Returning NC's Hemlocks to Long-Term Health
The Village Nature Series is co-hosted by The Village Green and Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust and features experts in their field presenting on wildlife, habitats, conservation, and local cultural heritage. Traditionally, these events are held at The Village Green Commons in…
Join us on Thursday, May 20, 2021 from 10 am to 4 pm as we lend a hand to our partners at the Forest Restoration Alliance (FRA). Instead of heading out to the forest to chemically treat hemlock trees, volunteers will…
On May 6th, join HRI for a hike-and-bike through a hemlock conservation area established by the USDA Forest Service in Pisgah National Forest near Old Fort. The hike will start at the Old Fort Picnic Area which features a number…
This video demonstrates and discusses soil-based treatments for hemlock woolly adelgid. We created it as a resource for private landowners who want to chemically protect their own hemlocks as well as tree care professionals and land managers interested in soil-based…
To introduce landowners and land managers to the various options available to protect their hemlocks, the Hemlock Restoration Initiative will be giving a hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) management workshop at McDowell Technical Community College in Marion, NC. **There is currently…
HRI will be celebrating the arrival of spring on April 6th by hiking the Pink Beds trail through fields of wildflowers and under the shade of hemlocks. The hemlock conservation area here in Pisgah National Forest was established several years…