Post by Tim Case
You might have caught the article last Saturday in local papers and on public radio … now in addition to Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA), scale has been found on hemlocks here in Kittery. On Gerrish Island to be more precise. It is moving northward into Maine, just behind HWA and will have devastating effect on these majestic and useful trees.
KLT has been cooperating with the Maine Forest Service (see earlier blog about field surveys) and we are planning increased outreach and educational opportunities for members and other citizens to learn how to identify these threats to our natural communities. Large hemlock stands are prominent features in four KLT preserves and it will be a crying shame if the trees succumb to these bugs within a few years.
