Yeah, I did a lot of hiking along the Ellicott's Rock WIlderness. Dead hemlocks everywhere. It's a hemlock wasteland.
I did briefly stop in Neel's Gap and talked to the folk there. The hemlocks around the gap were in good shape, but when I asked what the people at the Wasaliyi Inn were going to do about it, their response was: "Those beetles are just too expensive!" I tried to tell them about chemical treatments and Kioritz soil injectors, but I'm not sure if it did any good. There are some great stands of hemlocks around Rich Mountain Wilderness Tray Mountain Wilderness and in Cohutta Wilderness (all near where I went to high school). Not sure what the situation is in those places. On Sep 27, 11:08 pm, Jess Riddle <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
