SOD 2026
TRAINING PAGE

Nine steps to get ready for the 2026 SOD Blitz:

1- Check the SOD Blitz 2026 Schedule to find a survey time in your community.

2- Register for the Blitz Online  – We need everyone to register so that we can contact you with the results in the fall. Also, if you are planning to sample in the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District please complete this online waiver

3- Complete the online SOD Blitz Survey training

4- Pick up your sample collection packet at your local SOD Blitz station listed in the SOD Blitz 2026 Schedule.

5- Please return the sample collection packet before the deadline. The deadline is posted at the SOD Blitz station (usually Monday before 9pm).

6- Unless otherwise noted, each station will be manned the first day of each SOD Blitz between 10am and noon, however you can collect and return samples until the local event’s sample return deadline.

7- Don’t forget to fill in the feedback survey, included in the sample collection packet, to help us improve the program.

8- If you have ever performed any action to protect your oaks/tanoaks from SOD, whether surveying for SOD, following a specific gardening schedule to minimize the spread of SOD, removing infectious or dead trees, or treating trees, please fill in the SOD Treatment Survey Form. This form is also included in your survey collection packet or can be completed online at sodquest.org.

9 -Thank you for your help!

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Watch the following training video: 

Watch the Taining Presentation

SOD Blitz 2026 Schedule