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Oak Wilt Cost Share Practices <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />Active oak wilt control revolves around two actMties: (1) suppression of the disease at active <br />infection centers and (2) elimination of spores likeh' to generate new infection centers <br />outside of exdstmg infection centers. The following outlines nvo practices that are intended <br />to cieal with oak wilt by (2) lowering the incidence of the disease by mechanically sevenng <br />root grafts and (2) eliminate the abili~, of the disease to form new infection centers by <br />eliminating spore producing trees (SPT). In ~eneral, it is designed to assist property, o~mers <br />through their local communi~', with priorib, being given to communities with approved plans. <br />However, landowmers may be directh, assismd by DNR-ForestU' if they own a lark~er area <br />( > 3 acres), if the area to be protected is greater than three acres regardless of ownership, <br />or if they live in an area with a low inciclence of the disease. <br /> <br />P] Suppression of Infection Centers <br /> <br />THE PURPOSE of this practice is to enhance the environment by protecting oak <br />trees adjacent to an exfisting infection pocket and thereby conserving aesthetic and <br />property values, habitat, tax base, and produc: values. <br /> <br />APPLY this practice to (1) desi~cnated communities (counp,.,, cit3,, or townships) that <br />have active oak-.vilt disease and that have prepared a control plan, (2) private <br />ownerships over 3 acres under the supervision of the local DNR forester, (3) in areas <br />with a low incidence of the disease and under the supervision of the local DNR <br />Forester, or (4) where the area- protected is greater than 3 acres regardless of <br />ownership. <br /> <br />C. POLICIES for this practice are as follows: <br /> <br />a) <br /> <br />In organized communities, a communiw oak w/it plan must be in place unless <br />the acreage treated or protected is large ( > 3 acres) or the community, has <br />only a few oak vdh infection centers. <br /> <br />b) <br /> <br />In communities, the proposed practice must be consistent w/th the <br />commuhi~,'s plan. <br /> <br />Cost shat/rig is author/zed for treating infection centers. This would include <br />the follovdng work: <br /> <br />locating of infection centerp~.~m,.t~r'~,-' ~ '~ <br />locating of root graft barriers <br />installation of root graft barriers <br />o,.s:-t~ ~a~m,.n~ monitoring of treatmeni emcacv <br /> <br /> <br />