Hemlock Restoration Initiative
Hemlock Restoration Initiative

A program sponsored by NC Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services and USDA-FS Forest Health Protection

Returning NC's Hemlocks to Long-Term Health

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Media Coverage

HRI Interview on Asheville FM’s The Fusion Forest

HRI Interview on Asheville FM’s The Fusion Forest

December 20, 2020 Blog, Media Coverage

We are thrilled and honored that HRI’s director Margot Wallston and outreach associate Thom Green will be featured in a four-part interview on 103.3 Asheville FM’s The Fusion Forest radio show. The Fusion Forest is a weekly show that airs…

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NC Forest Service Employees Receive Award for Hemlock Protection

NC Forest Service Employees Receive Award for Hemlock Protection

August 20, 2020 Blog, Media Coverage

HRI is excited to congratulate a team of 41 North Carolina Forest Service employees who earned the NCDA&CS Excellence in Team Accomplishment Award for a large project to treat hemlocks across multiple state lands. The team consisted of NC Forest…

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Former HRI AmeriCorps member Hanusia Higgins: “Helping hemlocks, helping humans”

Former HRI AmeriCorps member Hanusia Higgins: “Helping hemlocks, helping humans”

June 29, 2020 Blog, Media Coverage

In the recent Forest Stewards Guild’s e-newsletter Across the Landscape, Hanusia Higgins reflects on her experience protecting hemlock trees in one of Asheville’s historically Black cemeteries.  Hanusia served as the HRI AmeriCorp Project Conserve member from 2018-2019. In her piece “Helping…

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More Press Coverage for P.H.H.A.T.

More Press Coverage for P.H.H.A.T.

June 9, 2020 Blog, Media Coverage

This winter the Paddlers Hemlock Health Action Taskforce, a.k.a. PHHAT, received more attention in the press. One from a national magazine and the other from a North Carolina-based publication.  You can read each story by following the links below. Lynn…

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Position Announcement: Hemlock Restoration Initiative Stewardship and Volunteer Engagement Associate – AmeriCorps Project Conserve

Position Announcement: Hemlock Restoration Initiative Stewardship and Volunteer Engagement Associate – AmeriCorps Project Conserve

May 10, 2019 Blog, Media Coverage, News

Help spread the word! Applications are now being accepted for the AmeriCorps Project Conserve HRI Stewardship and Volunteer Engagement Associate with the Hemlock Restoration Initiative of WNC Communities. The 11-month term will run from September 3, 2019 to July 31,…

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Western Carolina University studies biocontrol beetles

Western Carolina University studies biocontrol beetles

March 6, 2019 Media Coverage

The Hemlock Restoration Initiative’s partners at Western Carolina University (WCU) and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Plant Industry Division Beneficial Insect Lab (BIL) are embarking on a new study that could inform how predators are used…

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