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Event: SUDDEN OAK DEATH (SOD) BLITZ 2012 Training Meeting at Knowland Park — October 6

By admin on September 19, 2012 in Nature & Wildlife

Sudden Oak Death Infected Leaf source: Wikipedia Commons

SUDDEN OAK DEATH FIELD TREATMENT WORKSHOPS

Attend a 2-hour field treatment session offered by Dr. Matteo Garbelotto, UCCE Specialist in Forest Pathology and Mycology, UC Berkelely, and learn about methods aimed at the prevention and spread of Sudden Oak Death. Dr. Garbelotto will cover the latest information on SOD, integrated pest management approaches to help manage SOD, selection of ideal candidate trees for treatment, when and how to treat trees, as well as fire issues, including how and when to protect your home from SOD-related risk, when to perform yard work such as pruning so as not to increase the risk of infection, and how to safely dispose of infected plant material.

In order for treatments to be effective, a number of factors need to be considered. Dr. Garbelotto will address these factors and demonstrate application techniques in an outdoor setting.

See below for info regarding an upcoming treatment workshop at Knowland Park

FIELD TREATMENT WORKSHOP AT KNOWLAND PARK

Saturday, October 6, 2 pm. Knowland Park: Oakland. Contact Laura Baker – lbake66@aol.com Map Link.

Registration: This workshop is FREE, but registration is required. To register, email your name, and affiliation (if applicable) Register by Email or call 510-847-5482.

Further details and information can be found at www.matteolab.com

Dr. Garbelotto recommends that you attend the results meeting (below) prior to the field meeting.

EAST BAY (BERKELEY/OAKLAND/ORINDA)SOD BLITZ RESULTS MEETING

Date: Thursday, October 4, 2012 Time: 6-7pm

Where: 159 Mulford Hall, UC Berkeley Campus, Berkeley, CA.

Come hear the results from the SOD Blitz from April, 2012. The meeting will last about one hour and will include: 1) the results of SOD Blitz testing in our local communities 2) The latest information and recommendations for SOD management. 3) Treatment options and strategies for your area. You will also learn about the SODMAP, the most comprehensive map of SOD in North America showing the spread of the Sudden Oak Death pathogen.

Details and further information can be be found at www.matteolab.com, or contact Shelagh Brodersen garberparkstewards@gmail.com.

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Support Swells for Saving Park, Voting down Measure A1

By admin on September 14, 2012 in Campaign Updates, Oakland Politics

Our booth at the Solano Stroll

WOW! The outpouring of encouragement and support this last week has been AMAZING. If you’re following us on Twitter @KnowlandPark, you know we were at the Solano Stroll last Sunday, where literally thousands of people came by the CNPS booth and we talked to SO many people about why Measure A1 is NOT a good idea. People love their parks, and when they saw the gorgeous photos of Knowland Park that we displayed, they “got it” right away. Thanks so much to the volunteers who worked the booth—and got energized and inspired by the positive responses to our message!

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Matching Grant – Deadline June 15

By admin on May 25, 2012 in Campaign Updates, Uncategorized

All donations made by June 15 will be matched by an anonymous donor up to $3000.

Help us meet this deadline by donating now. Send checks made payable to CNPS (California Native Plant Society) to

Lee Ann Smith
Treasurer, Friends of Knowland Park
111 Shadow Mountain
Oakland, CA, 94605

Or you can donate using PayPal by pressing the Donate button. All donations are tax deductible. Please help us make this match in time!

It’s Your Park!

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Event: Wildlife in the East Bay Hills – a Talk by Wildlife Biologist, Jim Hale

By admin on April 10, 2012 in Nature & Wildlife

Mountain lion in the East Bay. Photo by Jim Hale.

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Friends of Knowland Park awarded new grant for fight to save the park!

By admin on April 9, 2012 in Campaign Updates

The Fund for Wild Nature has announced that it has awarded Friends of Knowland Park a $2000 grant towards its costs of litigation to save the Park! The FWN ” believes that healthy ecosystems are too essential to be sacrificed. Increasingly rare, wild areas constitute the main reservoirs of biodiversity, and provide key spiritual and scientific reference points for our understanding of the planet’s wondrous cycles of birth, life, death and decay.” The FWN has been funding grassroots environmental groups since 1982. One of the first grantees went on to become the Center for Biological Diversity. FOKP is proud to be among FWN’s grantees, who are carrying on the fight to save our natural ecosystems and to change how people relate to the animals and plants that share our earth.

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