3/x At a Forest Health-related meeting this afternoon, I asked the regional entomologist how bad it was now, as I was seeing it in more and more areas of #LakeCountyCA. "It's very dark news," he responded. "There is no funding for research, mitigation, or disposal."
He anticipates that within a few years, all of the ancient Valley Oaks will be gone. Then #MOB will move to younger trees, then Blue Oaks.
Hmm, thinking about it: I have probably half a dozen very young oak (max 3ft) on my property, and regularly pull up sprouted acorns (barely a few leaves — they're actually a nuisance). Is there any way to keep them protected to perhaps help with reintroduction later?
Thank you for the heads-up — there are a lot of oak around here
Photo during some lovely light yesterday afternoon
Terre Logsdon
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