Returning NC's Hemlocks to Long-Term Health
Join us on Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 as we lend a hand to our partners at the Forest Restoration Alliance. We will be helping out at the FRA greenhouse and research facility near Waynesville, NC. Activities could include transplanting hemlocks, weeding…
A recent article in the Wilkes Journal-Patriot reports on the hard work of our partners in the North Carolina Forest Service (NCFS) Forest Health Branch. Since November, they have treated about 30,000 hemlocks in Rendezvous Mountain Educational State Forest in…
Join Hemlock Restoration Initiative Coordinator, Margot Wallston, and Outreach Associate, Sara deFosset, for a walk around the Botanical Gardens of Asheville. Since HWA arrived in the area in the early 2000s, the Botanical Gardens of Asheville has been active in…
On Tuesday, Jan. 29, join the Hemlock Restoration Initiative and MountainTrue’s Green Riverkeeper for a night of entertainment and education at the Purple Onion in Saluda, NC. We’ll start the night off with a showing of The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid:…
The Paddlers Hemlock Health Action Taskforce (P.H.H.A.T.) was recently featured in an article in The Laurel of Asheville. Emma Castleberry wrote about the team’s hard work saving hemlocks in the Green River Gorge in her “Conservation Corner” feature. You can…
Join the Hemlock Restoration Initiative and the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy (SAHC) on Saturday, Dec. 15 for a hike to explore some beautiful stands of Carolina and eastern Hemlocks in the Fairview Farming Community, where SAHC has helped protect over…