HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID

How you can help protect your hemlock trees from invasive hemlock woolly adelgid

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is asking people with eastern hemlock trees on their property to take time this winter and check them for signs of hemlock woolly adelgid.

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Hemlock trees falling victim to deadly, invasive pest to get treatment at Lake Michigan park

MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – A Lake Michigan park that’s heavily infested with a deadly pest that’s killing its hemlock trees will get some treatment this fall. Treatment will involve injection of insecticide into the trunks of “hundreds” of trees, Hogan said. There are “large sections” of hemlock in the middle of the park that aren’t included in treatment plans, Hogan said. The State of Michigan has been aggressively treating HWA at Lake Michigan parks. Hoffmaster State Park located just south of Lake Harbor Park in Norton Shores.

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DNR expert says infestation of Michigan’s hemlock forests can ‘lead to tree mortality’

MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI - A massive effort has been mobilized to save eastern hemlock trees from an adelgid, known by its initials HWA (Hemlock Woolly Adelgid). Since the current infestation in Michigan began about six years ago, HWA has spread quickly and threatens to decimate the state’s estimated 170 million eastern hemlock trees – just like it did in the eastern United States.