February 23, 2012

Governor Proclaims Thousand Cankers Disease a Threat to Illinois’ Walnut Trees

Governor Pat Quinn has proclaimed Thousand Cankers Disease (TCD) to be a viable threat to Illinois’ native Black Walnut tree population.  Quinn approved regulatory measures this month to restrict the movement of potentially-infested products into Illinois as a preventative measure to protect the economical and environmental well-being of Illinois’ walnut tree industry.

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State says Ill. walnut trees threatened by fungus

Illinois officials say they're trying to protect the state's black walnut trees from a deadly fungus that has killed thousands of trees in the western United States.

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Black Walnut Trees in Danger

Governor Pat Quinn says Black Walnut trees in Illinois are in danger from Thousand Cankers Disease.

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois officials say they're trying to protect the state's black walnut trees from a deadly fungus that has killed thousands of trees in the western United States.

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Thousand cankers threatens walnut trees

Bad news continues to accumulate on thousand cankers disease , or TCD, of black walnut, with the discovery earlier this year of the disease in Virginia, Donald Lewis, Iowa State University Extension entomologist, said.

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Disease threatens black walnut trees

Illinois faces a threat to its native black walnut trees in the coming years if a new invader cannot be slowed or stopped.

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Disease threatens black walnut trees

Diseased black walnut tree in Bucks prompts quarantine

An incurable disease found in a black walnut tree in Plumstead Township, Bucks County, has prompted measures to safeguard the state’s $25 billion hardwoods industry.

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Disease triggers wood quarantine

‘Thousand cankers,’ spread by beetles, found in black walnut trees in Bucks County.

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Diseased walnut in Bucks Co. prompts quarantine

An incurable disease found in a black walnut tree in Plumstead Township, Bucks County, has prompted measures to safeguard Pennsylvania’s $25 billion hardwoods industry.

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Diseased walnut in Bucks Co. prompts quarantine