Designed to share current knowledge about the goldspotted oak borer (GSOB), the upcoming workshops will provide the best information available. Land managers, parks and campground personnel, arborists, landscape professionals and other responsible for the stewardship of oaks and oak woodlands are encouraged to attend.
Co-sponsored by the national Park Service, Southern California Society of American Foresters, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, USDA Forest Service and the University of California Cooperative Extension this event will offer attendees access to specialists and scientists with experience with GSOB and related oak woodland issues.
Scheduled topics include:
- History, assessment and impacts
- GSOB identification
- Ecological and economic impacts
- Planning strategies
- Best management practices
- Oak mortality management
- Restoration
- Policies
- Hands-on display
GSOB workshops will be held throughout southern California over the next several months. A workshop is scheduled in Thousand Oaks on January 12, 2011 from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm.
Continuing Education Units have been requested from: California Department of Pesticide Regulation, International Society of Arboriculture, Southern California Society of American Foresters, and the California Urban Forests Council.
For details please visit http://www.gsob.org.
For questions or if you special needs or require assistance please call (858) 694-8955 or email Jan Gonzales at jggonzales@ucdavis.edu.