JAMESTOWN – Jamestown Community College, the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, and the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy are seeking the public’s assistance in the search for the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) in area forests and woodlands.
The three organizations have collaborated to develop a survey for the presence or absence of HWA, educating the public about the pest while slowing its actual spread throughout the area.
The public is invited to join the survey efforts and will receive on-site training that provides details about hemlock trees, the threat of HWA, and the protocols used to survey for the insect.
More information– including dates and locations for upcoming surveys – can be obtained from Elyse Henshaw at ehenshaw@rtpi.org, Becky Nystrom at beckynystrom@mail.sunyjcc.edu, or CWC at info@chautauquawatershed.org.
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