Oak Wilt Monitoring In the Hill Country
The Hill Country and Central Texas areas have been hard hit by oak wilt. Oak wilt throughout the Hill Country has caught property owners off guard and is currently killing oaks at epidemic proportions. Many counties in our area are being affected heavily by oak wilt. Tribemania’s goal is to preserve the oak species by stopping oak wilt and oak decline in the Texas Hill Country.
THE OAK WILT WAS PRESENT BUT UNDETECED.
In many cases, oak wilt is present and spreading undetected for years before it is discovered. In fact, this is what happened in Startzville on the south side of Canyon Lake. The Comal County Texas A&M Extension Forest Service was first contacted in 2011. They visited the site on September 15, 2011 and were unable to make a positive read for oak wilt. They returned almost three years later and noticed that the oak wilt had spread and at that time they declared this area as an active oak wilt center.
In the scenario above, our ongoing monitoring and detection service would have detected the oak wilt at least 3 years sooner. When it was finally determined to be an oak wilt center, the cost to trench and contain the spread pattern alone was in the $80k range. In these critical early formative stages, this community had no early detection, no ongoing monitoring, no cohesive mitigation efforts, no leadership, and no available funds to mitigate. Unfortunately, this hot spot is still active today with no end in sight.
Oak Wilt Monitoring Subscription Service
Tribemania Tree Services will monitor your property for any signs of oak wilt. Sign up today to have your property monitored for oak wilt.
What’s included:
Complete mapping of your property and a 500’ feet buffer zone around the property
Your property is mapped into our live mapping system that will establish your property as a point of reference in relationship to any active hot spots that we are currently monitoring. A 500’ buffer zone is created around your property for monitoring purposes.Access to educational information, data, research and development efforts
As a subscriber, you will have access to all of the educational material, data, and research and development that we are currently doing in your county.Containment efforts (No Charge)
Any activity near or within the 500’ buffer zone will trigger a containment effort using a fungicide inoculation technique supported by field results performed by Dan Wilson of the Federal Forest Research and Development Division.
Qualify for research and development program
Must attend a meeting, have a 3 year subscription and onsite inspection to qualify. Note: existing hot spots on property do not quality for this program.
Subscription cost:
$1.50 per acre per month paid for three (3) years. Example: 20 acres x 1.50 x 36 = $1,080
$250 annual trip charge for onsite inspection
Optional: Shape and Balance and a 200 gallon Root Inoculation at $4,250 per zone
Oak Wilt Center discovered very near the Mystic Shores Subdivision
As early as September 2021, I discovered an active oak wilt center in the Mystic Shores area. It is over 500k square feet in size which is substantial. I reached out to a Comal County Texas A&M agent who inspected the area and confirmed it as an active oak wilt center. This infected area is detrimental to many oaks in Mystic Shores and surrounding areas.