Returning NC's Hemlocks to Long-Term Health
On Friday, May 19, staff from the Hemlock Restoration Initiative will guide an educational hike at Holmes Educational State Forest. HRI and the NC Forest Service partnered together to chemically treat these hemlocks for hemlock woolly adelgid back in 2016…
To educate landowners and land managers about the various options available to protect their hemlocks, the Hemlock Restoration Initiative will be giving a hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) management workshop at Gill State Forest in Crossnore, NC on April 26, 2023.…
The Hemlock Restoration Initiative in partnership with the Transylvania Creation Care Fellowship will host a demonstration of chemical treatment methods to control the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) on Saturday, May 20 from 9 a.m. to noon at Holmes Educational State…
HRI is celebrating another day of the green by hosting a 2-mile hike in the Green River Game Land (or GRGL) on St. Patrick’s Day, Friday, March 17. We like to call it the Green River, Green Love, and Good…
Join HRI on Saturday, March 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for this volunteer hemlock treatment day at Richland Creek Farm. This re-treatment day will have options for easier or moderate levels. An added bonus to this volunteer day is that…
As we reflect on the busy fall field season at HRI, we are filled with gratitude for all those who played a crucial role in restoring our hemlocks. We are fortunate to have an amazing team this year – the best and biggest we’ve had yet!