Sudden Oak Death Blitzes 2020
New Format Due to Covid-19
1)- Training (30 minutes) and sign-up (5 minutes) have to be done online at www.sodblitz.org before collecting the sampling materials at the SOD Blitz Stations in the locations specified below. Please sign up before you start the survey, and preferably when you take the online training.
2)- Once at your local SOD Blitz Station you can pick up one or two collection packets following the social distancing rules of the State of California clearly specified in the online training. Stay at least 6 feet from other collectors. Bring your own pencil. Each packet allows you to sample 10 trees. Do not pick more unless you talked to the organizer.
3)- Make sure you have downloaded the free App “SODmap mobile” to determine the exact location of the trees you sample, before you start the survey.
4)- Each Blitz has a start and an end date, including the hour. You can pick up materials at the start time and you have to return your samples and any unused collection materials by the end date and cutoff time.
5)- You can sample private properties with the owner’s permission, alongside public roads and in parks or open spaces that are open to the public.
6)- Any questions? Email your local organizer, please. Thank you so much for your participation.
The Napa Blitz
Saturday April 11th 10 am until Tuesday April 14th 10 am
Please do not return packets with samples to Blitz Station but mail them to U.C. Berkeley using the preprinted mail labels and postage included in each packet.
SOD Blitz Station located in the front porch of the Napa County Agriculture Commissioners Office Building, 1710 Soscol Avenue, Napa.
Contact: Bill Pramuk info@billpramuk.com
The Santa Lucia Preserve Blitz
(For local residents only)
Saturday, April 18th
Contact: Christy Wyckoff cwyckoff@slconservancy.org
The Saratoga & Skyline Blitzes
Saturday April 25th 10 am until Monday May 4th 10 am.
(During Shelter in Place ordinance is enforced, please keep samples cool and dry, and preferably return them on May 4th)
1)- SARATOGA SOD Blitz Station located on the left of the entrance of the Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga CA (See map below)
Contact: Ann Northrup annnorthrup@sbcglobal.net
CNPS: Toni Gregorio-Bunch tidytip.lp@gmail.com
MidPen Open Space Contact: Coty Sifuentes csifuentes@openspace.org
City of Saratoga: Kate Bear kbear@saratoga.ca.us
2)- SOUTH SKYLINE SOD Blitz Station located on the rear Side of the Saratoga Summit Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) CDF fire station. 12900 Skyline Blvd, Los Gatos, CA.
Contact: Jane Manning skyline_sod@yahoo.com
MidPen Open Space Contact: Coty Sifuentes csifuentes@openspace.org
The East Bay Blitzes
Saturday, May 9th 10 am until Tuesday May 12th 10 am
1)- ORINDA, Pick up and drop off at Orinda Library 26 Orinda Way, Orinda, Ca. 94563
Contact: Bill Hudson wllhh@ymail.com
Detailed directions for Orinda Blitz – The Blitz packets will be in bins at the Orinda Library, 26 Orinda Way, the usual address, but OUTSIDE in the REAR of the library building in the corner of the wall next to the bench:
You can get there by going around the building, either by using the stairs from the plaza to the library entrance and going around the outside of the building to the left or from the library’s outside parking lot at the other end of the building; either puts you on the asphalt that goes along the back to the open seating area where the bins are against the wall.
Rear asphalt coming from the library parking lot
Approaching from parking lot, bins are around the fence to the left
The East Bay Blitz
Saturday, May 9th 10 am until Tuesday May 12th 10 am
2)- UC BERKELEY, SOD Blitz Pickup/Drop-Off Point, West Crescent Parking Kiosk, Berkeley, CA 94720
Link to Location on Google Maps
Doug Schmidt info@matteolab.org
The San Francisco Blitz
Tuesday, May 9th 9 am until Thursday May 12th 10 am
SOD Blitz Station located at the middle entry gate to Golden Gate Park Nursery, See map below
Contacts : Iribarne, David david.iribarne@sfgov.org
Conforti Christa: CConforti@presidiotrust.gov
Mia Ingolia, MIngolia@sfwater.org
The Sonoma and Kashia Blitzes
Más información para el SOD Blitz en español
Saturday, May 2nd 10 am until Tuesday, May 5th, 10 am
Please do not return packets with samples to Blitz Station, but instead mail them to U.C. Berkeley using the preprinted mail labels and postage included in each packet.
