TL;DR
An oak wilt protocol is the set of practices tree services follow to prevent spreading the lethal fungal disease of oaks: no pruning during the high-risk season — roughly April through July in most affected states — immediate paint over unavoidable wounds, tool sanitizing between trees, and trenching to sever root grafts around infected groves. Red oaks die within weeks of infection, so prevention is effectively the only treatment for them.
What it means
An oak wilt protocol is the set of practices tree services follow to prevent spreading the lethal fungal disease of oaks: no pruning during the high-risk season — roughly April through July in most affected states — immediate paint over unavoidable wounds, tool sanitizing between trees, and trenching to sever root grafts around infected groves. Red oaks die within weeks of infection, so prevention is effectively the only treatment for them. The disease's presence in Texas and the upper Midwest makes the seasonal rule a local-knowledge marker.
Where it sits in the glossary
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Why Ohio homeowners should know it
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