Saving Our Hemlock TreesThe Folk School is partnering with Young Harris College to begin a program of biological control for the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, an invasive insect that has been devastating hemlock trees throughout the Appalachian region. The Folk School's hemlocks are no exception, and have been infested with the adelgid.Under direction of Dr. Paul Arnold, head of the YHC Predatory Beetle Lab, two types of beetles have been released on the Folk School's hemlock trees to combat the adelgid(an alternative to using insecticides). The Folk School will track the results as part of the region-wide efforts to determine the most effective control strategies in the attempt to save our native hemlocks.Our thanks go to all those who have expressed concern about protecting our hemlocks and especially to Patrick Horan and Noel Thurner whose gift made this project financially possible.
This is from the Folk School E- Mail News Letter I got today. I took part in this and went to the Beetle Lab at Young Harris to help collect the Predatory Beetles...in ten years there may be results.
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