The great Tasmanian blue gum and its management on Mt Sutro, By Jake Sigg The Tasmanian blue gum, Eucalyptus globulus, is surely one of the world’s great trees, but in recent decades it has become the center of controversy in California.  This controversy—most of it uninformed—has unfortunately obscured the tree’s merits and its proper use.  [...]

What’s going on? UCSF is seeking funding from FEMA to do a large maintenance project in the Mt. Sutro Open Space area.  The UC wants to remove many Eucalyptus trees to make the grove and forest sustainable, by reducing risk of fire or trees toppling from earthquakes.  (While generally a moist area, it does experience [...]

IMBA’s International Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day celebrates the life of Jack Doub, an avid teenage mountain biker from North Carolina who had a true passion for the sport from an early age but passed away in 2002.  You can read more about his story here Funding is provided by the Jack Doub Memorial [...]

“It’s like Jurrasic Park!” was an enthusiastic comment overheard from one of the participants in a brand new summer program put on by the Presidio YMCA and SF Urban Riders.  This past week, the YMCA held their bicycle skills class, and for the first time, were able to bring children mountain biking without having to [...]