The Management Committee works to identify
up-to-date management strategies to successfully mitigate the impacts of Sudden Oak Death. It utilizes and evaluates all available sources of information and modifies recommendations based on new research findings.
About the Task Force. Created in August 2000, the California Oak Mortality Task Force (COMTF) is a nonprofit organization, under the California Forest Pest Council, that brings together public
agencies, other nonprofit organizations and private interests to address the issue of elevated levels of oak mortality. The Task Force will implement a comprehensive and unified approach for research, management, education and public policy. Copyright 2004, COMTF