The Maine Monitor on MSN

The outlook for 6 forest pests and diseases in Maine

Deep freezes in 2023 and 2024 provided relief for some of Maine’s most preyed-on tree species. Will that continue in 2026?
Berkshire Eagle

An invasive pest that attacks hemlocks got a big boost from the record warm winter — and that's bad news for the forest

Despite its wintry name, the hemlock woolly adelgid isn’t so in love with the cold. The tiny pest, which first invaded Massachusetts in 1988, is marching north through Berkshire County, and the ...
WUSA

Centuries-Old Hemlock Trees Inducted into the Old-Growth Forest Network

CLIFTON, Va. — Hemlock Overlook Regional Park in Fairfax County is being inducted into the Old-Growth Forest Network. This is kind of like the Hall of Fame for really old trees. The Old-Growth Forest ...
WESA

Non-native beetles, flies introduced in effort to save hemlock trees in Allegheny National Forest

Eastern hemlock trees like these growing along Tracy Run in Allegheny National Forest are considered "keystone species" — meaning, they play fundamental roles stabilizing the forest ecology. The U.S.
Virginia Connection Newspapers

Hemlock Overlook Park Recognized as Old Growth Forest

Called “treasures in our backyard” by Fairfax County Board Chairman Jeff McKay, the old growth forest at Hemlock Overlook Regional Park was inducted into the Old-Growth Forest Network on April 17th ...
Yahoo! Sports

Hiker's Path: Sandstone and Hemlocks - Green’s Bluff Nature Preserve

One of my favorite haunts to visit close to home is Green’s Bluff Nature Preserve. It’s beautiful any time of year. The preserve is owned by the Nature Conservancy. The preserve was established in ...
WLNS.com

MI expands quarantine of invasive species, hemlock woolly adelgid

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The state of Michigan has taken an extra step to protect its Eastern Hemlock trees from woolly intruders. Not mammoths–adelgid. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural ...
LAist

To Tame A 'Wave' Of Invasive Bugs, Park Service Introduces Predator Beetles

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Listen 6:42 Listen to the Story The ...
PNI Atlantic News on MSN

WALK IN THE WOODS: Why all the talk about hemlocks?

Have you noticed over the last couple of years that the mighty hemlock tree has been in the news many times? For a tree ...
Fairfax Times

NOVA Parks adds rare, ancient trees to Old-Growth Forest Network

NOVA Parks celebrated the induction of Hemlock Overlook Regional Park into the Old-Growth Forest Network with the unveiling of a permanent sign marking the forest’s location and importance. Fairfax ...
insider.si.edu

Hemlock : a forest giant on the edge / David R. Foster, editor ; Benjamin Baiser, Audrey Barker Plotkin, Anthony D'Amato, Aaron Ellison, David Foster, David Orwig, Wyatt Oswald ...

Hemlock's future in the context of its past -- An iconic species -- Lessons from Harvard forests and ecologists. I. the Pisgah forest -- Prehistory to present -- Tree-falls and tanbark -- Lessons from ...