The St. Lawrence Eastern Lake Ontario Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management invites the public to attend a series of guided hikes to learn how to survey hemlock trees for the presence of an invasive insect called hemlock woolly adelgid.
This insect kills hemlock trees which are key beneficial tree species in New York State and beyond. HWA is known to be present in Oswego County and can easily be spread to other parts of the Eastern Lake Ontario Region such as the Tug Hill Forest.
The purpose of the hiking series is to recruit and train volunteers to keep an eye out for HWA while they are spending time outdoors this fall and winter and to report observations using a free mobile app called iMapInvasives — a community science tool. These efforts help to detect HWA populations early before their populations grow too large to manage and contain.
No experience is needed for the hikes and training will be provided. Registration is required, as important information pertaining to the hikes as well as simple instructions to set up iMapinvasives will be emailed to those pre-registered.
Hikes are free and open to the public. Each will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on the following dates and locations:
Oct. 30: Inman Glide Trail, Rodman.
Nov. 15: Great Bear Recreation Trail, Fulton.
Dec. 5: Salmon River Falls, Richland.
Jan. 17: Trenton Greenbelt Trail, Holland Patent.
Feb. 14: Forest Park, Camden.
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