.

Online Issue of Oaks 'n' Folks April 2006 (PDF) Oak Woodland Change During the 1990s
On-line Issue of Oaks ’n’ Folks - September 2005

Subscribe to the printed paper version of Oaks 'n' Folks by sending an e-mail message to Lori Merkle, IHRMP at ihrmp@nature.berkeley.edu with your name and address.

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Guidelines for Managing California’s Hardwood Rangelands

This 180-page book will help landowners and managers of hardwood rangeland properties develop management plans that maintain the profitability of their properties, while at the same tie sustaining the ecological values. Published by the Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program, the California Department of Fish and Game, and the California Department of Foretry and Fire Protection, these guidelines will lead the reader through an evaluation of their goals and objectives for their properties, and present a variety of management strategies to achieve these goals and objectives. Revision of a 1988 University of California publication, it incorporates nine additional years of research and experience.

Price: $15.00
(check payable to U.C. Regents)

Mail request for publications to:

University of California
Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program
145 Mulford Hall # 3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
510-643-5429
FAX: 510-643-3490
ihrmp@nature.berkeley.edu

A Planner’s Guide to Oak Woodlands, 2nd Edition

Authors: Gregory A. Giusti, Douglas D. McCreary, Richard B. Standiford

First published in 1992, A Planner's Guide to Oak Woodlands was the first such manual of its kind. Designed for professional planners, consultants, and landscape architects, this new edition provides science-based information that can guide decision-making.

Chapters cover a range of planning and conservation topics including -

The encroachment into oak woodlands addressed at the time of the first edition has not stopped, and in some cases it has continued at an alarming rate. As more development occurs in the oak woodlands this guide can provide a framework for preserving this icon of the California landscape.

The 116-page second edition also features a sturdier binding and more photographs.
ISBN 1-879906-75-9

Price: $15.00
(check payable to U.C. Regents)

Mail request for publications to:

University of California
Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program
145 Mulford Hall # 3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
510-643-5429
FAX: 510-643-3490
ihrmp@nature.berkeley.edu

Landscape Conservation Planning: Preserving Ecosystems in Open Space Networks

Author: Sheila Peck

This 72-page booklet is a valuable resource that synthesizes the most important ecological concepts in one volume. Drawing on the new disciplines of landscape ecology and conservation biology, it provides key insights into the ecological processes necessary to sustain natural systems and species.

Price: $10.00
(check payable to U.C. Regents)

Mail request for publications to:

University of California
Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program
145 Mulford Hall # 3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
510-643-5429
FAX: 510-643-3490
ihrmp@nature.berkeley.edu

Managing Your Redwood Forest: An Owner’s Manual for the Nineties

This 104-page manual presents an overview of forest management opportunities for small woodland owners of property located in California's Redwood Region. With eight chapters, the manual's individual sections provide the reader with basic forestry principles and concepts that encourage sustainable resource management for long term benefits.

Price: $10.00
(check payable to U.C. Regents)

Mail request for publications to:

University of California
Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program
145 Mulford Hall # 3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
510-643-5429
FAX: 510-643-3490
ihrmp@nature.berkeley.edu

Living Among the Oaks

Living Among the Oaks is a Colorful, 8-page leaflet prepared by the Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program. Living Among the Oaks presents practical information on protecting and enhancing native oaks that grow on California rangelands, especially in areas of subdivision and urbanization. It provides a valuable resource for small parcel owners, arborists, homeowner associations, municipal planers, and anyone with an interest in California's valuable oak resource.

Price: Single copies are available free upon request. Up to 200 copies can be ordered per group.
(Check payable to U.C. Regents)

Single copies - free
2 to 20 copies - $1.50 per copy
21 to 200 copies - $1.25 per copy

Mail request for publications to:
(PDF request form)

University of California
Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program
145 Mulford Hall # 3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
510-643-5429
FAX: 510-643-3490
ihrmp@nature.berkeley.edu

Wildlife Among the Oaks

Wildlife Among the Oaks provides up-to-date information on how the home, ranchette, and ranch owner can attract an maintain oak woodland wildlife. Wildlife Among the Oaks covers the interdependence of oaks and wildlife, and gives tips on managing special oak habitat resources for wildlife, and sharing your land with wildlife. Several "Prescription Cards" highlight interesting and useful facts on individual oak woodland wildlife species and describe their habitat requirements. Each section of Wildlife Among the Oaks is richly illustrated with color photography and artwork of oak habitats and wildlife.

