The dreaded day has arrived. We need more details on just where it has been found to date. As most of us are aware, the eastern hemlock is the dominant conifer in our gorges as well as other areas. This is going to be very painful to watch. Tony
Begin forwarded message: From: Deborah Dennis <[email protected]> Date: February 13, 2009 7:14:24 AM EST To: [email protected] Subject: [IGBA] Fwd: Re: Hemlock Woolly Adelgid found in Cayuga Basin Reply-To: [email protected] Something to keep an eye out for in our area.... On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Jacalyn C. Spoon <[email protected]> wrote: A nasty pest that came to us from Asia has found it's way to the Cayuga basin far faster than predicted. The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid is capable of killing a hemlock tree in just 4 years. It reproduces asexually at an exponential rate. We need your to help us find all of the outbreaks and report them to Mark Whitmore <[email protected]>. I'm asking all my birder friends and library colleagues: While you are looking up in those trees at the chickadee's could you please look for these little nasties! For a photo of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid and more information this pest read this Forest Service Alert: < http://na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/pest_al/hemlock/hwa05.htm> Much more information is available with a quick internet search < http://www.saveourhemlocks.org/pdf_docs/hwafactsheet.pdf> Thank you for your help, Jacie Tompkins County Environmental Management Council, Invasive Species Committee Chair -- Jacalyn C. Spoon, MLS Adelson Library Administrator Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. Ithaca, N.Y. 14850-1999 Phone: 607-254-2165 Fax: 607-254-2415 Tony Ingraham 368 Stone Quarry Road Ithaca, NY 14850 607-275-0344 [email protected] Owl Gorge Productions www.owlgorge.com my blog: http://owlgorge.wordpress.com/ See some of my videos at www.owlgorge.blip.tv Friends of Robert H. Treman State Park: http://friendsoftreman.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
