Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 13, Issue 2 – August, 1998 BERKELEY – This summer, people living in the Sierra Nevada and Coast Ranges have reported seeing the leaves on California black oaks coveredwith brown spots, curling at the edges
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Sudden Oak Death Update, California Aerial Survey
Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 20, Issue 1 – January 2004 The USDA Forest Service and California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo are currently cooperating on a broad-scale aerial survey to locate new areas with infestations of Sudden Oak Death
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A method for monitoring the spread of the SOD epidemic is needed, and the opportunity exists to monitor SOD by enlisting the help of the local communities in affected areas. The California Oak Mortality Task Force has been formed with the aim of bringing together public agencies, non-profit organizations, and private interests to address the issue of elevated levels of oak mortality in California.
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 17, Issue 1 – February 2001 As reported in two previous issues of Oaks ’n’ Folks (August 1999 and March 2000), a new type of mortality in tanoaks (Lithocarpus densiflorus) was first observed in Marin
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Oaks ‘n Folks – Volume 15, Issue 1 – March 2000 The University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) awarded $47,000 in temporary funds to the Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program (IHRMP) to address the widespread concerns
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 14, Issue 2 – August 1999 Tanoak (Liuthocarpus densiflorus)and coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia)distribution stretches more than 1,500 miles along the California and Oregon coasts. Coastal forests are not monocultures but rather full grown islands
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 13, Issue 1 – February, 1998 The fall of 1997 was a lean season for acorns in many parts of California.To make matters worse, some oak planters have noticed high levels of disease or insect
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 11, Issue 2 – September, 1996 This summer, many people up and down the Coast, especially in the San Francisco Bay Area, have noticed a sticky residue under their oak trees, as if the oaks
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 10, Issue 1 – April 1995 Vole predation on oaks can be a major problem. A few years ago researchers wrote in these pages (Oaks ‘n’ Folks, Oct. 1988) an article titled “Valley Oak Regeneration:
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 9, Issue 1 – April 1994 Introduction In spite of abundant rainfall in the winter and spring of last year, the foliage of many oaks in the Sacramento Valley developed a brown appearance in 1993
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