Love hemlock trees? Help to protect them by learning to identify and monitor for an invasive non-native insect that threatens their health: the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid. This tiny sap-sucker can cause mortlaity in as little as 4-15 years and is spreading in the Midcoast region. We need your help to monitor and determine how far it has spread already!
Join Midcoast Conservancy’s Stewardship Manager, Isobel Curtis, and Waldo County Soil and Water District’s Technical Director, Aleta McKeage, for an in-depth training on monitoring methods, background on the invasive insect and hemlock trees, and management options.
The training will involve walking short distances from the parking lot on an old woods road. Please let Isobel know (isobel@midcoastconservancy.org) if you have any mobility concerns or access questions about the site - we would love to accommodate you!
Thank you to our partners at the Town of Edgecomb (the owners of Schmid Preserve), and Waldo County Soil and Water Conservation District.