Proper pruning
DO NOT PRUNE OAKS during February through June (carrier beetle peak activity season)
Sterilize tools with bleach or alcohol (Clorox, Lysol, etc.)
Employ certified arborists and their firms (avoid scam artists)

Proper wound treatment
Immediately paint wounds with pruning paint or latex paint
Carrier beetles may be attracted within 15 minutes to untreated cuts or wounds

Proper firewood usage
Select well seasoned firewood (unseasoned wood might be contaminated)
Select Oak Wilt free firewood (no fungal mat contamination)

Monitor utility easement clearing activities
Review project with city project manager
Inspect actual work for equipment sterilization and wound treatment

Plant trees other than Live Oaks or Red Oaks
(see ?Trees of Central Texas? recommendation listing)

CONTAINMENT TECHNIQUES

Trenching
Digging trench to bed rock
These are major neighborhood projects costing about $100,000 each

Infected tree injection
Recommend contracting with a Texas Oak Wilt Certified Arborist (TOWC arborist)
See http://www.texasoakwilt.org/Vendors/certified_vendor.asp
Recommend ?macro injection?

Infected tree removal
Recommend contracting a Certified Arborist or Board Certified Master Arborist
Red Oaks must be quickly removed to prevent fungal mat risk (Austin City Ordinance)

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES and CONTACTS

http://www.texasoakwilt.org (all your Oak Wilt questions)
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/oakwilt/ (City of Austin Oak Wilt Suppression Program)
http://www.treesaregood.com/ (general)
http://www.isa-arbor.com/findArborist/findarborist.aspx (area arborists)
http://www.texasoakwilt.org/Vendors/certified_vendor.asp (Texas Oak Wilt Certified Arborists)
http://texastreeplanting.tamu.edu/ (tree selection guide)

Oak Wilt Information Line (Texas Forest Service and LCRA) 512 473-3517
City of Austin, Chris Dolan 512 974-1881
Texas Staff Forester, Eric Beckers 512 339-3772
Texas Staff Forester, Jim Houser 512 339-4589