Price: Single copies are available free upon request. Call for a quote on quantities over 200.
(Check payable to U.C. Regents)
Single copies - free
2 to 20 copies - $3.00 per copy
21 to 200 copies - $2.50 per copy

Mail request for publications to:
(PDF Request form)

University of California
Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program
145 Mulford Hall # 3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
510-643-5429
FAX: 510-643-3490
ihrmp@nature.berkeley.edu

How to Grow California Oaks

Author: Douglas D. McCreary

This 4-page publication gives an overview on how to regenerate rangeland oak species. It covers topics on collecting and storing acorns, planting considerations, comparison of seedling types, and seedling maintenance and protection. A useful guide for restoration professionals, community groups, and homeowners. A list of native plant nurseries providing oak seedlings is also included.

Price: Single copies are available free upon request.

University of California
Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program
145 Mulford Hall # 3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
510-643-5429
FAX: 510-643-3490
ihrmp@nature.berkeley.edu

A Property Owner’s Guide to Reducing Wildfire Threat

Author: Delbert S. Farnham

This 6 page leaflet provides a useful set of recommendations on how homeowners in wildland areas and at the wildland-urban interface area can reduce the threat of catastrophic losses to wildfire. Management of vegetation adjacent to homes is discussed, as well as recommendations on defensilbe space for different areas. This publication would be of great value to homeowner associations, local fire fighting organizations, and the general public. (also available in Spanish)

Price: Single copies are available free upon request.

University of California
Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program
145 Mulford Hall # 3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
510-643-5429
FAX: 510-643-3490
ihrmp@nature.berkeley.edu

IHRMP Progress Reports

This regular series provides an overview of the accomplishments of the Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program.
First Progress Report - July 1986 - December 1987. 25 pages. Price: $2.00
Second Progress Report - January 1988 - July 1989. 24 pages. Price: $2.00
Third Progress Report - July 1989 - June 1990. 20 pages. Price: $2.00
Fourth Progress Report - July 1990 - June 1991. 27 pages. Price: $2.00
Fifth Progress Report - July 1991 - December 1992. 48 pages. Price: $3.00
Sixth Progress Report - January 1993 - June 1994. 38 pages. Price: $3.00
All Six IHRMP Progress Reports -- Price: $10.00
Seventh Progress Report - July 1994 - June 1998 available online
2002 Report - December 2002. 8 pages. Price: $2.00
IHRMP Annual Report 2005 (PDF)

Mail request for publications to:

University of California
Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program
145 Mulford Hall # 3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
510-643-5429
FAX: 510-643-3490
ihrmp@nature.berkeley.edu

Vineyards in An Oak Landscape

New IHRMP publication explores the physical, biological, and social benefits of maintaining and restoring native vegetation in and around vineyards.

This colorful 15-page brochure is designed for grape growers with vineyards next to woodlands, landowners considering vineyard development, and those generally interested in agriculture and natural resource issues. It emphasizes the unique values of oak woodlands in California, the threats facing oak woodlands from agricultural expansion, and how to conserve natural resources in and around the vineyard. Specifically, this publication provides practical land management information for grape growers on how to conserve biodiversity, protect oak trees, prevent vine diseases transmitted from native vegetation, control erosion, mitigate environmental damage, protect riparian and wetland areas, and support wildlife. Adina Merenlender and Julia Crawford, UCB Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program (IHRMP) wrote Vineyards in an Oak Landscape. This brochure is designed to help California grape growers select management options that will optimize natural resource conservation.

Click here to order from the UC ANR (Agriculture and Natural Resources) Catalog.

Proceedings of the Fifth Oak Symposium on Oak Woodlands

Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Oak Woodlands: Oaks in California's Changing Landscape
(CD-ROM)

The fifth oak symposium was designed to provide a forum for current research and outstanding case studies on oak woodland conservation and sustainability in California. The previous conferences—held in 1979, 1986, 1990, and 1996—serve as rich sources of information about a wide range of subjects on oak ecology, management, uses, planning and conservation. This conference is aimed at natural resource managers, researchers, policy makers, and public and private interest groups. Seventy-two papers are presented in the proceedings. Topics covered include: grazing relations, soil relations, Garry oak conservation, oak regeneration and restoration, fire relations, wildlife relations, urban forestry, oak woodland policy, genetic factors, monitoring, ecology, and a special session on "Sudden Oak Death."

Price: $10.00 (tax and shipping included)
(Check payable to: U.C. Regents)

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(PDF Request Form)

University of California
Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program
145 Mulford Hall # 3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
510-643-5429
FAX: 510-643-3490
ihrmp@nature.berkeley.edu

Click here for more info on the Fifth Oak Symposium Proceedings.