HWA in the Adirondacks
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HWA in the Adirondacks
Friday, March 13
10:30am-12:30pm
Register with APIPP: www.adkinvasives.com/events
Free.
Hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) is on the move in the Adirondacks, and scientists need your help tracking the invasive forest pest. Join Ari Giller-Leinwohl (terrestrial invasive species manager, Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program) and Leah Smisloff (conservation project coordinator, Lake George Land Conservancy) for two hours of learning about HWA.
The event will begin with an indoor talk about emerging forest pests in the Adirondacks and all things HWA, including the biology and current status of the insect. After that, attendees will be invited to join a guided walk on the trails at Up Yonda Farm to learn how to identify and report HWA via iMapInvasives.
This event is a way to train to become one of APIPP’s volunteer Forest Pest Hunters. Every winter, Forest Pest Hunters adopt a trail to survey for HWA and report whether or not they find the invasive insect. Volunteers help track the spread of HWA, and the data collected helps scientists better understand the forest pest. The HWA survey season began in January and runs through the beginning of April.