Take an easy stroll or challenging hike to help with
the annual Sudden Oak Death “bioblitz” survey! Help track the pathogen that is
killing our beautiful Coast Live Oaks. After a 45-minute training in Berkeley or Orinda
Saturday, May 10, you'll search for suspect leaves where you like – including
your own yard! We'll suggest routes if you like. Return samples to a drop box
by Monday morning. Results will be announced in fall, after lab testing.
No cure has been found for Sudden Oak Death, but
well-timed action can slow spread and save specific trees and the many wild
creatures that depend on oaks. For that, we need to know where the fungus-like
water mold is spreading!
Sign up for 1 PM training on the UC Berkeley
campus here.
For the 10 AM training in Orinda, email wllhh@ymail.com. Both sites are easily reached
by BART. Background info, including maps of Sudden Oak Death to date, here.
A free two-hour
training session on preventive treatment for Sudden Oak Death is scheduled
Wed., May 7, on the UC Berkeley campus. Information and sign-up here.
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