We can help diagnose your tree for pest and disease issues.  We will come up with a best management plan for your trees and property.

One critical issue we have in Sonoma County is Sudden Oak Death.  It is caused by the plant pathogen, Phytophthera ramorum, and can be deadly to oak trees.  We can help diagnose your trees and surrounding environment for SOD.  We will come up with a best management plan for your trees and property based on the latest science and research.

​Resources on the current best management practices and information regarding Sudden Oak Death:

• Sonoma County Sudden Oak Death Program (Management, oak tree care, oak identification, info about Sonoma County SOD meetings and Blitzes):  http://cesonoma.ucanr.edu/SuddenOakDeath/
• Matteo Garbelotto Lab (SOD treatment recommendations, SOD Blitz citizen science project): http://nature.berkeley.edu/garbelottowp/
• A Reference Manual for Managing Sudden Oak Death in California (by Ted Swiecki & Elizabeth Bernhardt):  http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/psw_gtr242/
• Sudden Oak Death, University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program:   http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74151.html
• A Field Guide to Insects and Diseases of California Oaks (by Ted Swiecki & Elizabeth Bernhardt):  http://www.suddenoakdeath.org/pdf/psw_gtr197.pdf
• Maps where SOD occurs:
  • ​Garbelotto lab website:  http://nature.berkeley.edu/garbelotto/english/sodmap.php
  • USDA Forest Service Aerial Surveys:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/forest-grasslandhealth/?cid=fsbdev3_046696
  • Oakmapper:  http://oakmapper.org
• UC IPM Online (Pest management information on home, landscape, agricultural pests, natural environment. and exotic pests):  http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/
• Oaks in the Urban Landscape - Selection, Care, and Preservation  (UC publication by Costello, Hagen, and Jones): http://anrcatalogucdavis.edu/Items/3518.aspx
• Sonoma County Forest Working Group (Forestry and conservation experts working to provide education and resources to forest landowners with the goal of protecting and sustaining healthy forests, woodlands, and watersheds in Sonoma County:  http://sonomaforests.org
• Living with Fire in Sonoma County (From FireSAFE Sonoma: http://www.firesafesonoma.org/main/ and  http://www.firesafesonoma.org/main/sites/default/files/living_with_fire.pdf

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