Do you find this a shocking question? Do you think the answer is an obvious and unequivocal yes? If so, I'd like to take you on a little journey, from the past, to the present, and into the future. Today, looking around the urban forests of the Bay Area (and other parts of central California) the sight is rather dire. Trees are seriously stressed virtually everywhere you look.

Climate Change Winners and Losers in Coastal California Woodlands. With demand increasing rapidly for California native climate change resilient tree species, we set out to assess the Engelmann Oak (Quercus Engelmannii) acorn crop for 2019. We started out in Descanso, headed toward Willow and the Reservation. We found a promising packed dirt road, and headed up looking for our bluish friends.