CLIFTON, Va. — Hemlock Overlook Regional Park in Fairfax County is being inducted into the Old-Growth Forest Network. This is kind of like the Hall of Fame for really old trees. The Old-Growth Forest ...
The Pennsylvania legislature designated the eastern hemlock the official state tree on June 22, 1931.This tree thrives in cool, moist sites. It occupies steep north- or east-facing slopes in southern ...
Called “treasures in our backyard” by Fairfax County Board Chairman Jeff McKay, the old growth forest at Hemlock Overlook Regional Park was inducted into the Old-Growth Forest Network on April 17th ...
For more than 20 years, conservationists have been fighting a tiny insect killing the region's hemlock trees. Efforts to protect the trees through insecticide and the deployment of natural predators ...
When the hills and valleys are filled with snow and the icy grip of Old Man Winter continues its reign throughout the land, there are still beautiful swaths of green to be found. Hemlocks are a ...
It’s a warm day in early June, and researcher Nicholas Dietschler is standing in front of an eastern hemlock sapling about a quarter of a mile up a steep ridge in New York’s Catskill Mountains. The ...
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