James, I assume you were hiking in the northeastern part of Georgia. Hemlocks along the Chattooga River, the states eastern boundary, started dying three or four years ago. However, as has generally been the case elsewhere, the adelgid moved up and down the Appalachians much faster than it moved across them. The adelgid is only now reaching the hemlock stands in north-central Georgia. No guarantees, but there is still the potential to save those stands, and treatment plans are already in place.
Jess On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 10:56 PM, JamesRobertSmith <[email protected]> wrote: > > I fear these guys waited too long, but here's their site. At least > they know that the only real short term solution is chemical > treatment. Nothing about saving hemlocks by releasing beetles. > > http://www.savegeorgiashemlocks.org/ > > The last time I was hiking in north Georgia, all of the hemlocks were > dead wherever I looked. There were some nice stands of hemlocks around > Blood Mountain, though. Maybe it's not too late to save some of those. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
