Sudden Oak Death Blitz Survey 2024
Unless noted: Local organizers will be present at the SOD Blitz pickup site 10am-12noon on Saturday. Disclaimer: Please check this website for updates as times, dates, and exact locations may change.
April 8-12 – Karuk Land SOD Search
Heather Rickard – heather.d.rickard@karuk.us
April 19-22 – Marin County
SOD Blitz Station located at Dominican University, 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)
Wolfgang Schweigkofler wolfgang.schweigkofler@dominican.edu
Kristin Jacob akristinjakob@gmail.com
April 26-30 – Big Sur, Monterey & Carmel Valley
Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District, Palo Corona Discovery Center
4860 Carmel Valley Rd, Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA 93923
https://goo.gl/maps/PKkj6tEeFTj6v9SA8
Kerri Frangioso – kfrangioso@ucdavis.edu
April 27-29 – Santa Lucia Preserve (Residents)
Emma Levy – elevy@slconservancy.org and Kerri Frangioso – kfrangioso@ucdavis.edu
April 27-29 – Saratoga
In person 4/27 10am – West Valley College Lecture Hall SM36, 14000 Fruitvale Ave, Saratoga, CA
Vivian Neou – vivian@neou.org
April 27-29 – South Skyline
SOD Blitz Station located in the Cal Fire CZU Station #21 (Saratoga Summit) parking lot
12900 Skyline Blvd, Los Gatos
Jane Manning – skyline_sod@yahoo.com
April 27-29 – East Bay and UC Berkeley Campus
UC BERKELEY, SOD Blitz Pickup/Drop-Off Point, West Crescent Parking Kiosk, Berkeley, CA
Suggested Sampling Areas in the East Bay
Link to Location on Google Maps
Doug Schmidt – contact@matteolab.org
Edo Scali – edoardo_scali@berkeley.edu
April 27-29 – Orinda and John Muir National Historic Site
Pick up and drop off at the entrance to Fire Station 45, 33 Orinda Way, Orinda, CA
Orinda – Bill Hudson – wllhh@ymail.com
JMNHS- Victoria Seher – Victoria_Seher@nps.gov
April 27-29 Mt Diablo
Haley Sutton – hsutton@savemountdiablo.org
Week of April 29 – San Francisco
Gabriel Ortega – gabriel.ortega@sfgov.org, Christa Conforti – CConforti@presidiotrust.gov, and Mia Ingolia – MIngolia@sfwater.org
May 4 – Napa
SOD Blitz Station located in the front porch of the Napa County Agriculture Commissioners Office Building, 1710 Soscol Avenue, Napa, CA
Bill Pramuk – info@billpramuk.com
May 4-5 – Sonoma
Four Locations in Sonoma County – Link to Details
This is a bilingual event / Este es un evento bilingue
Más información para el SOD Blitz en español
Kerry Wininger – kwininger@ucanr.edu
May 5 – Native Here Nursery
Delia Taylor – deliataylor@mac.com
May 7-8 – North Coast
SOD Blitz Survey for local partners and land managers
Wallis Robinson – wlrobinson@ucanr.edu and Chris Lee – christopher.lee@fire.ca.gov
May 11-14 – Burlingame Hills
Steve Epstein – steve@burlingamehills.org
May 17-20 – Santa Cruz
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
Liz Rennie – erennie@ucsc.edu and Jeremy Silberman – jfsilber@ucsc.edu
May 17-20 – Peninsula, Woodside/Portola Valley, Los Alto Hills, and Filoli
Portola Valley – Blitz Station will be located on the Historic Schoolhouse porch, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley
Woodside – Blitz Station will be located between Independence Hall and Town Hall, look for the signs out in front.
Los Altos Hills – Blitz Station will be located in front of the Town Hall Council Chambers, 26379 Fremont Rd.
Contacts: Debbie Mendelson sodblitz@gmail.com
LAH: Sue Welch sodblitz09@earthlink.net
Emerald Hills: Rochelle Kopp rnkopp@aol.com
Fioli: Haley O’connor hoconnor@filoli.org
May 18-20 – Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
5050 El Camino Real, Los Altos, CA
Arianna Camponuri – acamponuri@openspace.org
May 24-28 – San Luis Obispo
SOD Blitz Station in front of the SLO County Department of Agriculture, 350 N Main St, Templeton, CA
SOD Blitz Station in front of 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 31-June 3 – Mendocino County
South – Anchor Bay
North – In front of the Ford House, 45035 Main St., Mendocino
We recommend Mendocino participants contact Nancy Morin to make arrangements, in advance, to pickup collection materials. Please don’t forget to also register for the Blitz online.
Nancy Morin – Nancy.Morin@nau.edu
