The Friends of Hemlock Gorge

Category: Adelgid

  • News on the Adelgid and Bridge Fronts

    We have just heard from Rob Schwartz, Senator Creem’s legislative assistant, that both the money for the ladybugs to combat the Adelgids (see next news notice for details) and the money for the completion of the Echo Bridge Restoration are in the Supplementary Capital Budget that’s on the Governor’s desk. Barring line item vetoes by…

  • Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

    As most know by now, the wooly adelgid now threatens to kill all the Eastern Hemlocks in the reservation (and, indeed, all hemlock trees in the eastern U.S.). A tree typically lives only a few years after infestation. Working with the Friends, Representative Kay Kahn and Senator Cynthia Creem have petitioned MDC commissioner Balfour to…

  • Legislation Proposed in 1999

    H 3333 AN ACT RELATIVE TO ECHO BRIDGE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any funds received for the lease of the former Massachusetts Highway Department depot at…