Nick Dietschler, of the NYS Hemlock Initiative, discusses ways of managing the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid. The Huyck Preserve in the Capital Region, uses an insecticide and more recently a predator fly that eats adelgids. Hemlock woolly adelgid is also impacting hemlock trees on the eastern shores of Lake George. Dietschler and his colleagues will also be releasing silver flies there this year.
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Gwendolyn Craig
Gwen is an award-winning journalist covering environmental policy for the Explorer since January 2020. She is a member of the Legislative Correspondents Association of New York. Gwen has worked at various news outlets since 2015. She has a master's degree in journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Contact her at (518) 524-2902 or [email protected]. Sign up for Gwen’s newsletter here.
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