DNR staff visited several county parks to look for Beach Leaf Disease

The testing is described in a copy of an email, “FW: Beech Leaf Disease Detection Survey”: https://www.co.door.wi.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04022025-1846#page=22

As stated in the email, and also a DNR report from 2024, Beach Leaf Disease has never been found in Wisconsin: https://widnr.widen.net/s/6v79pfrchv/forest-health-annual-report---2024#page=11

The 2022 version of the report states that the presence of Beach Leaf Disease was confirmed in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan in July of 2022: https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/sites/default/files/topic/ForestHealth/AnnualReport2022.pdf#page=9

Several photos showing what the symptoms look like are included in “Be on the lookout for beech leaf disease”: https://forestrynews.blogs.govdelivery.com/2020/08/03/be-on-the-lookout-for-beech-leaf-disease-2/

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