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Recent Storms Take Toll On Trees In San Francisco City Parks

"My urban forester and I think that Stern Grove got hit the hardest," said Denny Kern, Director of Operations for San Francisco Rec & Pa ...

A downed tree in a San Francisco city park following the storms of January 2023.
A downed tree in a San Francisco city park following the storms of January 2023. (CBS)

February 7, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO – The cleanup continues from the January storms, especially for San Francisco city parks, which saw their worst round of tree damage in about 15 years.

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Removing all the fallen trees is going to take a while, maybe months. But the bigger job is replacing them all.

"My urban forester and I think that Stern Grove got hit the hardest," said Denny Kern, Director of Operations for San Francisco Rec & Parks. "But again, it's a eucalyptus grove."

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