Returning NC's Hemlocks to Long-Term Health
Meet traditional craftsmen, exhibitors, forestry students, and entertainers as they gather at the Cradle of Forestry to celebrate our forests and forest heritage. In 1908 Dr. Carl A. Schenck hosted the Forest Fair at the Biltmore Estate. This event honored the 10th…
Join us on National Public Lands Day, September 28nd, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the 2nd annual DuPont Forest Festival, an event celebrating the adventure, wilderness, and beauty of DuPont State Recreational Forest. The day will be full…
On Tuesday, May 7th, Thom Green of the Hemlock Restoration Initiative spoke at the Black Mountain Urban Forestry Commission’s monthly meeting. He spoke about the Hemlock Restoration Initiative and our work treating hemlock trees.
On Friday, April 5th, the Hemlock Restoration Initiative trained a class of UNC Asheville students on our hemlock treatment methods. The invasive species class that participated in the workshop is taught by Dr. Dee Eggers, who leads hemlock treatment on…
On Tuesday, April 2nd, Margot Wallston, Director of the Hemlock Restoration Initiative, was a featured guest for a book study by MountainTrue’s Creation Care Alliance program. The book discussed was The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben.
On Saturday, March 30th, HRI Outreach Associate Sara deFosset presented at the Greenville Natural History Association/Hiking Club’s annual meeting. Sara shared information about hemlocks, the hemlock woolly adelgid, and hemlock treatment methods with the GNHA.