
HWA Survey at Browns Creek Preserve
Sat, Jan 25
|Browns Creek Preserve
Help us search for the invasive Hemlock Woolly Adelgid!


Time & Location
Jan 25, 2025, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Browns Creek Preserve, 5040 Walker Rd, Bemus Point, NY 14712, USA
About the event
Join us for a Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) survey on Saturday, January 25th at 11:00 AM at our Browns Creek Preserve located at 5040 Walker Road in Bemus Point, NY. No experience needed! We will provide on-site training for anyone who hasn't participated in a survey before.
Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy has been conducting HWA surveys on their preserves and other local hemlock stands for over a decade, and the yearly surveys for 2025 have kicked off! Hemlock Woolly Adelgid is a very small insect that feeds on Hemlock trees, ultimately killing the infected trees. The invasive adelgids are transferred from tree to tree most often by birds, but other modes of transmission are possible as well. Once the adelgids land on the host tree, they will remain in the same spot for the rest of their lives, continually feeding and developing into adults. Their feeding severely damages the canopy of the host tree by disrupting…