FRANKLIN, Wis. (CBS 58) — For the first time, oak wilt is in the Milwaukee County Parks system.
It’s a destructive fungus that can kill oaks sometimes within several weeks, spread through beetles or underground through roots.
“The tree basically can’t move water within the tree anymore and it wilts and it dies, hence the oak wilt name,” said Bill McNee, a forest health specialist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources…