The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) has proposed a firewood quarantine, aiming to restrict ...

Invasive goldspotted oak borers have been newly detected in Ventura County. UC ANR is calling on community scientists to ...

Trees infected by oak wilt show some distinctive symptoms. On live oaks, sections on separate branches die. The pattern is called “flagging.” The leaves that begin falling from the “flags” often will ...

People who own wood-burning stoves or fireplaces shouldn't just use any old firewood. There's one wood species that burns longer and at higher temperatures.

Choosing the best firewood to burn in your home fireplace comes down to wood type and factors like its heat output, its dryness, its source, and, of course, cost. When you see signs for firewood for ...

A catastrophic infestation of the goldspotted oak borer, which has killed more than 80,000 oak trees in San Diego County in the last decade, might be contained by controlling the movement of oak ...

A small beetle that kills giant oak trees has been found near the San Bernardino County mountain community of Wrightwood, and officials are placing the blame on imported firewood. The goldspotted oak ...