Sudden Oak Death

2013

6/1 – Atherton SOD Blitz; Carriage House; Holbrook Palmer Park; 150 Watkins Ave.; Atherton; 10:00 a.m. – noon; For more information, contact Susan Finocchio at susanfin@earthlink.net.

6/8 – Los Altos Hills SOD Blitz; Los Altos Hills Town Hall; 26379 Fremont Rd.; Los Altos Hills; 10:00 a.m. to noon; For more information, contact Sue Welch at sodblitz09@earthlink.net.

6/15 – Sonoma SOD Blitz, Option 1 – Santa Rosa; Environmental Discovery Center at Spring Lake Park, 393 Violetti Road, Santa Rosa; 10:00 a.m. – noon; For more information, contact Phyllis Turrill at rainbow3@comcast.net.

6/15 – Sonoma SOD Blitz, Option 2; Sonoma Community Center; 276 East Napa Street; Sonoma; 10:00 a.m. – noon; For more information, contact Phyllis Turrill at rainbow3@comcast.net.

6/15 – Sonoma SOD Blitz, Option 3; Sebastopol; Veterans’ Memorial Bldg, 282 High Street, Sebastopol; 10:00 a.m. – noon; For more information, contact Phyllis Turrill at rainbow3@comcast.net.

6/15 – Napa SOD Blitz; UC Cooperative Extension Office, 1710 Soscol Avenue, Napa; Time to be determined; For more information, contact Bill Pramuk at info@billpramuk.com or Henni and Gerrald Cohen at hennic1044@gmail.com.

6/15 – Protect the Value of Your Forest: A Workshop for Forest Landowners; UC Berkeley Campus; 159 Mulford Hall at Oxford Ave. and University Ave.; Berkeley; 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.; Registration is $25 and is available online at http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=10294.  For more information, go to http://ucanr.edu/sites/forestry/Events/?calendar=yes&g=28858 or contact Rick Standiford at standifo@berkeley.edu.

6/17 – Brown Bag with Forestry: A Lunch Webinar Series on Current Forest Science Research; Dr. William Stewart, UC Berkeley – “A Carbon Calculator for Sustainable Forestry Operations.” The webinar will commence at 12:10 PM and run for 30 minutes, with 20 minutes available for a question and answer session, ending at 1:00 PM. Sponsored by the University of California Center for Forestry and Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Registration is required, however there is no cost. Register online now. For more information, email Rick Standiford or Susie Kocher of UC Cooperative Extension.

6/22 – Protect the Value of Your Forest: A Workshop for Forest Landowners; Placer County UCCE office, DeWitt Center, Room 306; 11477 E Avenue; Auburn; 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.; Registration is $25 and is available online at http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=10294.  For more information, go to http://ucanr.edu/sites/forestry/Events/?calendar=yes&g=28858 or contact Rick Standiford at standifo@berkeley.edu.

8/24 – 25 – 5^th Phytophthora, Pythium, and Related Genera Workshop; Beijing, China; The first day focuses on the methodology for studying Oomycetes (particularly Phytophthora and Pythium species), while the second day will cover contemporary research topics.  For abstract submission, registration, and workshop information, go to http://www.icppbj2013.org/file/workshop/5thInternationalWorkshop.asp.

9/4 – SOD Treatment Workshop; meet at oak outside of Tolman Hall, UC Berkeley Campus; 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.; Pre-registration is required.  This class is free and will be held rain or shine.  To register, or for questions, email kpalmieri@berkely.edu, and provide your name, phone number, affiliation and license number (if applicable), and the date for which you are registering.  For more information, go to http://nature.berkeley.edu/garbelotto/english/sodtreatmenttraining.php.

10/2 – SOD Treatment Workshop; meet at oak outside of Tolman Hall, UC Berkeley Campus; 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.; Pre-registration is required.  For more information, see the 9/4 listing above.

10/4 – ID of California Oaks workshop; UC ANRD Hopland Research & Extension Center; 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.; Workshop reviews the diversity, distribution, and ecology of California oaks followed by an outing into the field to look at oaks in the interior North Coast Ranges. Advanced registration necessary at: http://ucanr.edu/sites/UCCNP/Advanced_Trainings/2013_HREC_Plant_ID_Workshops/, or call (707) 744-1424 x108.  this course is part of a three course series on plant ID – for information on the earlier courses, please see the workshop flyer.

10/23 – SOD Treatment Workshop; meet at oak outside of Tolman Hall, UC Berkeley Campus; 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.; Pre-registration is required.  For more information, see the 9/4 listing above.

11/13 – SOD Treatment Workshop; meet at oak outside of Tolman Hall, UC Berkeley Campus; 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.; Pre-registration is required.  For more information, see the 9/4 listing above.