Speaker Series: Sudden oak death

China Camp Village 100 China Camp Village Rd, San Rafael, CA

Back in the early ’90s, researchers discovered a strange phenomenon in parts of Marin, including China Camp State Park: Something was killing our otherwise healthy live oaks. The killer? Scientists discovered a microscopic organism called Phytophthora ramorum was the culprit of this “Sudden Oak Death” (SOD). Though progress has been... Read more »