Utilization of Sudden Oak Death Diseased Wood Phytophthora ramorum or Sudden Oak Death is a serious problem for California's coastal counties where over a million native oak and tanoak have been killed by the disease The primary objective of this program is to evaluate the utilization potential of host tree species, identify the best and most appropriate uses, and develop protocols for handling Phytophthora ramorum infected materials.
Products produced in the project included high quality flooring and firewood. Preoject reports and information are in the documents section of this website.
SOD infected tanoak logs awaiting processing:
Sawing of logs using Lucas mobile sawmill:
Air drying lumber:
Tanoak flooring installed in Santa Cruz:
Firewood:
