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…
Feeling Thankful for Our Volunteers
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…
Summer Hibernation is Over for HWA
Here is the summer newsletter from the New York State Hemlock Initiative featuring the latest in their work combating HWA. Check out the “Eyes on Hemlocks” section to learn about HWA when it is in aestivation in the summer. Aestivation is equivalent…
2019-2020 Seasonal Position Available!
WNC Communities is hiring a seasonal forestry technician to be part of a team treating hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) on public lands across Western North Carolina. Season begins October 14, 2019 and ends approximately May 15, 2020. Hours will vary…
A fond farewell and a hearty welcome
August is a month of transition for the Hemlock Restoration Initiative. Not only are we moving out of our soporific summer season, where we quasi-aestivate like the hemlock woolly adelgid and Laricobius beetles, into planning and preparing for the bustling…
Sunday, July 28, 2019: PHHAT treatment day on the Green River
Join the Hemlock Restoration Initiative, MountainTrue, American Whitewater, and the NC Wildlife Resources Commission as the Paddlers Hemlock Health Action Taskforce (PHHAT) treats hemlocks along the Green River on Sunday, July 28th! See the flyer below for more information. For…