Sudden Oak Death

SOD Blitz Results Meeting 2022 - virtual

2022 SOD Blitz Results Meeting

6-8pm Thursday 11/10 online

Join via Zoom, no registration required, free of charge, open to all

Hear blitz results from Dr. Matteo Garbelotto (UC Berkeley Forest Pathology & Mycology Lab) and get your questions answered! Links to blitz results & maps and information are on the SOD Blitz project site: www.sodblitz.org

Click the link below then enter Passcode 548483 to join:

https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/97110552004?pwd=bFZ0RDBNbFlDMTRtK2hxZ0JRRGxjUT09

iPhone one-tap: +16694449171,,97110552004#

Or Telephone: 669-900-6833; Webinar ID: 971 1055 2004

This statewide meeting is hosted by UCCE Sonoma and the UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County Sudden Oak Death Specialists. Thanks to the USDA Forest Service for program funding.

Questions? kwininger@ucanr.edu

Join a 2023 SOD Blitz!

Blitz weekend 2023 TBD

Register for an outdoor info event, Zoom Q&A session, or to receive packets by mail by emailing Kerry: kwininger@ucanr.edu

Info about the SOD Blitzes taking place at Sonoma State University's Galbreath Preserve and Fairfield Osborn Preserve also coming soon.

The 2021 Blitz Results Meeting took place 11/13/21

*WATCH RECORDING HERE*

Dr. Matteo Garbelotto (UC Berkeley Forest Pathology & Mycology Laboratory) told us about new local outbreaks and severity in previously known areas. Watch the recording to learn how to check the status of trees you sampled, treatment & diagnostic options, and plans for next year.

Watch SOD Blitz Training Q&A recording 4/30/21 here

Ver el evento grabado aquí

Program Coordinator Kerry Wininger & UCB Forest Pathology & Mycology Lab's Doug Schmidt urge you to check your photo guide -- only send in bay laurel and tanoak leaves!

April 30 - May 4, 2021

bilingüe en Español

Online training, virtual Q&A event (optional), mail in leaves

UC Berkeley Forest Pathology & Mycology Laboratory and UCCE Sonoma:

Test your trees for free & help scientists!

¡Prueba tus árboles de forma gratuita y ayuda a los científicos!

Monitor disease spread, be on the lookout for new dangerous strains, and send in California bay laurel or tanoak leaves for testing. Visit the registration link for details on how the blitz will function:

COVID-19 safety
online training
receiving sampling packets (picked up May 1st or mailed to you)
optional Zoom event on April 30th from 6-7pm
turning them in for testing (postmark by May 4th)

Help control this destructive forest pathogen! Now in its 14^th year, this statewide citizen science project is vital to managing Sudden Oak Death, which is widespread in Sonoma county. Join us to contribute to science while getting your own bay laurel or tanoak trees tested at no cost. This is a bilingual event (English and Spanish).

¡Ayuda a controlar este destructivo patógeno del bosque! Ahora en su decimocuarto año, este proyecto de ciencia comunitaria en todo el estado es vital para administrar Sudden Oak Death, que está muy extendido en el condado de Sonoma. Únase a nosotros para contribuir a la ciencia y obtener sus propios árboles de laurel o tanoak sin costo alguno Este es un evento bilingue (Inglés y Español).

For information about the Zoom event with Sonoma State University's Center for Environmental Inquiry visit: cei.sonoma.edu/SODblitz2021 Hosted by the UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County Sudden Oak Death Specialists. Thanks to the USDA Forest Service for program funding.

Learn more about SOD at www.sodblitz.org. This event is free of charge
Obtenga más información sobre SOD en www.sodblitz.org. La registración es gratis.

See what we offered Fall 2019: SOD Info & Training Events

CLICK HERE FOR FULL INFO: Fall 2019 SOD events flier

SOD Blitz Results Meeting

Tuesday, November 12, 6-8pm, UCCE Sonoma Office, 133 Aviation Blvd #109, Santa Rosa

SOD Training Workshops -- ISA CEUs applied for!

1) Monday, November 18, 10am-3pm, UCCE Sonoma Office, 133 Aviation Blvd #109, Santa Rosa

2) Tuesday, November 19, 10am-3pm, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens,18220 CA-1, Fort Bragg

Questions or need to cancel? Contact Kerry at kwininger@ucanr.edu

We last held a traditional SOD Blitz in 2019 (pre-COVID). Information about that blitz:

Test your trees for free! Monitor disease spread in a rainy year, lookout for new dangerous strains, and test oaks for SOD with OakSTeP

Things are not "as usual." Come learn to:

Identify symptoms of SOD on bay laurel, oaks, and tanoak
Collect symptomatic leaves from bay laurel and tanoak to be analyzed at NO COST
Make important contributions to science
Visit and help your local park or preserve

New this year:

- Leaves will be tested for the new and aggressive EU1 pathogen strain. Already in Oregon

forests, we need to look for it in California to have a chance of eliminating it if found.

- Introducing the OakSTeP program that will provide an easy and affordable way for licensed arborists, tree care specialists, preserve mangers and qualified government workers to test oaks for SOD. Join the OakSTep program for FREE if you register in person during a SOD blitz ($200 value), and get priority for sample processing.

- Thinking of doing something to control SOD, or have done so already? We'll have a questionnaire and important information and tips at the trainings.

- El Fairfield Osborn Preserve blitz es un evento bilingue (Inglés y Español)

Six meetings took place this year in Petaluma, Yorkville (docent-led at SSU'sGalbreath Preserve), Sebastopol, Santa Rosa, Sonoma, and Penngrove (docent-led at SSU's Osborn Preserve) from April 25th - 27th.

The Osborn Preserve blitz in Penngrove was a bilingual event (English & Spanish) / Este es un evento bilingue (Inglés y Español)

Unless otherwise noted, SOD blitz events consist of a one-hour training, then you collect leaves at locations of your choice and drop them back at the meeting site that weekend. We drive leaves to UC Berkeley Lab for analysis on Monday. You get results in early fall.

There is no cost for this activity. Hosted by the UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County SOD Specialists and the University of California Cooperative Extension, Sonoma County. Funding provided by the USDA Forest Service.

Click here to learn more about the SOD Blitz Project

2020 SOD BLITZ RESULTS

Over 3,900 trees in Sonoma and Mendocino counties were surveyed in 2020. See the full table of SOD Blitz Results here.

	Surveyed Trees	Symptomatic Oak Nearby	Sampled Trees	SOD Positive Sampled Trees	Estimated True Infection Rate	Symptomatic Trees Surveyed
Mendocino	596	17.6%	142	11.3%	6.3%	55.5%
Sonoma-West	490	7.2%	69	27.5%	5.1%	18.4%
Sonoma-North	128	3.2%	31	35.5%	5.0%	14.1%
Sonoma-East	2707	8.5%	189	30.2%	8.3%	27.7%