Northern Olympic Peninsula, WA Phytophthora ramorum stream monitoring will be expanded in spring 2015 in an effort to identify the source of inoculum contaminating the Dungeness River near Sequim, WA.  The river was found positive twice in 2013 and is not in the vicinity of a P. ramorum-positive nursery.  To date, follow-up sampling of streams in the area have not yielded information about the inoculum source.  The Chastagner lab at Washington State University, Puyallup will oversee the additional monitoring through a volunteer program and increase efforts to genotype isolates and DNA samples from waterways to help clarify the inoculum origin.  Several stormwater retention ponds in Pierce County will also be monitored to determine if landscaped areas in new developments may harbor the pathogen.