Returning NC's Hemlocks to Long-Term Health
Come explore this quiet bit of the Pisgah National Forest that comprises the watershed at the head of Foster Creek, a tributary of Mills River. The Hemlock Restoration Initiative is joining with the Mills River Partnership to lead this hike…
Four years ago, the Hendersonville-based Center for Cultural Preservation produced an award-winning documentary called Guardians of our Troubled Waters, which focuses on some of the people who have protected the rivers of the South, including us here at HRI and…
The Hemlock Restoration Initiative (HRI) is now accepting applications for an AmeriCorps Stewardship & Conservation Education Associate through AmeriCorps Project Conserve (ACPC) for the 2023-2024 service term. AmeriCorps service with HRI provides an excellent opportunity to interact with the local…
Join us on May 13 in Mountain Rest, SC for the South Carolina Hemlock Festival. HRI will have a table at this inaugural festival dedicated hemlocks in South Carolina. Come enjoy some music, food, and other fun activities and learn…
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…