DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Natural resources officials say a blight has been killing bur oaks in Iowa. Iowa Department of Natural Resources officials say the blight has been killing Iowa bur oaks since ...

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 ...

Nebraska's "Old Wolf Oak" tree, a burr oak that is more than 380 years old, has died after a long drought. (Courtesy of Nebraska Game and Parks Commission) LINCOLN — One of Nebraska’s oldest trees has ...

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 ...

Iowa foresters have been watching 100-year old white oak trees suddenly die in just a few weeks, and they're not sure why. The problem is especially prevalent in the southern half of the state, but a ...

Walker said the bur oak blight is a fungal disease that affects the leaves on the trees and causes them to die prematurely. Unlike the mysterious disease that is killing white oaks in a short amount ...

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 ...