Returning NC's Hemlocks to Long-Term Health
On Thursday, March 28th and Friday, March 29th, the Hemlock Restoration Initiative and Mainspring Conservation Trust held a hemlock treatment training workshop in Cherokee County, NC. With an educational presentation, demonstration, and hands-on treatment practice, the group treated over 200…
On Saturday, April 27, the Hemlock Restoration Initiative will be one of many organizations and vendors at the seventh annual Montreat Native Plant Sale and Arbor Day celebration! This event runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Moore Field,…
On Saturday, April 20, the Hemlock Restoration Initiative will be tabling at the RiverLink Kid’s Festival in celebration of Earth Day! This event will take place at the Salvage Station in Asheville, NC from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. HRI…
Join us on Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 as we lend a hand to our partners at the Forest Restoration Alliance. We will be helping out at the FRA greenhouse and research facility near Waynesville, NC. Activities could include transplanting hemlocks, weeding…
Click on the links below to learn about our past events Sunday, September 12, 2021: Hemlock Hike at South Mountains State Park June 29, 2021: Hemlock Walk at Asheville Botanical Gardens June 28, 2021: Treatment Demonstration at Big Ivy Community…
On Wednesday, February 6th, HRI AmeriCorps Stewardship and Volunteer Engagement Associate Hanusia Higgins led a hemlock hike for the Polk Middle School “Nature Navigators.” The middle school hiking club learned about the importance of hemlock trees, the invasive hemlock woolly…