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[at-l] Wooly adelgids & hemlock health along the AT



I examined quite a few hemlocks along the trail during a 
southbound hike last year. IMHO, the wooly adelgid problem 
is overstated. Outside of a few hotspot areas such as SNP 
and portions of southern NE, most hemlocks appear to be in 
fine shape, with no white larval remnants on the branches, 
little greying of needles, and no needle shedding. Those who 
have read the worst-case forecast for this blight might have 
thought all the hemlocks would be about dead these days. 
Hardly the case.

- blisterfree

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <gypsy97@bellsouth.net>
To: <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 1:29 PM
Subject: [at-l] Re: at-l Wooly adelgids Was: Cell Phones --  
Perception


>I hope they just leave Mother Nature alone to take care of 
>the problem in her own way.  What sort of invasive species 
>might the Friends be bringing in.  Reminds me of,  "Say, 
>wonder if we cross this African bee with....", or "Kudzu 
>might make a nice groundcover".   I don't trust that there 
>is enough known about the ultimate effects of bringing some 
>bug that isn't here naturally.  Sorry, but I'm a Luddite 
>when it comes to matters like these.
>
> gypsy
>
> <Ya know what I wish?
> <
> <That someone could come up with a cure for gypsy moths, 
> and chestnut blight, and that new disease that's killing 
> all the hemlocks in the Shenandoah National <Park.  I do 
> trail work out there, and some sections of the park look 
> like
> <fallout from Chernobyl with all the dead trees.  Now 
> THERE'S a threat to organized wildness for ya.
> <
> <Longhaul
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> <If you read the newspaper from the Smoky Mountains that 
> was on a table at the SoRuck, you might have seen that 
> they're trying to buy a certain kind of bug that <eats 
> only wooly adelgids.  The bugs are $1 each, and the 
> Friends of the Smoky Mountains are taking up the funds and 
> buying the bugs.  I made a donation at <Sugarlands on my 
> way from the SoRuck to Knoxville.  As I rode through 
> Newfound Gap, I found the tree death on the ridgetops 
> shocking. anklebear
>
>
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