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 ...

Pennsylvania's state tree is the eastern hemlock. Its scientific name is "Tsuga canadensis."The eastern hemlock was named the state tree in 1931.These trees are slow-growing and long-lived, taking 250 ...

MUSKEGON, Mich. — There are an estimated 170 million eastern hemlock trees in Michigan. An invasive pest threatens to kill the entire population, so a task force has assembled to fight it. Hemlock ...

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The state of Michigan has approved $3.6 million in grants to help fund projects to ward off invasive species, including hydrilla and the hemlock woolly adelgid. The ...

If hemlock trees on your property show signs of hemlock woolly adelgid infestation, now is a good time to plan for spring treatment of this invasive species, the Michigan Department of Natural ...

Rhode Island is mobilizing a small army of "tiny but mighty" bugs to help save its majestic hemlock trees. Brought into the Ocean State from Virginia, the predator beetles named Laricobius nigrinus ...

Round, white hemlock woolly adelgid ovisacs are found on the undersides of branches near the base of the needles. (Michigan Department of Natural Resources) The Michigan Department of Natural ...

VAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. — A small invasive insect has been detected in two more Michigan counties, making a total of 11 Michigan counties where the pest has been detected and is killing off hemlock ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! The remnants of tropical storm Fred have brought a lot of rain to the valley. We were pretty dry so the moisture will be used for crop growth both in the ...

The sculptor Jean Shin gravitates to castoff objects, including a threatened tree at Olana, the former estate of Frederic Church. In memory of the millions of hemlocks that fell in the 19th century to ...