Returning NC's Hemlocks to Long-Term Health
Join HRI and the North Carolina Arboretum on Thursday, September 17 at 3 p.m. for a virtual presentation about hemlocks in western North Carolina. HRI staff will discuss the importance of hemlock trees in our western North Carolina ecosystems, how…
Join HRI at BugFest: A Virtual Infestation! presented by the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. This year BugFest is an all-virtual, week-long celebration of all things “buggy” filled with classes, activities, and presentations. The theme arthropod this year is…
You may know that in the last couple years the NC Forest Service has been growing hemlocks from seed in great numbers in order to establish protocols for future production of hemlock strains that can be used for large scale…
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…
The newest HRI newsletter is out. Contents include: 2019 recap Resources for landowners Spotlight of volunteer Christoph Berenotto Asian longhorn beetle alert NCFS hemlock seedling sale Forest Restoration Alliance update A request for HCA photos Click here to read our…
The NCFS is committed to the restoration of our native hemlocks and has partnered with HRI to help restore this species. This has included treatment of tens of thousands of trees and providing seedlings for restoration. NCFS is continuing that…