The weekly NWACA Notes email is available only to NWACA members. Members as of 8/29/19 received a message from iContact (our email provider) to accept the invitation to be on the mailing list. New or renewing members will receive a link with which they can join the list to receive NWACA Notes weekly.
Improving our communities together
Get Weekly Email
Until July, sap beetles are attracted to fresh tree wounds and can transmit the oak wilt fungus to a healthy oak tree during pruning. The heat of July-August is believed to suppress the beetles and reduce the risk of infection. Note that all trees are under the normal stress of summer, depending on soil moisture, and some are still in their growing season then. So if you haven’t completed pruning of oaks by now, it’s best to wait until fall.