TEXAS SPENDS BIG BUCKS TO STOP OAK WILT DISEASE
COLLEGE STATION — More than $6 million has been spent since 1988 battling deadly oak wilt disease in Texas, but foresters estimate that $60 million worth of trees have been saved. The Oak Wilt Suppression Project, handled by the Texas Forest Service, pits seven foresters full-time against googols of fungus spores that stick to the…