The City of Bridgman Planning Commission will be hosting a free Oak Wilt seminar featuring Dr. David Roberts, on February 18, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., located at the Weko Beach House, 5301 Lake Street, Bridgman, Michigan 49106.
Dr. Roberts is retired from Michigan State University where he was a Senior Academic Specialist. He attained his B.S. and M.S. from The Ohio State University and his Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Dr. Roberts continues to engage in research and presents lectures on various tree and plant issues through his small business known as The Plant Doctor, LLC. He is also known as Michigan’s Tree Doctor.
Dr. Roberts has researched many issues in Michigan’s plant industry, including Dutch Elm Disease, Diplodia Tip Blight of Pines, along with variety of cultural problems such as plant nutrition and herbicide toxicity. He has worked on Oak Wilt for nearly 40 years, inventing several new and innovative remediation techniques.
On Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at the Weko Beach House in Bridgman, Dr. Roberts will be presenting on the topic of Oak Wilt, a vascular disease caused by an invasive fungus that spreads locally from infected trees to nearby healthy trees. Oak Wilt is one of the costliest diseases in the landscape, largely due to efforts to try to contain and eradicate the deadly disease once established in the landscape.
All are invited to attend this FREE seminar to learn how to stop the spread of this disease which is dramatically reducing the number of oak trees in our area. Tree service company representatives are encouraged to attend.
For more information, please contact Juan Ganum, City Manager, at (269) 465.5144 or jganum@bridgman.org.
