So sad. We took down 10 oaks yesterday. Two more need to be removed, but need a professional as they are too close to the house.
I'm actually in Minnesota. Far northern suburb of Minneapolis. We've lived here for 25 years. Oak wilt was first recognized in our area about 20 years ago, so I guess I should be grateful that it took that long to reach us. We have had vibratory plowing done 3 times to keep it at bay. Wish our neighbor had too.
I am about 3 hours south of you on the other side of the river. We've lost hundreds of ash trees here. They were so lovely. Right now the city looks so bare.
I'm sorry about the trees. Is it contagious?
Or have it milled for lumber that you can use later. It is beautiful wood, shame to waste it.
Colorado was one of the areas I have pictures. Forests were dead from Utah to Sturgis, South Dakota and home again. Very sasdBrian, I feel for you. I hate taking down trees. We have lost of lot from beetle kill. All of our ponderosa pines have been culled - maybe 30 or so in my yard alone. With warmer winters up here and drought a few years back, the beetles run rampant and the trees cannot fight them off. We have a pretty good mix of pines since this area has never been logged. Keeping a variety of species really helps slow the blasted bugs down. Still, there is so much timber cut, bagged, and drying out in the yard; I'll never need to buy firewood.
It's heartbreaking to drive around and see entire mountainsides dead or dying. In older hit areas, aspens are just now starting to reclaim the fallen stands which is encouraging. Life moves on. Eventually.
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