GRANITE FALLS — There’s a killer out there. It’s stalking forests, searching for its preferred prey: western hemlocks. When it strikes, as it has with increasing frequency, the tree’s demise can be ...

SAGINAW COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) – A western store in Hemlock has what you need to make you feel like a real cowboy. Lone Star Western Store that is located off of Gratiot Road in Hemlock has been owned ...

The hot, dry summers Clark County and much of the Pacific Northwest have experienced in recent years are harming some native tree species. Forestry experts and environmental groups say western hemlock ...

Western water hemlock (Cicuta douglasii) is a perennial native to the northwest portion of North America. It is the most poisonous plant on the continent. The toxin cicutoxin found in western water ...

If you think there are a lot of moths around right now, you’re correct. Parts of B.C. are seeing an infestation of the western hemlock looper moths this year, with thousands more of the insects than ...

Swaths of trees in the North Shore Mountains and Metro Vancouver watersheds are turning orange following an outbreak of a voracious insect. The Western hemlock looper moth, a native species that ...

Swarms of western hemlock looper moths invade parts of B.C. south coast Parts of B.C. are seeing an infestation of the western hemlock looper moths this year.

A team of scientists has shown that two species of silver flies from the Pacific Northwest will attack and eat hemlock woolly adelgid, the pest responsible for killing millions of hemlock trees in ...

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