Tag: adelgid

  • Annual Letter to Members, 1998

    Annual Letter to Members, 1998

    At this time of Thanksgiving and Holiday Cheer, we again write to you to mark the end of an eventful year for the Friends and to appeal to you to renew your membership and your commitment to our activities in 1999. 1998 was an excellent year for the preservation and enhancement of the Hemlock Gorge…

  • Echo Bridge, Hemlock Gorge to receive funds in senate budget

    Echo Bridge, Hemlock Gorge to receive funds in senate budget

    $60,000 was also allocated by Senator Creem to protect the reservation’s hemlock trees from the threat posed by the Wooly Adelgid beetle. The Wooly Adelgid, which is native to Asia, first appeared in the United States in 1924. Since that time, the beetle has infested more than 25 percent of the hemlock trees in the…

  • Annual Letter to Members, 1997

    Annual Letter to Members, 1997

    At this time of Thanksgiving and Holiday Cheer, we write to you to mark the end of an eventful year for the Friends and to appeal to you to renew your membership and your commitment to our activities in 1998. 1997 was an excellent year for the preservation and enhancement of the Hemlock Gorge Reservation…