For those of you interested in conserving our local wildlife,
Our local oak trees are at risk by a strange, rapidly-spreading organism you may have heard of, being called Sudden Oak Death (SOD). While there is no cure, there are measures that can curb its spread.
However, to make sure those measures are implemented efficiently, it is important to do an annual survey of the current spread of this tree disease. This involves people like you attending a training to collect suspicious bay leaves, and take notes so that they can be sent to the lab for diagnosis and geo-tagging.
Information on attending such a training is attached.
-Dan Finlay
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Subject: SOD Blitz 2013 Survey Project Announcement
Date: April 7, 2013 9:04:10 PM PDT
Friends of Matteo's Lab,
SOD Blitz season is upon us, and we need
Citizen-Scientists like yourself help map the spread of Sudden Oak Death (SOD)!
We are contacting you since you attended one of our SOD related workshops in the
past and hope that you will participate again this year. Matteo Garbelotto's
laboratory, in conjunction with the California Native Plant Society, are
organizing this yearly survey project, which promises to be our largest ever.
Come to a meeting in your local area, collect samples in your community, and
have them laboratory analyzed for SOD. Thanks to support from USDA Forest Service, State and Private
Forestry and The Gordon and Betty Moore
Foundation we are offering this program to you for free!
The SOD
Blitz project, updated meeting schedule, and local organizer contacts are
available at www.sodblitz.org
Thanks for getting involved!
Doug
Schmidt
For your convenience the meeting dates are:
Santa
Cruz - Friday, April 12, 7:00pm,
UCSC Arboretum, Santa Cruz, CA Map Link
Contact: Annie Murphy -
PLN400@co.santa-cruz.ca.us
CNPS Contact: Brett Hall - brett@ucsc.edu
Marin County - Saturday April 20, 10:00am,
Dominican
University, 155 Palm Ave.,
Joseph R. Fink Science Center, Rm 102,
San
Rafael, CA Map Link
Contact: Karen Suslow -
karen.suslow@dominican.edu
CNPS Contact: Kristin Jakob -
kristinjakob@att.net
East Bay - Two meetings to choose from:
April 27,
10:00am, Orinda, Garden Room, Orinda Public Library, 26 Orinda
Way, Orinda, CA
Contact: Bill Hudson -
wllhh@ymail.com
1:00pm, Berkeley, 159 Mulford Hall, UC Berkeley, Map
Link
Sign Up at
Eventzilla
San Luis Obispo - Friday, May 3, 6:30pm,
SLO
County Department of Agriculture,
2156 Sierra Way, San Luis Obispo, CA Map Link
Contact: Kim Camilli -
Kim.Camilli@fire.ca.gov
CNPS Contact: Lauren Brown -
lbrown805@charter.net
Carmel Valley & Monterey -
Saturday, May 4, 1:00pm,
Garland Ranch Regional Park Museum meeting room at
the ranger station,
Carmel Valley, CA Map
Link
Contact: Kerri Frangioso -
kfrangioso@ucdavis.edu
CNPS Contact: Brian Leneve -
bjleneve@att.net
San Francisco - Saturday, May 7, 9:00 am
Golden Gate Park Presidio & Golden Gate Park
Rec Room, SF
County Fair Building,
Golden Gate Park near 9th Ave. & Lincoln Way,
SF, CA
Contact: Eric Anderson -
eric.anderson@sfgov.org
Mendocino - Saturday, May 11,
10:00am,
College of the Redwoods, 1211 Del Mar Drive,
Fort Bragg, CA Map Link
CNPS Contact: Lori Hubbard - lorih@mcn.org
South Bay - Two meetings to choose from: Saturday, May 18,
10:00am, Montalvo, Location and Map TBA
Contact: Kelly Sicat -
KSicat@montalvoarts.org
CNPS Contact: Arvind Kumar -
arvind.kumar@cnps.org
1:00pm, South Skyline, Location and Map TBA
Contact: Jane
Manning - skyline_sod@yahoo.com
Penninsula - Two meetings to
choose from: Saturday, May 25,
10:00am, Burlingame Hills, Map Link
120 Tiptoe Lane (off Canyon
Rd.), Burlingame, CA
Contact: Steve Epstein -
steve@burlingamehills.org
1:00pm, Woodside/Portola Valley/Emerald
Hills, Map Link
Woodside Town Hall,
2955 Woodside Road, Woodside, CA
Contact: Debbie Mendelson -
sodblitz@gmail.com
Atherton - Saturday June 1, 10:00am, Map Link
Carriage House, Holbrook Palmer
Park, 150 Watkins Ave., Atherton, CA
Contact: Susan Finocchio -
susanfin@earthlink.net
Los Altos Hills - Saturday, June 8,
10:00am Map Link
Los Altos Hills Town
Hall, 26379 Fremont Rd., Los Altos Hills, CA
Contact: Sue Welch -
sodblitz09@earthlink.net
Sonoma - Three meetings to choose
from: Saturday, June 15,
10:00am, Santa Rosa, Location and Map TBA
10:00am, Sonoma, Sonoma Community Center, 276 East Napa Street, Sonoma, CA
10:00am, Sebastopol, Location and Map TBA
Contact: Phyllis Turrill -
rainbow3@comcast.net
Napa - Saturday June 15 Map Link
UC Cooperative Extension
Office, 1710 Soscol Avenue, Napa, CA
Contact:
Bill Pramuk - info@billpramuk.com
CNPS Contact:
Henni and Gerrald Cohen - hennic1044@gmail.com