Click on the links below to learn about our past events
March 11, 2023: Volunteer Treatment Day at the Cradle of Forestry
March 9, 2023: HWA Treatment Demonstration for Professionals
March 6, 2023: Nature Connection Workshop with Helen Waite
March 6, 2023: PHHAT Hemlock Treatment Volunteer Day
February 25, 2023: Hemlock Treatment Volunteer Day at Davidson River Campground
February 21, 2023: Treatment Demonstration at the NC Arboretum
February 15, 2023: Treatment Demonstration at Hanging Rock State Park
February 15, 2023: Hemlock Hike at Hanging Rock State Park
February 14, 2023: Hemlock Treatment Volunteer Day at Hanging Rock State Park
January 28, 2023: Hemlock Hike in Montreat Wilderness
December 17, 2022: Volunteer treatment day at the Cradle of Forestry (postponed)
December 9, 2022: Hemlock hike at Holmes Educational State Forest (postponed)
December 6: Volunteer treatment day at DuPont State Forest in partnership with Friends of DuPont Forest (postponed)
December 3, 2022: Presentation at the Spring Creek Community Center
November 19, 2022: Hemlock Hike at the North Carolina Arboretum
November 21-22, 2022: Help researchers with hemlock restoration study at Cold Mountain Game Land and DuPont State Forest
October 21, 2022: Sunset Carolina Hemlock Hike at Young’s Ridge Trail (Kitsuma Peak)
September 30, 2022: Volunteer Work Day with the Forest Restoration Alliance
September 24, 2022: HRI at the DuPont Forest Festival
September 16, 2022: Hemlock Hike at Dobson Knob
September 7, 2022: Hemlock Walk at the Corneille Bryan Native Garden in Lake Junaluska
August 26, 2022: Volunteer Work Day with the Forest Restoration Alliance
August 5, 2022: Hemlock treatment demonstration with Mountain Shadows Community at Nantahala Lake
June 29, 2022: Hemlock Hike at Linville Gorge
June 18, 2022: HRI at Upper French Broad Riverfest
May 21, 2022: Hike at Gorges State Park
May 7, 2022: Lake Adger Celebration
May 6, 2022: Volunteer Treatment Day with the Friends of DuPont Forest (CANCELLED)
May 3, 2022: Hemlock Hike at Headwaters State Forest
April 25, 2022: Volunteer Work Day with Camcore in Waynesville
April 24, 2022: RiverLink Earth Day Kids Festival
March 29, 2022: Hemlock Treatment Demonstration in Robbinsville
March 25, 2022: Volunteer Work Day with the Forest Restoration Alliance
March 20, 2022: Hemlock Treatment Demonstration at Bent Creek Experimental Forest
March 17, 2022: St. Patrick’s Day Green River, Green Love, and Good Luck Hike
March 11, 2022: RESCHEDULED Volunteer treatment day at North Mills River Campground
March 6, 2022: RESCHEDULED Educational hike and volunteer treatment day at Looking Glass Rock
February 12, 2022: Hike with Conserving Carolina at the Florence Nature Preserve
February 9, 2022: Volunteer treatment day at Pink Beds Picnic Area
February 2, 2022: Virtual Lunch-and-Learn with the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
January 28, 2022: Volunteer Work Day With the Forest Restoration Alliance
December 19, 2021: Full Moon Evening Hike at Sandy Mush Game Land
December 3, 2021: Volunteer Treatment Day at Universal Disc Golf Course in Marion
November 15 – 19, 2021: Volunteer Treatment Days in Pisgah National Forest (Old Fort/Marion area)
November 13, 2021: Hemlock Hike at the NC Arboretum
November 12, 2021: Hemlock Management Workshop in Cashiers
November 6, 2021: Hemlock Treatment Demo at Flat Rock Playhouse
Week of November 1, 2021: Volunteer Treatment Days in the Grandfather Mountain/Linville Falls area
October 14, 2021: Profile Trail Hemlock Hike at Grandfather Mountain State Park
October 1, 2021: Forest Restoration Alliance Volunteer Day
September 25, 2021: DuPont Forest Festival (National Public Lands Day)
September 18, 2021: Pinnix Gin Release at Eda Rhyne Distilling Company (a portion of the proceeds go to the Hemlock Restoration Initiative!)
