Join us on Thursday, May 20, 2021 from 10 am to 4 pm as we lend a hand to our partners at the Forest Restoration Alliance (FRA). Instead of heading out to the forest to chemically treat hemlock trees, volunteers will…
Thursday, May 6th: Kitsuma Peak Hike-n-Bike in Pisgah National Forest
On May 6th, 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…
Friday, April 30, 2021: Hemlock Management Workshop at McDowell Technical Community College
To introduce landowners and land managers to the various options available to protect their hemlocks, the Hemlock Restoration Initiative will be giving a hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) management workshop at McDowell Technical Community College in Marion, NC. **There is currently…
Tuesday, April 6th: Pink Beds Hike in Pisgah National Forest
HRI will be celebrating the arrival of spring on April 6th by hiking the Pink Beds trail through fields of wildflowers and under the shade of hemlocks. The hemlock conservation area here in Pisgah National Forest was established several years…
April 2021 PHHAT Hemlock Treatment Volunteer Days
Join us on the Green River this April and become a member of the Paddlers Hemlock Health Action Taskforce (PHHAT). This collaboration between the Hemlock Restoration Initiative, American Whitewater, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, and MountainTrue’s Green Riverkeeper utilizes paddlers…
Saturday, March 27, 2021: Hemlock Management Workshop at McDowell Technical Community College
To introduce landowners and land managers to the various options available to protect their hemlocks, the Hemlock Restoration Initiative will be giving a hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) management workshop at McDowell Technical Community College in Marion, NC. **This workshop is…