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Workshop
Oak Woodland Restoration and GSOB Management Workshop
by UCCE San Diego and partner agencies (September 2022)
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Workshop
Post-fire Wildland Recovery Workshop
by UCCE San Diego and partner agencies (February 2022)
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News Release
Tree-killing pest detected in Big Bear area
by CAL FIRE and USDA Forest Service (August 2019)
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Workshop
Invasive Tree Pests Workshops for Tree Care Professionals
by UCCE San Diego and partner agencies (March 2019)
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In the News
"Drought, disease and insects killed 36 million trees across California in 2022"
by Joshua Emerson Smith, The San Diego Tribune, San Diego, CA
February, 2023 (Online News)
"Officials drafting plan for oak-killing beetle in San Bernardino National Forest"
by Martin Estacio, Victorville Daily Press, Victorville, CA
August 2022 (Online News)
"How to protect your trees from invasive beetles killing SoCal’s urban forests"
by Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA
February 2022 (Online News)
"Goldspotted Oak Borer Survey at Keithley Preserve"
by Juan Troncoso, Escondido Creek Conservancy, Escondido, CA
July 2021 (Blog Post)
"Goldspotted Oak Borer Discovered in Wrightwood in San Bernardino County near the Los Angeles County Line"
by USDA Forest Service, Wrightwood, CA
November 2019 (News Release)
"Oak-killing beetle a threat to Chino Hills trees"
by Marianne Napoles, Chino-Chino Hills Champion Newspapers, Chino, CA
August 2019 (Online News)
"Oak-Killing Beetle Found In San Bernardino County"
by Benjamin Purper, KVCR public radio, San Bernardino, CA
August 2019 (Online News: Article and Audio)
"Oak-killing beetle found in unincorporated San Bernardino County mountain community of Sugarloaf"
by Sandra Emerson, Daily Bulletin
August 2019 (Online News)
"Tree-killing pest detected in Big Bear area."
by CAL FIRE/YubaNet.com
August 2019 (Online News)
"Invasive goldspotted oak borer found in Big Bear"
by Big Bear Grizzly News, Big Bear Lake, CA
August 2019 (Online News)
"Tree-killing pest detected in Big Bear area."
by CAL FIRE and USDA Forest Service
August 2019 (News Release)
"Goldspotted Oak Borer-Special Report: Researchers Battle Gold Spotted Oak Borer: An Invasive Threat Spreading Across Southern California"
by Western IPM Center
May 2017 (Email-news, Special Report)
"Beetles eating millions of trees are creating a fire risk in parts of Orange County"
by Aaron Orlowski, The Orange County Register, Santa Ana, CA
July 2016 (Online News)
"Forestry Officials Ramp Up Fight Against Invasive Beetles"
by Maureen Cavanaugh, Michael Lipkin, David Wagner, KPBS News, San Diego, CA
May 2016 (Online News: Article, Video and Radio)
"Beetle devastating local oaks: Infestation has killed at least 100K trees in the county, though it could be more"
by J. Harry Jones, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA
May 2016 (Online News)
"Goldspotted Oak Borer Beetles Infesting Orange County Trees"
By Greg Lee, ABC7 Eyewitness News, Los Angeles, CA
2015 (Online News)
"Dos Picos park's oak canopy falls: Goldspotted Oak Borer infestation fells more than 100 large oaks in Ramona county park"
by J. Harry Jones, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA
May 2015 (Online News)
"Officials Ask Public's Help to Stop Spread after Invasive Pest Found in Orange County"
by Orange County Board of Supervisors
February 2015 (online newsletter)
"Invasive Pest Found in Orange County: Fire Officials Ask Public's Help to Stop Spread"
by Mike Petro, Orange County Fire Authority, Orange County, CA
February 2015 (news release PDF)
"Ladies and Gentlemen, the Beetles! OC's Gold Spotted Oak Borer Invasion Ain't British"
by Matt Coker, OC Weekly News, Orange County, CA
February 2015 (blog post)
"Innovate 8: Students Collect scientific data at Camp Cuyamaca"
by CBS News 8 San Diego, San Diego, CA
March 2014 (Television Video Report)
"Goldspotted oak borer inspections continue"
by Marshall Smith, Idyllwild Town Crier, Idyllwild, CA
May 2013 (online news, webpage)
"Beetles take bite out of backcountry"
by Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA
February 2013 (Online News)
"More trees infested with goldspotted oak borer"
by Jeannette E. Warnert, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
January 2013 (blog post)
"Invasive Insects Put San Diego Ecosystems In Peril"
by Susan Murphy, KPBS News Programming, San Diego, CA
January 2013 (Television Video Report only)
"Invasive Insects Put San Diego Ecosystems In Peril"
by Susan Murphy, KPBS News Programming, San Diego, CA
January 2013 (News, Television and Radio Report)
"Invasive Pest Found in Riverside County: Fire and Forest Officials Ask Public's Help to Stop Spread"
CAL FIRE, Sacramento, CA
November 2012 (News Release, PDF)
"Don't Move Firewood and Pests"
by Iqbal Pittalwala, UCR Newsroom, Riverside, CA
and Pamela Kan-Rice, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
October 2012 (Online News)
"Firewood Movement Leading Cause of Oak Infestation"
by Bettye Miller, UCR Newsroom, Riverside, CA
September 2011 (Online News)
"Invasive Beetle Killing Coast Live Oaks: Oak Borer Could Wipe Out Trees From San Diego to Oregon"
by Ed Joyce, KPBS News Programming, San Diego, CA
April 2011 (Television Video Report only)
"Invasive Beetle Killing Coast Live Oaks: Oak Borer Could Wipe Out Trees From San Diego to Oregon"
by Ed Joyce, KPBS News Programming, San Diego, CA
April 2011 (News, Television and Radio Report)
"Gold-Spotted Oak Borer Threat To Local Oak Trees"
by Jeff Davis, K-FROG Radio, Colton, CA
October 2010 (Radio Interview)
"Voracious Oak-Killing Beetle Reaches Suburban San Diego"
by Mike Lee, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA
May 2010 (Online News)
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