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 Center
June 19, 2021: Upper French Broad Riverfest
June 11, 2021: FRA Volunteer Work Day
June 6, 2021: Hike-and-Treat in DuPont State Forest
May 27, 2021: Hemlock Treatment Volunteer Day at NC Arboretum
May 25, 2021: Village Nature Series Presentation on Hemlocks with HCLT
May 20, 2021: FRA Volunteer Work Day
May 14, 2021: Hemlock Treatment Volunteer Day in Sandy Mush Game Land
May 6, 2021: Kitsuma Hike-n-Bike
April 30, 2021: Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Management Workshop at McDowell Tech
April 25, 2021: PHHAT Volunteer Treatment Day (Section TBD)
April 23, 2021: PHHAT Volunteer Treatment Day (Section TBD)
April 22, 2021: Presentation for Biltmore Forest Virtual Arbor Day
April 18, 2021: PHHAT Volunteer Treatment Day (Likely on the Lower Green)
April 11, 2021: PHHAT Volunteer Treatment Day on the Upper Green
April 6, 2021: Pink Beds Hemlock Hike
March 25, 26, & 27, 2021: Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Management Workshop at McDowell Tech
March 18 & 19, 2021: Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Management Workshop at Sycamore Flats Recreational Area
March 17, 2021: Green River Green Love Hike
March 14, 2021: Pisgah River Loop Hike
February 24, 2021: Hemlock Treatment at Pisgah Ranger Station, Brevard, NC
January 6, 2021: FRA Volunteer Work Day
December 21, 2020: FRA Volunteer Work Day
December 13, 2020: PHHAT Treatment Day on the Upper Green River
December 9, 2020: Hike-and-Treat in DuPont State Forest
November 23 & 24 and December 11 & 12, 2020: Volunteer Hemlock Treatment at USFS Campgrounds
November 18, 2020: Hemlock Treatment Training at NC Arboretum
November 15, 2020: PHHAT Treatment Day on the Lower Green River
November 8, 2020: PHHAT Treatment Day on the Green River
November 6, 2020: PHHAT Treatment Day on the Lower Green River
Month of October 2020: OAKtober self-guided hemlock and oak hike in Montreat
October 24, 2020: Hemlock Treatment Demo at Montford Park
October 17, 2020: NC Arboretum Hemlock Treatment Field Experience
October 15, 2020: “HWA Management for Landowners” with the NC Arboretum
October 10, 2020: OAKtober Tree Health Walk (cancelled)
October 4, 2020: Hike-and-Treat in DuPont State Forest (Flat Rock Trail off of Sky Valley Rd.)
September 18, 2020: HWA Presentation at BugFest: A Virtual Infestation
September 17, 2020: “Thursdays at 3” Presentation with NC Arboretum
May 3, 2020: PHHAT Treatment Day on Lower Green River (cancelled)
May 1, 2020: PHHAT Treatment Day on Lower Green River (cancelled)
April 19, 2020: PHHAT Treatment Day on Lower Green River (cancelled)
April 5, 2020: PHHAT Treatment Day on Upper Green River and/or Green River Narrows (cancelled)
April 3 and 4, 2020: Hemlock Management Workshop at McDowell Tech CC (postponed)
March 23, 2020: Hemlock Management Presentation with Buncombe County Extension
March 20 and 21, 2020: Hemlock Management Workshop at the NC Arboretum (postponed)
March 13, 2020: Green River Green Love & Good Luck Hike
March 10-12, 2020: Carolina Hemlock Seed Orchard Planting with Camcore and USFS SRS
March 10-12, 2020: Volunteer Treatment Days with Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust
February 28, 2020: HRI Presents to the Western Carolina Botanical Club
February 22, 2020: Hemlock Management Workshop at North River Farms
February 7 and 8, 2020: Hemlock Management Workshop at Christmount
January 28, 2020: Presentation to Black Mountain Rotary Club
December 9-11: Hemlock Planting Volunteer Day with the US Forest Service Southern Research Station
December 8, 2019: PHHAT Hemlock Treatment Day in the Green River Narrows
November 15, 2019: Hemlock Outing with Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation (cancelled)
November 14, 2019: Climate Change and Asheville’s Urban Forest, presented by Asheville GreenWorks
November 10, 2019: PHHAT Hemlock Treatment Day on the Lower Green River
