To: Board of Supervisors
From: Agricultural Commissioner
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Approval of Cooperative Agreement No. 19-0267-021-SF Sudden Oak Mortality Regulatory Program Contract
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve Cooperative Agreement No. 19-0267-021-SF known as the Sudden Oak Mortality Regulatory Program contract with the California Department of Food and Agriculture;
2. Authorize the Chair to sign the original agreement, and direct the Clerk of the Board to return the signed agreement to the Agricultural Commissioner's office for further processing; and
3. Grant a waiver from the provisions of the Nuclear Free Ordinance.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)
DISCUSSION:
The pathogen that causes the plant disease known as Sudden Oak Death (SOD), Phytophthora ramorum, has caused widespread die-off of several native tree species (Tan Oak, Coast Live Oak and Black Oak) in California and Oregon since it was first identified in the mid 1990's. In 2002, the discovery of a SOD infestation in the Redway area caused federal and state quarantine restrictions to be placed on Humboldt County (California Code of Regulations, Division 4, Subchapter 6, Section 3700, & Code of Federal regulations, Section 301.92). Numerous host plants for SOD are important to the wood products and nursery industry. There are currently more than 120 plants regulated as hosts for SOD.
Through compliance agreements between plant products producers and Humboldt County, the SOD program provides a regulatory process that permits the movement of plants and plant products subject to state and federal SOD quarantines. Agriculture Department staff conduct regular surveys of local plant nurseries and collect plant samples for laboratory testing in order to determine that commercial plant products are free from the SOD pathogen. Through intensive visual inspections of host sp...
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