Comments on: A Call To Action: Hemlocks Threatened by Tiny Hemlock Wooly Adelgid http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/hikewncarticles/a-call-to-action-hemlocks-threatened-by-tiny-hemlock-wooly-adelgid/ Hiking and Mountain Biking in Western North Carolina Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:00:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jordan Mitchell http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/hikewncarticles/a-call-to-action-hemlocks-threatened-by-tiny-hemlock-wooly-adelgid/#comment-2225 Jordan Mitchell Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:10:40 +0000 http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/hikewncarticles/a-call-to-action-hemlocks-threatened-by-tiny-hemlock-wooly-adelgid/#comment-2225 Yes, there is a program underway to collect and store hemlock seeds as well as grow them in far-off locations where the adelgids aren't. It's called CAMCORE. Here's a link to an article about it: http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/504209.html Yes, there is a program underway to collect and store hemlock seeds as well as grow them in far-off locations where the adelgids aren’t. It’s called CAMCORE. Here’s a link to an article about it:
http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/504209.html

]]> By: sandy norville http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/hikewncarticles/a-call-to-action-hemlocks-threatened-by-tiny-hemlock-wooly-adelgid/#comment-2155 sandy norville Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:18:51 +0000 http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/hikewncarticles/a-call-to-action-hemlocks-threatened-by-tiny-hemlock-wooly-adelgid/#comment-2155 my friend in gerton has had swarms of these beetles as well and unfortunately tonight i saw my hemlocks with the aldegid bugs. can i save my trees? my friend in gerton has had swarms of these beetles as well and unfortunately tonight i saw my hemlocks with the aldegid bugs. can i save my trees?

]]> By: Morgan http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/hikewncarticles/a-call-to-action-hemlocks-threatened-by-tiny-hemlock-wooly-adelgid/#comment-2083 Morgan Sun, 30 Mar 2008 04:07:03 +0000 http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/hikewncarticles/a-call-to-action-hemlocks-threatened-by-tiny-hemlock-wooly-adelgid/#comment-2083 If the situation is really so bad, which I think it is, should we be saving the seeds of these trees as well as others that may be lost in the Appalachian highlands? Since January I've done the AT in GA/NC. I've hiked around the Blood Mountain/Vogel area. Did several trails in the Smokemont, Twentymile, Lakeshore Tr. area in the Smokies. The Hemlocks even at lower elevations are starting to thin out, at first the bottom and working its way up. It is very, very sad to behold this rapid devestation. Look, when you see the smog over Atlanta or Knoxville or watch runoff from dirty streets flow into a river or see these huge magnificent ecosystems decline into something less than they were (as with the logging of the late 19th and early 20th century) you feel ashamed of this whole system human beings have created. The same one I begrudgingly take part in every day. If the situation is really so bad, which I think it is, should we be saving the seeds of these trees as well as others that may be lost in the Appalachian highlands?

Since January I’ve done the AT in GA/NC. I’ve hiked around the Blood Mountain/Vogel area. Did several trails in the Smokemont, Twentymile, Lakeshore Tr. area in the Smokies.
The Hemlocks even at lower elevations are starting to thin out, at first the bottom and working its way up. It is very, very sad to behold this rapid devestation.
Look, when you see the smog over Atlanta or Knoxville or watch runoff from dirty streets flow into a river or see these huge magnificent ecosystems decline into something less than they were (as with the logging of the late 19th and early 20th century) you feel ashamed of this whole system human beings have created. The same one I begrudgingly take part in every day.

]]> By: Jordan Mitchell http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/hikewncarticles/a-call-to-action-hemlocks-threatened-by-tiny-hemlock-wooly-adelgid/#comment-1509 Jordan Mitchell Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:15:59 +0000 http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/hikewncarticles/a-call-to-action-hemlocks-threatened-by-tiny-hemlock-wooly-adelgid/#comment-1509 Really! All the information we get from the folks releasing the beetles says that they don't colonize like this, and that they don't reproduce fast enough to make swarms. Well, it stinks that you're having trouble with them - but maybe if you're seeing that many of them, they'll be able to put a dent in the adelgid population after all! Really! All the information we get from the folks releasing the beetles says that they don’t colonize like this, and that they don’t reproduce fast enough to make swarms. Well, it stinks that you’re having trouble with them - but maybe if you’re seeing that many of them, they’ll be able to put a dent in the adelgid population after all!

]]> By: Tim http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/hikewncarticles/a-call-to-action-hemlocks-threatened-by-tiny-hemlock-wooly-adelgid/#comment-1361 Tim Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:54:44 +0000 http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/hikewncarticles/a-call-to-action-hemlocks-threatened-by-tiny-hemlock-wooly-adelgid/#comment-1361 These PT Beetles have been infesting my home daily for the past week. Not just one or two, but THOUSANDS have been removed. They crawl in through cracks in my (log) home and seek out the warmth of windows and sunny locations. They are all dead by the next morning. It takes me hours to sweep up their remains. This is the second year this has ocurred with the PT Beetles, I live in the Cowee area about 8 miles north of Franklin and about 3 miles east of the little TN River at aprox 3K feet in altitude. These PT Beetles have been infesting my home daily for the past week. Not just one or two, but THOUSANDS have been removed. They crawl in through cracks in my (log) home and seek out the warmth of windows and sunny locations. They are all dead by the next morning. It takes me hours to sweep up their remains. This is the second year this has ocurred with the PT Beetles, I live in the Cowee area about 8 miles north of Franklin and about 3 miles east of the little TN River at aprox 3K feet in altitude.

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