Events

To introduce landowners and land managers to the various options available to protect their hemlocks, the Hemlock Restoration Initiative, under our stewardship agreement with the USDA Forest Service and Pisgah National Forest, will be giving a hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA)…

HRI is taking advantage of the warm weather next Wednesday, Feb. 24th to protect some hemlocks with the help of volunteers. We will be continuing our work with the USDA Forest Service to chemically re-treat selected portions of Pisgah National…

Join us on Monday, December 21, 2020 (rescheduled from December 16th) from 10 am to 4 pm as we lend a hand to our partners at the Forest Restoration Alliance (FRA). This work day will be a little different. Instead…

On November 21st, join HRI for a hike-and-bike through a hemlock conservation area established by the USDA Forest Service in Pisgah National Forest near Old Fort. The hike will start at the Old Fort Picnic Area which features a number…

THE DATE OF THIS EVENT WILL BE RESCHEDULED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER Join HRI for a hike through a hemlock conservation area established by the USDA Forest Service in Pisgah National Forest on the South Toe River. The trail is…

Join HRI in DuPont State Recreational Forest for a “hike-and-treat” combination educational hike and volunteer treatment day.  As we hike, we will observe and discuss our two native species of hemlock trees, the hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), its impacts and…