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.

MICHIGAN (WNEM) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is asking the public to prune their oak trees in the winter to help stop the spread of oak wilt. Oak wilt is caused by the fungus ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — As the winter months roll in through Central Texas, so, too is oak wilt season. Oak wilt is one of the most impactful tree diseases nationally, and is particularly destructive here in ...

Trees across Michigan are just wrapping up their display of fall color, with the reds, oranges and yellows of oak trees often taking center stage. That annual autumn color fest may be at risk, though, ...

Iowa Department of Natural Resources forest health technician Mark Runkel (right) and GIS specialist John Mullen (left) look for trees last Monday exhibiting signs of the oak wilt fungus at Hickory ...

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 ...

Texans can help prevent the spread of oak wilt — one of the deadliest tree diseases in the U.S., responsible for killing millions of trees across 76 Texas counties — by avoiding pruning or wounding ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - In a collaborative effort with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) Forest Health Program, the MU Plant Diagnostic Clinic announced it will provide free testing ...

The University of Michigan has selected its next president. Kent Syverud, the current chancellor of Syracuse University, will be officially appointed as Michigan’s 16th president. Report: Syracuse ...

TALLMADGE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Arborists from the Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation Department will start treatment on a group of oak trees in Aman Park infected with oak wilt. Arborists found 18 ...