Status Updates From Trees in Paradise: A Califo...

continuing chapter Aesthetic Infrastructure, finishing (section) Sunbelt design and next up (section) Wilted crowns...this is the last chapter, although Epilogue is quite long.

now in the last part - Part IV - Palms: The Ecology of Style and deep into chapter 07: Cosmopolitan Fronds. Nearly finished with (section) Street trees and city boosters.

deep into chapter 6: Cultural costs. Finished section: Subdivide and uproot. Next up is section: Bugs in the System. - last section and chapter for this part on Citrus. (Next up: Palms)

finishing up ch.05: Orange revolution. next section is last: Managerial Control.

some listening today...nearly done with ch.05: Orange revolution. next section is last: Managerial Control.

starting up Part III: Citruses: The Industry of growth and chapter 05: Orange revolution

deep into chapter 04: Natives, Aliens, and (Bio)Diversity.....still discussion Eucalyptus trees. now starting (section) Invasion of the Nonnatives

began Part II: Eucalypts: The taxonomy of belonging - deep into p.ch.03: Immigration and naturalization / mid-way through the (section) Boom and bust. ...planned "crop" of the hardwood blue gum/eucalyptus did not go well at all.

just about done with section - Park politics

continuing with the (section) Consuming the redwoods

finally returned to this book

haven't moved forward on this book, decided to resume in january but keeping it as currently reading for now

reading this extremely slowly...may take several more months, at least at this rate.

illegal redwood forested land grabs by monopolists in the mid-1800s, was aimed at individuals, yet largely ignored by the government until the California Redwood Company attempted to sell their holdings to a Scottish group in Edinburgh. Monopoly ok, foreign ownership was not.

finally got back to this book (yesterday) - finished Introduction. started Part I: Redwoods: The Value of Longevity, chapter 1: Twilight of the Giants....some disagreement on the scientific name for redwoods back in the day

again, another week and still not reading this book. Clearly was not ready to jump into the book just yet.