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Current Status of Pitch Canker Disease in California - a TreeNote article on the diagnosis and prevention of Pitch Canker
Position Paper - Transport, Disposal, and Use of Woody Material Infested with the Pine Pitch Canker Fungus
Pitch canker kills pines, spreads to new species and regions
Zone of Infestation
Board of Forestry Pitch Canker Zone of Infestation Resolution
Map of the declared Zone of Infestation
Pitch Canker Video: Provides an overview of the problem in California; 16 minutes. Can be obtained on loan from the US Forest Service Video Library by calling 1-800-683-8366 and asking for " Pine Pitch Canker - A Threat to California's Forests." It currently can be viewed at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, 165 Forest Ave, Pacific Grove , CA. Other video titles available through the library are listed on the website www.r5.pswfs.gov/video.
Identification - including a photo gallery of symptoms
Harvesting Timber within the Coastal Canker Zone of Infestation
Position Paper on the Retention of Pines Infected with Pitch Canker 
(Revised 9/25/2001)
Draft - To Supplement Tree Retention Guidelines - 3/01/02
Other Pests of Pines: Diplodia Blight (pdf file)

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