Website developed as resource for info on deadly tree disease

Purdue University researchers have helped develop a website aimed at educating landowners and foresters about a fatal fungal disease (TCD) that is threatening valuable black walnut tree in Eastern states. The website is meant to raise awareness of thousand cankers disease and share developments, such as new sightings or research, with landowners and members of the forest industry. More...

7th Research Symposium Proceedings to be Published Online

Proceedings from the 7th Walnut Council Research Symposium will be published online in early 2012. Walnut Council members will receive notice when that publication is available for viewing or download. The proceedings will also be available in print by request. Watch for more information in winter.

Agriculture Department Announces Detection of Thousand Cankers Disease in Pennsylvania Trees, Enacts Quarantine to Prevent Spread

On Aug. 9, 2011, the department in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Penn State Cooperative Extension confirmed the presence of Thousand Cankers Disease in black walnut trees in Bucks County. More...

VIRGINIA QUARANTINES MOVEMENT OF WALNUT TREES AND RELATED PRODUCTS FROM CHESTERFIELD AND HENRICO COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF RICHMOND

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) today placed a temporary quarantine on Chesterfield and Henrico Counties and the city of Richmond following the detection of Thousand Cankers Disease (TCD) in Chesterfield and Henrico Counties. The city of Richmond is included because of its proximity to the locations where the disease was detected. More...

Please watch for survey

We want to make the Walnut Council the best it can be to assist you in your forestry efforts, whether you are a newcomer to planting trees or have been working in the woods for decades. Watch your mailbox for a survey on how we can make Walnut Council better for you. Your name and location will be anonymous and your responses will truly be helpful to our board.

American Chestnut Trees Return to the Hoosier National Forest

Once a prominent forest tree in southern Indiana, potentially blight resistant American chestnut trees have now been re-planted on the Hoosier. The first of two areas have been planted with blight-resistant American chestnut trees on the Hoosier National Forest. More...

Forest Service Report on Sustainable Forests Offers Support for All-Lands Approach to Resource Management

The United States has 751 million acres of forests that have remained remarkably stable during the past 50 years, according to the U.S. Forest Service's 2010 National Report on Sustainable Forests that was released today. More...

U.S. Forest Service, Partners, to Premiere New Documentary on Aldo Leopold's Legacy

The U.S. Forest Service has partnered with the Aldo Leopold Foundation and the Center for Humans and Nature in the first feature-length, high-definition documentary about the legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold. The film "Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time" will premiere on Saturday, Feb. 5, at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, N.M. More...

Thousand Cankers Disease Hits Eastern TN

A disease-causing fungus that kills black walnut trees has been confirmed in East Tennessee. Knoxville News-Sentinel, August 6, 2010