Sudden Oak Death Blitz Survey 2025
Unless noted: Local organizers will be present at the SOD Blitz pickup site 10am-12noon on the packet pick-up day. Disclaimer: Please check this website for updates as times, dates, exact locations, and contact information may change.
3/29/25 – Wildcat Canyon
Julia Kernitz – JKernitz@ebparks.org
4/12/25 – 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
4/21/25 – Mt Diablo
Haley Sutton – hsutton@savemountdiablo.org
4/25/25 – 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
4/26/25 – 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
4/26/25 – West Valley College/Santa Clara & San Mateo counties
In conjunction with the CNPS SCV Wildflower Show
West Valley College Lecture Hall SM36, 14000 Fruitvale Ave, Saratoga, CA
Vivian Neou – vivian@neou.org
4/28/25 – Karuk Land SOD Search
Heather Rickard – heather.d.rickard@karuk.us
5/2/25 – Santa Lucia Preserve (Residents)
Emma Levy – elevy@slconservancy.org and Kerri Frangioso – kfrangioso@ucdavis.edu
5/2/25 – 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
5/3/25 – 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
5/8-11/25 – Sonoma
Five Meetings in Sonoma County
This is a bilingual event / Este es un evento bilingue
Más información para el SOD Blitz en español
Thursday, 5/8 9am-1pm at Grove of Old Trees (Occidental): Docent-led Blitz event with LandPaths
Friday, 5/9 10am-2pm at Galbreath Wildlands Preserve (Yorkville, Mendocino County): Docent-led Blitz event with Sonoma State University
Saturday, 5/10 9am-1pm at Bohemia Ecological Preserve (Occidental): Docent-led Blitz event with LandPaths
Saturday, 5/10 10:30am-1:30pm at Fairfield Osborn Preserve (Penngrove): Docent-led Blitz event with Sonoma State University
Sunday, 5/11 10am-1pm at Fairfield Osborn Preserve (Penngrove): CNPS Milo Baker Chapter SOD & Wildflower Walk, and opportunity to pick up blitz packets
Register at http://link.ucanr.edu/2025sodblitz for all Sonoma County events.
Kerry Wininger – kwininger@ucanr.edu
5/19/25 – San Francisco
Gabriel Ortega – gabriel.ortega@sfgov.org, Christa Conforti – CConforti@presidiotrust.gov, and Mia Ingolia – MIngolia@sfwater.org
5/24/25 – 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
Jeremy Silberman – jfsilber@ucsc.edu and edylai@ucsc.edu, kjasso@ucsc.edu
5/27/25 – North Coast
SOD Blitz Survey for local partners and land managers
Wallis Robinson – wlrobinson@ucanr.edu and Chris Lee – christopher.lee@fire.ca.gov
and Yana Valachovic – yvala@ucanr.edu
5/31/25 – Burlingame Hills
Steve Epstein – steve@burlingamehills.org
5/31/25 – Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
5050 El Camino Real, Los Altos, CA
Arianna Camponuri – acamponuri@openspace.org
6/2/25 – East Bay Regional Parks District
Tatiana Manzanillo – tmanzanillo@ebparks.org
6/5/25 – UC Botanical Garden
Clare Loughran – loughran@berkeley.edu and Andrew Doran – andrewdoran@berkeley.edu
6/5/25 – 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
6/5/25 – Orinda
Pick up and drop off at the entrance to Fire Station 45, 33 Orinda Way, Orinda, CA
Orinda – Bill Hudson – wllhh@ymail.com
6/7/25 – Native Here Nursery
Delia Taylor – deliataylor@mac.com
6/7/25 – Peninsula, Woodside, Portola Valley, Los Alto Hills, and Filoli Historic House & Garden
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
6/9/25 – John Muir National Historic Site
JMNHS- Victoria Seher – Victoria_Seher@nps.gov
TBA – 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.
Nancy Morin – Nancy.Morin@nau.edu
