Returning NC's Hemlocks to Long-Term Health
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…
The Hemlock Restoration Initiative’s partners in the North Carolina Forest Service Nursery and Tree Improvement Program have successfully grown hemlock seedlings at their Linville River Nursery, and the seedlings will go on sale to the general public on March 4th,…
A recent article in the Wilkes Journal-Patriot reports on the hard work of our partners in the North Carolina Forest Service (NCFS) Forest Health Branch. Since November, they have treated about 30,000 hemlocks in Rendezvous Mountain Educational State Forest in…
The Paddlers Hemlock Health Action Taskforce (P.H.H.A.T.) was recently featured in an article in The Laurel of Asheville. Emma Castleberry wrote about the team’s hard work saving hemlocks in the Green River Gorge in her “Conservation Corner” feature. You can…
HRI Outreach Associate, Sara deFosset, authored an article in the Fall 2017 issue of Forest History Today entitled “The Plight of the Hemlock in Eastern Forests.” Ms. deFosset’s article details the importance of eastern and Carolina hemlocks in eastern North…
Stories detailing the efforts of the Paddlers Hemlock Health Action Taskforce, or P.H.H.A.T., have been featured in the media lately. Eugene Buchanan of the paddling news website Paddling Life and Derek Lacey of the Hendersonville Times-News both wrote stories highlighting the…