HWA in the Adirondacks
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HWA in the Adirondacks
DATE: Friday, March 13
START TIME: 10:30am
END TIME: 12:30pm
REGION: Adirondack PRISM
LOCATION: Up Yonda Farm Environmental Education Center, 5239 Lake Shore Dr., Bolton Landing, NY 12814
REGISTRATION: https://forms.office.com/r/eD6MxnFe95
MORE INFORMATION: https://www.adkinvasives.com/Events/Detail/6218
Hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) is on the move in the Adirondacks, and scientists need your help tracking the invasive forest pest. On Friday, March 13, 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 free 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 the Up Yonda educational farm to learn how to identify and report HWA via iMapInvasives.
This event is the perfect 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. By doing so, 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.
If you plan on joining the HWA walk, please dress warmly and bring snowshoes.
March 13 Agenda
- 10:30–11:30am: Indoor sign-in, introductions, and forest pest presentation
- 11:30am–12:30pm: Guided walk and field survey training