The Friends of Hemlock Gorge

Tag: Boston Globe

  • Insect Alert: Asian Longhorned Beetle

    The Asian Longhorned Beetle has been found in Boston. Click here to read a message from the state, and a link to a Boston.com article (in their archives at https://bostonglobe.newspapers.com/image/444000781/?match=7&terms=beetle and https://bostonglobe.newspapers.com/image/444000935/?match=1&terms=beetle. Subscription required). Here is the gist of the news. In July, a small infestation of Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB) was found in Jamaica…

  • Adelgid Articles: 2009

    March, 2009 The March, 2009 issue of Science Daily has a new story about the impending doom of the hemlocks in the lower Appalachian region and its dire consequences for the surrounding ecosystems. It also has further links to older stories about anti-hemlock fungi and the Japanese Beetles that we have used at Hemlock Gorge.…

  • Echo Bridge Reopens

    Echo Bridge Reopens

    On December 14, 2007, at the urging of Friends’ President Brian Yates, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA)  announced that they will install new interim chain link fencing to replace the deteriorated snow fencing along the existing railings at Echo Bridge. It necessitated brief closure of the bridge. Click here to read the press release.…

  • Friends’ President in the News

    Friends’ President Brian Yates was featured in a front page article in the Boston Globe on July 26. Click here to see it.

  • Adelgid Articles: July, 2007

    The Boston Sunday Globe published an informative update on the woolly adelgid in New England, emphasizing the role global warming may play in the problem. Click here to view the Globe article via their archives (subscription required). Click here to view the article via the Globe‘s website. Additionally, a July 17 story in the Newton…

  • Adelgid Update: March 18, 2001

    The Boston Globe ran a nice article on the efforts of the Friends to combat the woolly adelgid. The online version is no longer available. REGIONWild woolly adelgids attack hemlock trees By John Laidler, Globe Correspondent, 3/18/2001 http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/077/west/Wild_woolly_adelgids_attack_hemlock_trees+.shtml This story ran on page 1 of The Boston Globe’s Globe West section on 3/18/2001.Copyright 2001 Globe…

  • Adelgid News: September 17, 1999 and March 28, 2000

    March 28, 2000 If you have walked the Reservation recently, you have seen the intensity of the adelgid infestation. The smallest branches hang heavy with white death. They sag threadbare, wan, as if mourning the fatal illness of the starving great trunk soon to fall. As you know, no money needed to grow ladybugs to…