by legacyland-adm | May 26, 2020 | Blog, News
In the spring of 2016 Legacy confirmed that oak wilt was present and active on our Reichert Nature Preserve. At that time several trees had already been claimed by the disease, and we knew it was time to act. It took us two years to educate ourselves on oak wilt’s...
by legacyland-adm | Mar 2, 2017 | Front Page, News
By Allene Smith, Land Steward When I left you last, Legacy was gathering information and planning our approach to managing oak wilt, a disease that kills red oaks (See Part 1, Getting ahead of oak wilt). Here’s the progress we’ve made since then. In keeping with...
by legacyland-adm | Jan 30, 2017 | Front Page, News
By Allene Smith, Land Steward You might have heard through the grapevine (or through root grafts, in this case) that Legacy’s Reichert Nature Preserve has come down with a case of oak wilt. While we lay the groundwork for remediation efforts on the Preserve, we’d like...