Contact: Kerry Wininger kwininger@ucanr.edu
Registration Required: http://ucanr.edu/2020sodblitz
1) Sonoma State University’s Galbreath Preserve (southeast Mendocino county)
Saturday 5/2, 9-10am: Join our Zoom Q&A session
More information: cei.sonoma.edu/sod-blitz-galbreath-2020
2) Sonoma State University’s Fairfield Osborn Preserve
This is a bilingual event / Este es un evento bilingue
Sunday 5/3, 9-10am: Join our Zoom Q&A session / Únase a nuestra sesión de preguntas y respuestas de Zoom
More information / más información: cei.sonoma.edu/sod-blitz-osborn-2020
3) UCCE Sonoma County Office: 133 Aviation Blvd Suite 109, Santa Rosa, CA 95403
SOD Blitz station for packet pick-up
Saturday 5/2 and Sunday 5/3 between 10:30AM-12:30PM only
4) Kashia Pomo tribal lands (private group)
Contact Kerry Wininger (email above) for more information
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Zoom Q&A Sessions – ucanr.edu/2020SODblitz – :
Saturday, May 2 from 9-10am, in partnership with SSU’s Center for Environmental Inquiry Hosts: SOD Specialist Master Gardner Alan Chesterman; and SSU Galbreath Preserve Coordinator Margo Rawlins
Sunday, May 3 from 9-10am, in partnership with SSU’s Center for Environmental Inquiry Hosts: myself representing both UCCE and SSU; and SSU Naturalist Eri Sawairi (who is bilingual in English and Spanish)This is a bilingual event
Sunday, May 4 from 1-2pmHosts: Lead SOD Specialist Master Gardener Janet Calhoon, likely with another MG assisting
Week of May 2-9: the North Peninsula Blitz
Contact: Steve Epstein steve@burlingamehills.org
The Marin Blitz
Saturday, May 9th 10 am until Tuesday, May 12th, 10 am
SOD Blitz Station located outside the main entrance to the Science Building, 155 Palm Avenue, San Rafael. (Please approach via Acacia Avenue: walk through a little park and cross over a wooden bridge)
Contacts: Wolfgang Schweigkofler wolfgang.schweigkofler@dominican.edu
CNPS Marin Kristin Jacob kristinjakob@att.net
The San Luis Obispo Blitzes
Saturday, May 16th 10 am until Tuesday, May 19th 10 am
1)- SOD Blitz Station in front of the SLO County Department of Agriculture, 350 N Main St, Templeton, CA 93465.
2)- SOD Blitz Station in front of the SLO County Department of Agriculture, 2156 Sierra Way, San Luis Obispo, CA.
Contacts: Kim Corella Kim.Corella@fire.ca.gov
Cindy Roessler skaaantics@yahoo.com
May 18-22: The North Coast Blitzes, Humboldt & Del Norte
Contacts: Chris Lee christopher.lee@fire.ca.gov
Yana Valachovic yvala@ucanr.edu
The Peninsula SOD Blitz
Saturday, May 30th 10 am until Tuesday, June 2nd 10 am
Portola Valley SOD Blitz Station will be located on the Historic Schoolhouse porch, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley
Woodside SOD Blitz Station will be located between Independence Hall and Town Hall, look for the signs out in front.
Contacts: Debbie Mendelson sodblitz@gmail.com
LAH: Sue Welch sodblitz09@earthlink.net
MidPen Open Space: Coty Sifuentes csifuentes@openspace.org
Emerald Hills: Rochelle Kopp rnkopp@aol.com
The Santa Cruz Blitz
Saturday May 30th 10 am until Tuesday June 2nd 10 am
SOD Blitz Station at the front gate of the UCSC Arboretum. 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95064. Location: Google Map LINK and coordinates. 36°58’55.1″N 122°03’40.8″W
Contacts: Jon Detka jdetka@ucsc.edu & Brett Hall brett@ucsc.edu
The Carmel Valley, Big Sur and City of Monterey (new!) Blitzes
Saturday May 30th 10 am until Tuesday June 2nd 10 am
SOD Blitz Station located in front of Palo Corona Discovery Center (part of the Monterey Pe ninsula Regional Park District) 4860 Carmel Valley Rd, Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA 93923
Contacts: Kerri Frangioso kfrangioso@ucdavis.edu
Justin Prouty prouty@monterey.org
The Mendocino County Blitz
Saturday, June 6th 10 am until Tuesday, June 9th 10 am
Please do not return packets with samples to Blitz Station but mail them to U.C. Berkeley using the preprinted mail labels and postage included in each packet.
SOD Blitz Station will be in front of the Garden Store of the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, 18220 North Highway 1, Fort Bragg, CA 95437
Contacts: Mario Abreu abreu@mcn.org
Michael Jones mjones@ucdavis.edu
