Events

The Hemlock Restoration Initiative will be giving a hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) management workshop on Friday, February 7 and Saturday, February 8, 2020 at Christmount in Black Mountain, NC. Workshop Schedule (details below): Friday, 1-4 pm: Biological control session (optional)…

The Hemlock Restoration Initiative will be giving a hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) management workshop on Saturday, February 22, 2020 from 9 am to 4 pm at North River Farms in Mills River, NC. Workshop Details We will use the trees…

The Hemlock Restoration Initiative will be giving a hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) management workshop on Friday, March 20 and Saturday, March 21, 2020 at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, NC. Workshop Schedule (details below): Friday, 1-4 pm: Biological control…

The Hemlock Restoration Initiative will be giving a hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) management workshop on Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4, 2020 at McDowell Technical Community College in Marion, NC. Workshop Schedule (details below): Friday, 6-8 pm: Overview of…

Join HRI Monday through Thursday, 12/9-12/12 as we assist the US Forest Service Southern Research Station by planting hemlock seedlings for an upcoming research study.  This work will be on Forest Service land just south of Asheville, near the NC…

Hemlocks are an important part of urban forests in western North Carolina. Maintaining hemlocks as part of the urban tree canopy contributes to all the benefits that urban trees provide, from storm water mitigation and reducing air pollution to sequestering…