Help the hemlocks

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Wednesday, 24/01/2024

Keep the hemlocks of the Pisgah National Forest safe from the invasive hemlock wooly adelgid during a volunteer workday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, at the Old Fort Picnic Area near Old Fort. 

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Hope for the hemlocks: Hike explores past, present and future of WNC hemlocks

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Wednesday, 29/11/2023

Under the gray, misty November sky covering Panthertown Valley near Cashiers, we swish through shin-deep leaves in search of hemlock trees. 

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Hike among hemlocks

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Wednesday, 25/10/2023

Experience the hemlock trees growing at the historic Cradle of Forestry in America during a hike starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4.

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