Canopy Comments – Oak Wilt

Chris Dolan, City of Austin arborist for oak wilt mapping, has completed his survey of Walnut Creek Neighborhood. The only evidence of oak wilt he found was at Indianhead at 11817 and 11812. 11812 is in the right of way, and Chris has already secured funding to treat...

Canopy Comments – Canopy Restoration

October is considered a good month to plant canopy restoration trees, entering a time when newly planted trees can develop roots before the coming warm months increase their needs for water. There are quite a few examples of canopy restoration newly planted trees in...

Canopy Comments – Canopy Restoration

If you are considering planting a tree or even trees this fall, either to replace lost canopy, or to add to the canopy in your yard, it is worth taking a walk down Hunters Lane to see the effects of recents years’s plantings there. Notice particularly the oak...

Canopy Comments – Arbor Day, Austin

AUSTIN’S ARBOR DAY Saturday October 18th, 2014 Boggy Creek Greenbelt 2300 Rosewood Ave Austin, TX 78702 _________________________________________________________________________________ Volunteer Tree Planting, Family Friendly Activities & Arbor Day Ceremony...

Canopy Comments – Oak Wilt Survey Follow-up

Oak Wilt Survey, Follow-up Site Visit by City Arborist Last week Chris Dolan made a follow-up site visit to his 2014 spring survey. He did confirm that two trees of concern now have oak wilt. These are across the street from the trees infected with oak wilt at 11807...