By Linda Williams, DNR Forest Health Specialist, Woodruff;
Linda.Williams@wisconsin.gov or 920-360-0665
A tree showing that lower branches are thin and have lost leaves due to Tubakia leaf spot, while leaves on its upper branches look good. / Photo Credit: Linda Williams, Wisconsin DNR.
Tubakia leaf spot is a leaf disease caused by a fungus (Tubakia dryina) that typically affects the lower canopy of red oaks.
Because of all the rain that came during the spring and early summer of 2024, the fungus has started to impact some trees. Problems didn’t occur last year because the weather was too dry.
Join us for a two-part workshop on the value and uses of bare root trees and how to use gravel beds to hold and maintain bare root stock before it is planted. Part one will be delivered via Zoom on Friday, Sept. 20. Part two will be an in-person field day visit to an operating gravel bed. You will select one of the six locations around the state during registration. ISA CEUs will be available for both parts.
Southeastern Wisconsin Invasive Species Consortium is teaming up again with 
The Arbor Day Foundation is thrilled to announce the 2024 Partners in Community Forestry Conference and Alliance for Community Trees Day will be held in Chicago, Illinois Nov. 20-21.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s new 
As part of the USDA Forest Service Urban & Community Forestry’s Inflation Reduction Act Program, the Center for Regenerative Solutions and Urban Sustainability Directors Network opened the application for capacity building and workforce development grants for communities to accelerate urban forestry through the launch and management of Community Forestry Corps youth employment programs. 