Dead trees line the Salt Creek and Platte River near Mahoney State Park in June 2025. Horticulturists with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission were stumped when they started seeing significant ...

PONCA, Neb. (KTIV) - Officials say one of Nebraska’s oldest trees, located in Ponca State Park, has died. The “Old Wolf Oak”, a bur oak that’s about 380 years old, was an often-visited attraction in ...

During the period between April 15 and July 15, beetles actively carry spores of fungus from tree to tree, meaning oak trees are at high risk for infection with oak wilt. Oak trees with wounds in ...

Concerns about oak trees have been common this spring. Careful observers have noticed that some of the leaves on white oak trees appear more brown than green, especially the leaves on the lower ...

MASON CITY | North Iowa's ash and bur oak trees are at risk the most when it come to invasive species and diseases, according to Paul Tauke, a state forester with the Iowa Department of Natural ...

One of Nebraska's oldest trees, a bur oak estimated to be more than 380 years old, has died. The tree, known as the "Old Wolf Oak," is located at Ponca State Park in northeastern Nebraska along the ...