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Photo by Ken Czarnomski
Are you ready for an adventure into the Yosemite of the East? On Thursday, June 29th the BRNN members’ event will be a guided hike in Panthertown, Nantahala National Forest. Read more
Looking for a final project for your BRN certification? Hands on the Land (www.handsontheland.org) and the GSMNP need citizen scientists to survey snails and millipedes along the BRP from April through June this year. This is an activity that should appeal to BRNN members – we all love creepy-crawlies, don’t we?
Volunteer to recruit BRNN members (and others), organize the recruits into a team, with car-pooling and other ways to enhance participation, and it could be your graduation project. No prior knowledge of snails required.
Contact Charlotte Caplan – BRNNetwork2013@gmail.com – for more information, before the end of February.
UPDATE from Charlotte:
Here are the details I’ve received for the training on Saturday, April 8:
“The training event will be held at the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center on April 8th from 9am until 3pm. Make sure to bring your lunch and expect to get a little dirty since you will get some collection experience. You will pick up some collecting supplies at the training event.
Asheville, NC 28803
There’s also some more information on the website so have a look at the how to collect section and this will give you an idea about the procedure. More information will be updated soon.”
If you have been looking for ways to get involved in hemlock conservation we’ve got some opportunities for you!
The Hemlock Restoration Initiative holding a volunteer workday with their partner the Forest Restoration Alliance April 13 from 9am to 4pm at the Mountain Research Station in Waynesville.
Here is a link to description of the workday on our website: http://savehemlocksnc.org/upcoming-events/
If you think you’d like to attend please RSVP ASAP for details.
This will be a horticulturally focused day where volunteers will work in the FRA greenhouse, helping out with transplanting, tagging and caring for some particularly valuable hemlock seedlings. We may also engage in some other light gardening work but NO CHEMICALS INVOLVED!
If you have any questions about the Hemlock Restoration Initiative (HRI), the Forest Restoration Alliance (FRA) or the work we do please feel free to reach out.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US ON THURSDAY 4/13 PLEASE RSVP
Sara deFossett at info@savehemlocksnc.org
By Ken Czarnomski, VP of the Blue Ridge Naturalist Network
At first glance, the magnificent Eastern (Tsuga canadenis) and Carolina hemlocks (Tsuga caroliniana) seem to be losing their ongoing fight to survive the invasive hemlock wooly adelgid (or HWA) Adelges tsugae, which feasts only on them. This aphid, less than 1/32 inch (about the size of a poppy seed), has managed to dramatically increase its rate of infestation in the last decade. Read more
