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10/17/13 Jack London's ailing oak tree to undergo more tests | The Press Democrat www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20131011/articles/131019870 1/4 At Jack London State Park in Glen Ellen, Saturday August 10, 2013 a small group of park visitors, including docents and state parks officials held a ceremony and prayer for a large oak tree, foreground, that will be taken down in front of Jack London's cottage due to the tree being diseased. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) By DEREK MOORE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT October 11, 2013, 4:54 PM Order Article Reprint Related Links Jack London's ill oak tree gets native blessing Plans to fell a majestic oak tree that stands outside Jack London's cottage in Glen Ellen are on hold pending the outcome of more tests. Officials were planning to cut the tree down next month amid concerns that one of its branches could fall and damage London's cottage, or possibly injure someone. Three arborists had determined that the tree, which has been rooted in the same spot for more than 300 years, is infected with a pathogenic fungi and is dying. Jack London State Park Oak Tree Jack London's ailing oak tree to undergo more tests Most Read Stories Today This Week Man dies while being taken into custody in Santa Rosa Santa Rosa actress appears in film opening next week Letter of the Day: The worst president? Musical magic abounds Mendocino County to turn over medical marijuana records ADVERTISING CLASSIFIED JOBS CARS REAL ESTATE VISIT SONOMA HOME NEWS OPINION SPORTS BUSINESS WINE COUNTRY LIFE ENTERTAINMENT FIND EVENTS Search SEARCH Login | Subscribe | Read Today's Paper Williams-Sonoma returning to namesake town, original site Healdsburg man rescued from cliff fall by helicopter Alcatraz reopens to tourists North Coast federal sites reopen after government shutdown ends At Jack London State Park in Glen Ellen, Saturday August 10, 2013 a small group of park visitors, including docents and state parks officials held a ceremony and prayer for a large oak tree, foreground, 83° Sunny
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At Jack London State Park in Glen Ellen, Saturday August 10, 2013 a small group of park visitors, including docents and state parksofficials held a ceremony and prayer for a large oak tree, foreground, that will be taken down in front of Jack London's cottage due to thetree being diseased. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat)
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Jack London's ill oak treegets native blessing
Plans to fell a majestic oak tree that stands outside Jack London's cottage in
Glen Ellen are on hold pending the outcome of more tests.
Officials were planning to cut the tree down next month amid concerns that
one of its branches could fall and damage London's cottage, or possibly
injure someone.
Three arborists had determined that the tree, which has been rooted in the
same spot for more than 300 years, is infected with a pathogenic fungi and
is dying.
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At Jack London State Park in Glen Ellen, Saturday August 10, 2013 a
view that Jack London would have from his cottage, a small group,
including cottage gardner Jenny Randall, with visitors, docents and
state parks officials honored a large oak tree, background, that will be
At Jack London State Park in Glen Ellen, Saturday August 10, 2013 a
small group of park visitors, including docents and state parks
officials held a ceremony and prayer for a large oak tree, foreground,
At Jack London State Park in Glen Ellen, Saturday August 10, 2013 a
small group of park visitors, including docents and state parks
officials held a ceremony and prayer for a large oak tree, foreground,
83° Sunny
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But officials have agreed to one more test at the urging of a woman who
volunteers at Jack London State Historic Park, where London's home is
located.
“We are just waiting now,” said Tjiska Van Wyk, executive director of Jack
London Park Partners, which operates the park.
The iconic tree over several centuries provided sustenance for Coast
Miwok Indians and later nurtured the famous author's artistic spirit.
The oak was what London saw when he looked outside the window of his
office. On days when the weather was good, he sat in the shade of the tree's
massive branches, notebook in hand, and wrote.
In December 2012, a large branch that faced away from the cottage crashed
down during a storm. More limbs that faced the building were subsequently
trimmed off.
The park has hosted several events in recent months as a way of saying
goodbye to the tree. That included a Native American blessing and
schoolchildren harvesting acorns from the tree for re-planting in the area.
The current analysis is being conducted by Matteo Garbelotto, a UC
Berkeley professor and principal investigator of the Forest Pathology and
Mycology Lab.
Based on his initial observations, which he shared in an email to Van Wyk,
Garbelotto concluded that the tree “does not show symptoms that would be
diagnostic of a terminal decline,” but that a third of its canopy may be
subject to “mechanical issues.”
Van Wyk said lab tests will determine whether an organism is rotting away
the tree's root cellar or trunk.
“If there is a substantial amount of that, we'll probably have to take the tree
down,” she said.
If not, the tree could live on for several more years, depending on future
conditions.
The $2,000 cost for the test is being shared by the Valley of the Moon
Natural History Association and California State Parks, Van Wyk said.
(You can reach Staff Writer Derek Moore at 521-5336 or
[email protected]. On Twitter @deadlinederek.)
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our oak is just a large and they or any one else can come dig it up and
take it, we want to switch to solar
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