CALEDONIA, N.S. — Scientists and researchers are working to protect Nova Scotia hemlocks from a destructive insect that has been wreaking havoc here for ...
Scientists, researchers, foresters and other stakeholders met for the Atlantic Canada Forest Health Workshop Jan. 17-19 in Liverpool and took a trip to Kejimkujik National Park. They shared what has happened already regarding HWA and plans for the future.
Medway Community Forest Co-operative general manager Matt Miller explains to workshop participants how to score a canopy’s density Jan. 18 at Kejimkujik National Park. - Jason Malloy HWA can be spread by wind, birds and human-assisted movement on such things as firewood. Its white woolly egg sacs, which look like a little cotton ball, can be noticed on the underside of twigs at the base of the needles.
“You’re not going to lose a forest — other trees will take over — but you’re going to lose that unique hemlock, cool, old-growth forest,” he said. Jon Sweeney, a research scientist with the Canadian Forest Services, Natural Resources Canada, inspects a twig for the presence of hemlock woolly adelgid during a Jan. 18 workshop at Kejimkujik National Park. - Jason Malloy
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