Conservation Committee

Name: This Thur: Your Trees – Expert Recommendations Post Drought
Start: 2017-05-26T01:30+00:00
End: 2017-05-26T06:59+00:00
Location: Town Center - Community Hall

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Minutes and Agendas

All upcoming meetings for this Committee are listed below in chronological order. Adopted minutes for prior meetings are available by clicking on "All Past" link below.

This Thur: Your Trees – Expert Recommendations Post Drought

Date: 05/25/2017 6:30 PM 05/25/2017 6:30 PM 05/25/2017
Location: Town Center - Community Hall
765 Portola Road
Portola Valley, California 94028

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Speaker Event: Your Trees – Expert Recommendations Post Drought

Thursday, May 25th @ 6:30 pm

Town Center - Community Hall

The Conservation Committee is sponsoring an event focused on post-drought tree care in conjunction with the Woodside Fire Department.

Speakers: Steve Daus, Ph D, Senior Forest Ecologist and Denise Enea, Fire Marshal, Woodside Fire Protection District.

Our trees are in jeopardy after years of drought combined with record rain. With the soil saturated and an abundance of new growth, Years of drought have damaged our trees. Recent record rains have saturated soil and produced an abundance of new growth, which further threatens our trees including our heritage oaks. Learn how you can help your trees thrive at this upcoming talk!

Download the event flyer.

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About

The goal of the Conservation Committee is to conserve the rural quality of Portola Valley and to maintain the Town as an attractive, tranquil, family-oriented residential community for all generations, compatible with the many physical constraints and natural features of the area. The committee does this by promoting programs to enhance the environment through protection of native habitat and by helping to ensure that all land development respects and preserves the natural condition of the area.

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Resources

The Town's Conservation Committee is a resource to help residents to preserve and nurture the natural environment of the Town. Among others, the committee develops helpful publications such as:

What's Blooming Now
Tip of the Month
Birds of Portola Valley
Understory Habitat and Defensible Space Guide
Native Plant Lists
Conservation Guide
Design Guidelines
- Redwood Guidelines
Weed Eradication Calendar (timing of when to pull invasive weeds)
Map to the native plantings at Town Center
Fire Safety & Habitat Preservation: View video of an edited panel presentation for residents from Fall 2011.

The Conservation Committee also sponsors the Backyard Habitat Award Program .

Portola Valley, CA

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