Yours truly with San Francisco’s largest cork oak (pointing out the spongy cork in the crevices of the bark). Cork oak is a tree that could handle warmer and drier times. (photo by Kristi Coale)

San Francisco Trees and Climate change

September 23, 2021 by Michael Sullivan

I was interviewed by Kristi Coale, journalist for The Frisc (a really wonderful independent online SF publication) about climate change’s current and likely future impact on San Francisco’s trees. We spent an hour walking around Cole Valley and talking about different trees and how they might adapt (or not) to a warmer and drier climate. The article just came out today - you can read it here!