Continuing the battle against hemlock woolly adelgid

On Oct. 27, 2022 the New York State Hemlock Initiative released predator beetles called laricobius nigrinus, which eat the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid, at Paradise Bay on Lake George.

It is one of three biocontrols the state is using to establish a predator-prey relationship in hopes of saving the Lake George area’s hemlock trees. In the meantime, the state Department of Environmental Conservation is using insecticide to treat some of the infected hemlock trees to buy time for these predator bugs to establish.

About Gwendolyn Craig

Gwen is an award-winning journalist covering environmental policy for the Explorer since January 2020. She also takes photos and videos for the Explorer's magazine and website. She is a current member of the Legislative Correspondents Association of New York. Gwen has worked at various news outlets since 2015. Prior to moving to upstate New York, she worked for a D.C. Metro-area public relations firm, producing digital content for clients including the World Health Organization, the Low Income Investment Fund and Rights and Resources Initiative. She has a master's degree in journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. She has bachelor's degrees in English and journalism, with a concentration in ecology and evolutionary biology, from the University of Connecticut. Gwen is also a part-time figure skating coach. Contact her at (518) 524-2902 or gwen@adirondackexplorer.org. Sign up for Gwen’s newsletter here.

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  1. AdirondackAl says

    Thank you for this very informative video. Given the massive spread of invasives, using invasives to kill invasives, while frightening, is currently the only real alternative in many instances.

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