Sudden Oak Death in the Sausal Creek Watershed

Friends of Sausal Creek Member Meeting. All are welcome! Dr. Matteo Garbelotto leads the UC Berkeley Forest Pathology and Mycology Laboratory. In spring 2011, he and his team mobilized more than 400 community members to collect nearly 2000 samples to analyze for Sudden Oak Death (SOD). SOD is a fungus-like mold that is killing oak trees in coastal California. Several samples from the upper Sausal Creek Watershed tested positive. At this community meeting Dr. Garbelotto will discuss the pathogen, the 2011 SOD Blitz survey results, and the possible next steps that volunteers can proactively take to slow down the epidemic