Woodland Health: Let's Pitch in to Save the Hemlocks!

摘要

As engaged woodland owners, you are likely already aware of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA), the invasive insect killing hemlocks through much of southern New York. If you've been to Great Smoky Mountains National Park and seen the standing dead hemlocksthere, it's all too easy to picture what could happen here in New York, where hemlocks are the third most common tree species. Forest owners throughout New York should be on the lookout for this pest, and the next few months are the ideal time to find it. With funding provided by the USDA Forest Service we've started an initiative in the Finger Lakes to develop a regional response to HWA, and we want to eventually expand this initiative to work with woodland owners across the state to conserve New York's hemlock resources.