Oak wilt is a fungus that spreads through a tree's water system, causing it to wilt and die. The fungus was confirmed in the park on Oct. 6, and nearly 30 trees have been cut down. Nearly 30 oak trees ...

Milwaukee County Parks crews are moving fast to stop the spread of a deadly fungus discovered for the first time in the area. Roughly 30 oak trees at Whitnall Park are being cut down after the ...

The state Department of Natural Resources says the first signs of oak wilt are appearing in the southern two-thirds of the state. The agency says people may start seeing wilted leaves and bronze-green ...

Waiting until the leaves drop in fall is a rule of thumb for pruning shade trees, mainly because you can see bare limbs better, and the job is less “messy” without leaves attached to the cut branches.

MADISON — Now is a good time for tree pruning, when temperatures are cold, according to Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources tree-health experts. “Pruning is a good practice to help create or ...

Each year, a tree-killing fungal disease strikes and kills thousands of oak trees in Wisconsin’s forests, woodlots and urban areas. Oak wilt is common in southern and central Wisconsin and is becoming ...

Oak trees are important to everyone, even those who don't realize they are standing under one or even sitting on oak furniture. And there are undoubtedly those who have never noticed the lovely oaks ...

What is oak wilt disease and how can it be prevented? I have several oak trees on my property and am concerned. Oak wilt is a fungal disease that is spread by sap-feeding beetles through open wounds ...

LANSING, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- The Department of Natural Resources is urging people to know the symptoms of Oak wilt so you can help stop the spread across the state. Oak wilt infections have been ...

The edges of the leaves of an old oak tree near Brainerd turned brown last summer when they should have been at their healthiest. This spring, as everything around the tree was blooming, its leaves ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Do you have oak trees on your property? The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is encouraging you to include your tree trimming in your final round of yardwork ...

The oak tree is as much an icon to the Texas landscape as cattle and pick-up trucks. To walk into a grove of Live Oaks settled along a deep green pasture is hiking bliss, I just can't think of a more ...