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Thousand Canker Disease

    Tree Planting and Care

    Walnut Tree Thousand Cankers Disease

    By Robert Smith | December 2, 2010

    The spread of this tree diseases continues recently Thousand Cankers Disease was found in Eastern Tennessee.  According to the Tennessee Department of Agriculture,  “the risk represents an estimated value loss of $1.37 billion in black walnuts in Tennessee alone. There are an estimated 26 million black walnut trees on Tennessee public and private timberland potentially valued as high as $1.47 billion.”  This of course doesn’t take into consideration of the additional benefits that these trees are providing for us including cleaner air,…

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