Ongoing research

Loren O'Rourke, Sacramento Tree Foundation Planting native oak species on underutilized urban public lands in Sacramento has a unique set of difficulties.

Anne Y. Polyakov, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley William D.

Soumya Suresh, Oregon State University Angelica V.

Isaiah Thalmayer, Point Blue Conservation Science Chelsea J.

Anne Y. Polyakov, University of California at Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management William D.

Matthew L. Trumper, Department of Geography, Environment, and Society, University of Minnesota, MN USA Daniel Griffin, Department of Geography, Environment, and Society, University of Minnesota, MN USA Michael D.

Claudia Tyler, University of California, Santa Barbara Shelly Cole Moritz, University of California, Santa Barbara Bruce E. Mahall, University of California, Santa Barbara Summer drought poses a potential barrier to natural oak seedling recruitment and the transition from seedling to sapling stages.

Richard C Cobb, Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Science, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Most of Californias population resides within or adjacent to the states oak woodlands.

Billy Freeman, Rangeland Manager, Sierra Foothill Conservancy A Blue oak study is currently being implemented at the McKenzie Table Mountain Preserve near Prather, California. Data will be used by Sierra Foothill Conservancy and partners to affect broadscale Blue oak woodland management.

Kerry E. Wininger, University of California Cooperative Extension Sonoma County Approximately 50 million trees had died from sudden oak death (SOD) in 2019, with ~200 million infected in California, where Sonoma County leads in cases.