November 9, 2019: Hemlock Treatment Workshop at Lake Logan Conference Center
November 3, 2019: PHHAT Hemlock Treatment Day on the Upper Green River
November 1, 2019: PHHAT Hemlock Treatment Day on the Lower Green River
October 29, 2019: Volunteer Work Day at the Camcore Greenhouse
October 28, 2019: Volunteer Hemlock Treatment Day at Valle Crucis Conference Center
October 26, 2019: Volunteer with the Forest Restoration Alliance
October 22, 2019: PHHAT Hemlock Treatment Day on the Lower Green River (cancelled)
October 20, 2019: Mills River Park TRACK Trail Opening & Mini Nature Festival
October 18, 2019: Hemlock Treatment Workshop at Christmount (cancelled)
October 5, 2019: Cradle of Forestry Forest Festival Day and Intercollegiate Woodsman’s Meet
September 28, 2019: HRI at the DuPont Forest Festival
September 26, 2019: HRI presents at the Horticultural Industry IPM Symposium
September 25, 2019: Volunteer with the Forest Restoration Alliance (cancelled)
September 20, 2019: Hemlock Treatment Workshop at Camp Carolina
September 17, 2019: HRI presents to High Country Audubon Society
September 5, 2019: Forest Restoration Alliance Open House
July 28, 2019: Paddlers Hemlock Health Action Taskforce (PHHAT) hemlock treatment day
June 29, 2019: Transylvania Farmers Market
June 23, 2019: Guardians of our Troubled Waters film premiere
June 22, 2019: Guardians of our Troubled Waters film premiere
June 22, 2019: Upper French Broad Riverfest
June 21, 2019: Forest Restoration Alliance volunteer day
June 20, 2019: Guardians of our Troubled Waters film premiere
May 17, 2019: Hemlock hike with Conserving Carolina (cancelled)
May 7, 2019: HRI at Black Mountain Urban Forestry Commission
May 4, 2019: Save Georgia’s Hemlocks annual Camp Meeting
May 4, 2019: May the Forest Be With You at the Cradle of Forestry
May 2, 2019: Hemlock film screening at the Lanier Library with MountainTrue
April 27, 2019: Montreat Native Plant Sale
April 20, 2019: RiverLink Earth Day Kid’s Festival
April 6, 2019: Spring Mountain hemlock treatment presentation & demonstration
April 5, 2019: UNCA hemlock treatment training workshop
April 2, 2019: HRI serves as MountainTrue book club guest
March 31, 2019: WNC for the Planet Launch Party
March 30, 2019: HRI presentation to Greenville Natural History Association/Hiking Club
March 28-29, 2019: Valley River hemlock treatment training workshop
March 24, 2019: Botanical Gardens Hemlock Walk
March 16, 2019: Green River “Green Love” hemlock treatment volunteer day
February 23, 2019: Volunteer day with the Forest Restoration Alliance
February 6, 2019: Hike with Polk Middle School “Nature Navigators”
February 5, 2019: OLLI hike with the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
January 29, 2019: Hemlock film screening at the Purple Onion with MountainTrue
December 15, 2018: Hemlock Hike with SAHC on Trombatore Trail
December 6, 2018: Hemlock treatment training workshop with Conserving Carolina
December 4, 2018: HRI presentation at Madison County Landscape Pesticide Class
December 2, 2018: PHHAT Treatment Day on the Green River
November 9, 2018: Volunteer Work Day with the Forest Restoration Alliance
November 7, 2018: HRI presentation to Cashiers Valley Garden Club
November 7, 2018: HRI presentation to Rotary Club of Cashiers Valley
November 4, 2018: PHHAT Treatment Day on the Green River
October 27, 2018: Hemlock Treatment Day at the Allison-Deaver House
October 20, 2018: HRI at Transylvania Farmers Market
October 14, 2018: PHHAT Treatment Day on the Green River
October 6, 2018: Forest Festival Day at the Cradle of Forestry
October 6, 2018: WNC Nature Center’s Hey Day
September 27, 2018: HRI at NC Arboretum’s Integrated Pest Management Symposium
September 22, 2018: DuPont Forest Festival Hikes and Booth
September 9, 2018: Hemlock Talk at the Allison-Deaver House
August 30, 2018: Balsam Mountain Preserve Members “Trust Talk”
August 11, 2018: May The Forest Be With You at the Cradle of Forestry
