Ohio went to a statewide quarantine on 17 February 2026, and the state stopped asking you to report sightings. What four years of Penn State research found about mature trees, and why October is the month that matters.
Ohio splits tree liability between urban and rural owners. Columbus homeowners fall under the stricter rule – and it includes a duty to inspect.
Ohio publishes five different oak wilt pruning windows and they do not agree. Here is what each source actually says, what the calendar is protecting against, and how to tell oak wilt from the four things it is usually mistaken for.
Nine central Ohio municipalities, nine contradictory sets of rules, and at least one chipping run that is already finished. What the NWS actually confirmed about 11 August, and where the wood in your garden is legally allowed to end up.
Columbus has no land clearing permit — but four other rules bite. The federal bat window that pushes clearing into October–March, the one-acre Ohio EPA trigger, why you cannot burn the brush, and where the wood is allowed to go.
Power line first, then the road, then whose tree it was. The Columbus numbers that matter, what Ohio law says when a neighbour’s tree lands on you, what insurance covers, and why the city will not haul the wood away.
Columbus repealed and replaced Chapter 912 in December 2023. Who owns your tree lawn tree, what needs a free Forestry permit, the $260-per-inch price on a city tree, and why nothing over four inches thick goes out at the curb.
Street trees, debris limits and township lines around Columbus OH decide who pays for tree work. What to check before you book. Call (614) 259-1714.
EAB reached Franklin County in 2003, the same year it was first found in Ohio. What that means for the ash trees still standing. Call (614) 259-1714.
Franklin County wind events keep uprooting whole trees rather than snapping them. The soil under Columbus explains why. Call (614) 259-1714.
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