Please join us at "Visualizing Sudden Oak Death" an online conference, February 10 -21, 2014 http://www.suddenoakdeath.org/news-and-events/visualizing-sudden-oak-death/ Some highlights: 2/10/2014 Opening of the Fourth "Art of Saving Oaks" gallery http://www.suddenoakdeath.org/library/the-art-of-saving-oaks/ 2/10/2014 Sudden oak death/Phytophthora ramorum discussion forum begins http://suddenoakdeath.forumotion.com/. Add to the sudden oak death timeline, comment on Clive Brasier's speculation on the origin of P. ramorum and more. 02/11/2014 Webinar 9:00 to 10:00 am PST Phytophthora ramorum vs. Homo sapiens: Where do we stand in our battle against the sudden oak death pathogen? 02/13/2014 - Visualizing Sudden Oak Death - A Session with the Experts - 01:00 PM (PST) Google+ Hangout and YouTube, A discussion with three of the top Phytophthora ramorum researchers around and you are invited to watch. Join Janice Alexander (outreach coordinator for the California Oak Mortality Task Force) in a moderated discussion with Matteo Garbelotto, Jennifer Parke, and Gary Chastagner. Submit your questions now to comtf.sod@gmail.com<mailto:comtf.sod@gmail.com>. Hope to "see" you there!! Susan Susan J. Frankel Plant Pathologist, Invasives and Threats Team, Ecosystem Function and Health Program USDA-Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station Mailing address: PO Box 245 Berkeley, CA 94701 Street address: 800 Buchanan Street, West Annex Building, Albany, CA 94710-0011 Phone: 510-559-6472 FAX :510-559-6440 sfrankel@fs.fed.us<mailto:sfrankel@fs.fed.us> This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately.