Sudden Oak Death Guides and Best Management Practices

How-to Guide for Collecting Tanoak and CA Bay Laurel Samples for Lab Analysis

SOD Symptoms on Tanoak and CA Bay Laurel (PDF 6MB)

Guide to Common SOD Look-Alikes

SOD Look-Alikes (PDF 4MB)

Oak and Tanoak Health

Oak Tree Health in the North Coast (PDF 118KB)

A Field Guide to Insect and Pathogens of California Oaks (PDF 4MB)

SOD and Fire

Sudden Oak Death and Fire in California (PDF 2MB)

Safety issues for firefighters in SOD-infested forests (PDF 166KB)

Best Management Practices (BMP's)
A series of downloadable Best Management Practices (BMP's) produced by the California Oak Mortality Task Force. 

Click for an informational brochure on SOD

SOD guide for homeowners (PDF 398KB) 
SOD guide for homeowners (condensed) (PDF 53KB) 
A guide for recreational users (PDF 513KB) 
SOD Guidelines for California Landscapers & Gardeners (PDF 250KB) 
SOD guidelines for arborists (PDF 359KB) 
SOD guide for arborists (in Spanish) (PDF 166KB) 
SOD guidelines for forestry (PDF 448KB) 
A Christmas tree grower's guide to SOD (PDF 642KB) 
A guide for collecting in forests (PDF 379KB) 
SOD guide for collecting forest products (in Spanish) (PDF 186KB) 
A guide for plant gatherers (PDF 379KB) 
Phytophthora ramorum Forest Products Regulations (PDF 90KB)