HRI is celebrating another St. Patrick’s Day by hosting a Green River Green Love Hike on Wednesday, March 17 in the Green River Game Land at Big Bradley and Little Bradley Falls! Since 2017, HRI has helped keep the Green…
Hemlock Restoration Initiative Newsletter–Winter 2021
In spite of the pandemic, HRI has been able to accomplish a lot this fall and winter. After a quiet spring and summer, it has been great to reconnect and re-engage with the larger HRI community. Whether it has been…
FIND Outdoors New Citizen Science Lab and Research FINDings feature the Eastern Hemlock
Over the past few years, the Hemlock Restoration Initiative has worked in tandem with FIND Outdoors and the Cradle of Forestry to advocate, educate, and actively preserve our threatened eastern and Carolina hemlocks. In another step towards that goal, we…
HRI Interview on Asheville FM’s The Fusion Forest
We are thrilled and honored that HRI’s director Margot Wallston and outreach associate Thom Green will be featured in a four-part interview on 103.3 Asheville FM’s The Fusion Forest radio show. The Fusion Forest is a weekly show that airs…
A Warm Welcome (and Welcome Back) to Our 2020-2021 AmeriCorps Project Conserve Members
Each year since 2016, the Hemlock Restoration Initiative has been proud to host a member of AmeriCorps Project Conserve, and this year we have the great fortune of hosting two Project Conserve members. In October, we were happy to welcome…
Hemlock Restoration Initiative Proclamation
We have some exciting news to share with you about the Hemlock Restoration Initiative. As you may recall, Commissioner of Agriculture, Steve Troxler, launched the HRI program with available funds from the NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in…