The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) Action Team is a diverse group
of scientists, land managers, and others who are pooling their
expertise and resources to combat the immediate and critical
threat posed by the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in the Southern Appalachians.
The action team has an oversight committee to coordinate all
activities,
an education outreach / public awareness program, and groups
addressing different management needs and foci.
Understanding the Issue
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adeleges
tsugae) is native to Asia where it is not a problem to native
hemlocks. It was introduced to the United States in the 1920s
to the Pacific Northwest, and in the early 1950s to the Washington
DC and Richmond, Virginia areas. It lacks natural enemies in North
America, so it has since spread throughout the eastern United States
creating an extreme amount of damage to natural stands of hemlock,
specifically eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) and Carolina hemlock
(Tsuga caroliniana).
See the Hemlock
Woolly Adelgid Fact Sheet (.pdf) to learn about this threat,
what land managers are doing to address it, and how you can
help.
How Can I Help
How to Control Hemlock Woolly
Adelgid on Your Property
How to Help Save Our Hemlocks on Our Public Lands
Make a Contribution
What’s at Stake
Click here for a description of "What's
at Stake".
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Tour Albright Grove
Virtual Tour of an old growth hemlock
forest in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. (iPIX and
QuickTime versions) Tour provided
by SAIN.
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