20 January 2005

Room for Cautious Optimism?

From MercuryNews.com today:
Spread of oak death slows

"Sudden oak death has run its course in the most vulnerable forests in coastal Bay Area counties, although it continues to pose a threat to new areas of wilderness as well as commercial nurseries, experts said Wednesday.

The fungal pathogen that causes the disease has a firm foothold in the region and is not going away, said Steve Tjosvold, a University of California extension agent for Santa Cruz and Monterey counties."

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