I want to thank the Davis Enterprise for its excellent coverage in regard to the issue of merging city commissions. Had the reporter Rebecca Wasik not thoroughly covered this matter,
author offered a case for keeping the forest.
-From the January 28, 1961, issue of the Post.
A 35-foot oak or maple having a total leaf surface of about 4,000 square feet will evaporate more than 35 gallons of water during a summer day. By evaporation and deflection of the sun’s rays, a tree will reduce the heating effect of the sun on the area below it by as much as a half. But even more informative than figures is the experience of driving into a wooded park after dark in the summer. City streets, cooked to as high as 135 degrees by the sun, radiate heat all night long. In a tree-shaded area, the temperature drops with the sun.