Old Indian Trail is known for its two 2.3-mile loops following tree-covered dunes, which includes hemlock. Contact Nushrat Rahman: [email protected]. Follow her on X, formerly known as Twitter ...

The Old Indian Trail is closed at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National ... "Hemlock woolly adelgid is a small aphid-like insect that uses its long siphoning mouthparts to extract sap from Hemlock trees.

Mount Hood National Forest officials said the Indian Henry Campground is being shut down indefinitely to patrons because falling shallow-rooted hemlock trees have caused too much of a safety ...

BENZIE COUNTY — The National Park Service says Old Indian Trail and surrounding area of the Sleeping Bear Dunes in Empire will be closed due to invasive hemlock woolly adelgid.

FRANKFORT, MI — Part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will be closed this summer due to the northern advancement of an invasive tree-killing pest. The Old Indian Trail off M-22 near ...

The park has closed the Old Indian trail to treat the trees and to try and prevent the insect from spreading further. State approves $3.6 million to ward off hemlock woolly adelgid, other invasive ...

This is a map defining the area closure surrounding the Old Indian Trail due to an infestation of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid. The map is approximately a 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 mile area. (NPS) ...

The hemlock woolly adelgid is host specific, meaning it only infests hemlock trees. The aphid-like insect attaches itself to a needle, sucks the sap from it, and the tree dies.

The hemlock woolly adelgid, native to Japan and the Pacific Northwest, threatens eastern hemlock trees with fatal infestations since they lack predators and trees lack natural resistance. At least ...

He sees, first-hand, how the iconic hemlock — Pennsylvania's state tree — is under siege and is dying off. A stand of hemlocks in his backyard is all but gone despite efforts to combat the ...

Have you ever wondered why the Eastern Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, was chosen our state tree? Admittedly, that is probably way down on the “things to do list” on your refrigerator as you begin ...