Returning NC's Hemlocks to Long-Term Health
As the adult Laricobius beetles become harder to find with the season advancing towards summer, HRI’s beetle monitoring teams are finding more and more Laricobius larvae. The larvae of these beneficial predator beetles have hatched out of their eggs laid…
Help spread the word! Applications are now being accepted for the AmeriCorps Project Conserve HRI Stewardship and Volunteer Engagement Associate with the Hemlock Restoration Initiative of WNC Communities. The 11-month term will run from September 1, 2020 to July 31,…
In addition to getting questions about how to treat hemlock trees for hemlock woolly adelgid, we are frequently asked how best to plant or transplant young hemlocks. Therefore, this January, HRI reached out to western North Carolina nursery owners asking…
Last fall we were surprised and delighted to be joined in the field by both of our former forestry technicians from the 2017-2018 season (which, by the way, was the first year HRI was able to hire dedicated techs to…
St. Patrick’s Day is coming up and HRI is celebrating by hosting a Green River Green Love & Good Luck hike on Friday, March 13th in the Green River Game Land! Over the last three years, HRI has treated over…
As the holidays approach, we are feeling very thankful for all the wonderful volunteers from our recent projects. At the Camcore greenhouse in Waynesville we helped with a variety of tasks in preparation for the winter, including installing the plastic…