Sudden Oak Death Program

UC Berkeley Forest Pathology and Mycology Laboratory and UCCE Sonoma present:

Participate in the 2024 SOD Blitz!

May 17 - June 17, 2024

REGISTER HERE
*register no later than Friday, June 7th to receive packets by mail

Test trees on your land or public spaces! Help scientists monitor disease spread and track newer dangerous strains. Register to learn how to sample California Bay Laurel and Tanoak leaves for testing at UC Berkeley. All materials provided FREE of charge.

QUESTIONS? Virtual Q&A event with Kerry on Friday, May 17 from 5-6pm

Interested in holding a private blitz event for your 6-12 grade class? HOA? Club or non-profit group? Contact Kerry! kwininger@ucanr.edu

*Este es un evento bilingüe*

Preguntas: Comuníquese con la Coordinadora del Programa de Muerte Súbita del Roble, Kerry kwininger@ucanr.edu

Thanks for attending the 2023 SOD Blitz Results Meetings

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. Events were held as follows:

1) A regional in-person meeting 6-8pm on Friday, November 10, 2023 at the UCCE Sonoma office in Santa Rosa, 33 Aviation Blvd #109, Santa Rosa, CA 95403

- This meeting was more comprehensive and discuss treatment options. Snacks provided.

2) A statewide virtual meeting 6-7:30pm on Friday, November 17, 2023. Watch the recorded presentation here.

- This meeting focused on blitz results.

These events were 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.

There was also an in-person event at Woodside Town Hall 6pm on Monday, November 13 not sponsored by UCCE Sonoma.

Questions? kwininger@ucanr.edu

2023 SOD BLITZ RESULTS

Over 10,000 trees across the state were surveyed in 2023. SOD incidence increased in some parts of Sonoma County from 2022, while some areas of the southern Mendocino coast and Anderson Valley experienced outbreaks in areas where SOD was previously detected. 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	266	3%	67	1.5%	0.3%	21.2%
Sonoma-West	541	6.1%	114	3.5%	1.8%	52.6%
Sonoma-North	44	6.7%	15	6.7%	2.8%	42.6%
Sonoma-East	762	0.9%	134	13.4%	5.4%	40.1%

Video: SOD in Sonoma County

SOD Results Map 2023

Full SOD Blitz Google Earth Map Overlay available here

SOD Program Posters

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