August 9, 2018: Highlands Biological Station Zahner Lecture Series
July 17, 2018: Volunteer Work Day with the Forest Restoration Alliance
July 7, 2018: Montreat Hemlock Hike with the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
June 23, 2018: Upper French Broad Riverfest
June 16, 2018: Pink Beds BioBlitz at the Cradle of Forestry
June 16, 2018: Hemlock Homecoming Hike at Holmes Educational State Forest
May 18, 2018: Hemlock Presentation for NC Arboretum Volunteers
May 12, 2018: Celebrate World Migratory Bird Day in Sylva
May 9, 2018: HRI at the Blue Ridge Chapter of the NC Native Plant Society
April 29, 2018: Volunteer Treatment Day in the Green River Game Land
April 28, 2018: Montreat Arbor Day and Native Plant Sale
April 26, 2018: Volunteer Day with the Forest Restoration Alliance
April 25, 2018: Hemlock Treatment Updates for Conservation NGOs and Land Managers
April 19, 2018: Hope for Hemlocks with Blue Ridge Conservancy
April 9, 2018: Transylvania County Hemlock Treatment Cost Share Informational Session
April 3, 2018: Hope for Hemlocks in Transylvania County & Beyond
March 27th, 2018: Full-Day Hemlock Treatment Workshop- Focus on WNC Camps
March 20th, 2018: HRI Presents to the Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society
February 20th, 2018: Buncombe County Friends of Agriculture Breakfast Featuring HRI
January 25th, 2018: Hemlock Management Update with the Graham County Cooperative Extension
January 20th, 2018: Hemlock Hike with SAHC at Ferguson Knob
December 14th, 2017: Green Drinks Hendersonville with HRI
November 16th, 2017: Volunteer with the Forest Restoration Alliance
October 27th, 2017: Treating Hemlocks on Your Own, Transylvania County Cooperative Extension
October 20th, 2017: Volunteer with the Forest Restoration Alliance
October 7th, 2017: Cradle of Forestry, Forest Festival Day
June 24th, 2017: Upper French Broad River Fest
June 21st, 2017: Kiwanis Club of Polk County
June 15th, 2017: North Carolina Botanical Garden
June 13th, 2017: Hemlock Talk at Christmount Retreat, Camp & Conference Center
April 29th, 2017: Montreat Native Plant Sale & Arbor Day Celebration
April 15th, 2017: Hemlock Treatment Volunteer Workday with American Whitewater
April 11th, 2017: Hemlock Treatment at Chimney Rock
March 31st and April 14th, 2017: Volunteer Workdays with the Forest Restoration Alliance
March 25th, 2017: HRI Educational Presentation hosted by Haywood County Cooperative Extension
February 24th, 2017: HRI Educational Presentation hosted by the WNC Botanical Club
February 21st, 2017: HRI Educational Presentation hosted by the Blue Ridge Naturalist Network
February 16th, 2017: Informational Meeting to Discuss Hemlock Cost Share in Transylvania County
January 28th, 2017: Winter Hike at Christmount with SAHC
November 13th, 2016: Volunteer Workday in Henderson/Transylvania County
November 1st, 2016: Volunteer Workday in Dupont State Forest
October 1st, 2016: Cradle of Forestry, Forest Festival Day
September 28th, 2016: Volunteer Work Day with the Forest Restoration Alliance
September 24th, 2016: National Public Lands Day: Holmes Educational State Forest
September 8th, 2016: A Celebration of Hemlock Conservation in western North Carolina
May 26th, 2016: HRI presentation at Sierra Club Pisgah Group Monthly Meeting
May 24th-25th, 2016: Become a Hemlock Hero by Volunteering on NC Public Lands
April 30th, 2016: Celebrate Arbor Day in Montreat!
April 20th, 2016: Hemlock Hike and Educational Presentation in Dupont State Forest
April 15th, 2016: Insectary Monitoring and Microscope Party
April 14th, 2016: HRI presentation at Trout Unlimited Pisgah Chapter Monthly Meeting
March 20th, 2016: Hike with the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
March 17th, 2016: “Get Your Green On” Volunteer Work Day at Sandy Mush
March 12th-13th, 2016: HWA Biological Control Class at the Organic Growers School
March 12th, 2016: Volunteer Hemlock Treatment Workday with TNC