COMTF Monthly Newsletters

Current Month's Newsletter
The Task Force publishes a monthly newsletter that addresses any new or recent developments relating Sudden Oak Death or Phytophthora ramorum. This includes recently published research, monitoring and management activity, legislative decisions, announcements of COMTF training sessions or Sudden Oak Death related meetings and presentations, publication of new diagnostic guides, best management practices, or other documents, and any other recent activity in the field.

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Allows you to subscribe to the monthly newsletter and receive other information and news items related to Sudden Oak Death.

Newsletter Archive: 2001 to date
Monthly reports from January 2001 to the present can be found in these archives as PDF files. Note that there are no December reports for 2001-2003.

Host of the Month Archive
Host of the Month text from previous selections. For Host Of The Month text and photos, go to Current Host of the Month.

Year-end Summary Reports
List of monthly reports from 2004 to present can be found here.

Other Task Force Publications
General outreach materials, BMP documents, and Task Force organizational documents, including year-end summaries and work plans, can all be found on this page.

SOD Outreach Survey Results
Results of online survey to judge the effectiveness of the Sudden Oak Death outreach program.

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About the Task Force. Created in August 2000, the California Oak Mortality Task Force (COMTF) is a nonprofit organization, under the California Forest Pest Council, that brings together public agencies, other nonprofit organizations and private interests to address the issue of elevated levels of oak mortality. The Task Force will implement a comprehensive and unified approach for research, management, education and public policy. Copyright 2004, COMTF