A collection of trusted references for homeowners, land managers, and anyone curious about trees, wildfire safety, and oak woodland ecology in El Dorado County and the Sierra Nevada foothills.
Professional Arboriculture
ISA, International Society of Arboriculture
TreesAreGood.org, ISA arborist directory
ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ)
Wildfire Safety & Defensible Space
ReadyForWildfire.org, CAL FIRE Wildfire Preparedness
CAL FIRE Defensible Space Guidelines (PDF)
El Dorado County Fire Safe Council
UC Oaks, Oak Woodland Science & Stewardship
Living Among the Oaks: A Management Guide for Landowners (UC ANR)
UC ANR: Sudden Oak Death Resources
Protecting Trees from Sudden Oak Death
How to Grow California Oaks (UC ANR)
CAL FIRE Official Website
Mushrooms & Fungi
iNaturalist, Fungi Observations & Community ID
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