Events

We have a variety of hemlock treatment volunteer opportunities during the month of December. On our work days, we treat hemlocks with insecticide to protect them from hemlock woolly adelgid. Every volunteer will be paired with an experienced, licensed professional…

On Friday, December 9, staff from the Hemlock Restoration Initiative will guide an educational hike at Holmes Educational State Forest. This mild, 2-mile hike will happen concurrently with a volunteer treatment day on the same land, allowing hikers to see…

HRI is leading a hike in partnership with the North Carolina Arboretum around the Arboretum grounds on Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 12 pm. This 2-mile hike will take roughly three hours and traverse mostly flat paths. HRI staff will…

For our upcoming October hike, the Hemlock Restoration Initiative is thrilled to invite you on a sunset walk to a Carolina hemlock bluff in Pisgah National Forest. Just 20 minutes east of Asheville, our route is a moderately strenuous 2-mile…

Join us on Friday, September 30, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. as we lend a hand to our partners at the Forest Restoration Alliance (FRA). Instead of chemically treating hemlock trees, volunteers will be combating hemlock woolly adelgid…

On Wednesday, September 7 from 10 to 11:30 a.m., join the Hemlock Restoration Initiative for a walk around the Corneille Bryan Native Garden in Lake Junaluska to learn about the efforts to protect hemlocks from HWA. We will discuss hemlock…