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Resolution

Coastal Pitch Canker Zone of Infestation

WHEREAS, Public Resources Code, Article 5, Section 4712 through Section 4718 provides that whenever the Director determines that there exists an area which is infested or infected with plant diseases injurious to timber or forest growth and that the infestation or infection is of such a character as to be a menace to the timber or timberlands of California, the Director, with the approval of the State Board of Forestry, may declare a zone of infestation and describe and fix its boundaries; and

WHEREAS, said Sections provide that the Department or its agents shall cause the infestation or infection to be controlled in a manner approved by the Board; and

WHEREAS, The Director has determined that there exists an infestation or infection of the fungal disease Pitch Canker, and such infestation or infection is a plant disease injurious to timber or forest growth in several counties in the State of California within the following described boundaries (See map):

All of the area within the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Marin, Monterey, Mendocino, Napa, Orange, San Benito, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, and Ventura; and the portion of San Bernardino, Riverside and San Diego Counties which is westerly of the line beginning at the San Bernardino / Los Angeles County line and proceeding easterly along State Route (SR) 138 to Interstate Highway (I) 15; thence southerly along I-15 to I-215; thence southerly along I-215 to I-15; thence southerly along I-15 to SR-79; then southerly along SR-79 to I-8; thence easterly along I-8 to the San Diego / Imperial County line; thence southerly along the San Diego / Imperial County line to the U.S. / Mexico border.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the State Board of Forestry in Regular Meeting in Visalia, California on June 4, 1997, that said Board does hereby approve the declaration by the Director of the Coastal Pitch Canker Zone of Infestation within the boundaries of and comprising the area described above; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director, in accordance with the established Forest Pest Management policy of the State Board of Forestry, and in the absence of action by other agencies, is hereby authorized to take actions which would control the movement, disposal and use of woody material infected with Pitch Canker and to use such funds as have been or may hereafter be made available for the purpose of controlling, managing, researching and educating the people of California about said infestation.

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