Page 16 - Tree Line - North Carolina Forestry Association - First Quarter 2023

However, there is still hope. Following large-scale mortality, sometimes surviving trees prevail. Researchers believe these survivors could hold the answers to restoring dying forests. Why do these trees survive while their next-door neighbors perish?
App to Help
Identify Survivors
The search for surviving trees is not easy.
It requires dedication and collaboration between many organizations. For example, the U.S. Forest Service first recorded “lingering ash” years ago. Now, as North Carolina reaches 95% ash mortality in some areas, NC State University researchers are joining the search, monitoring more than 32,000 ash trees in the Piedmont region of North Carolina.
Meanwhile, the Forest Restoration Alliance, a nonprofit research group, is committed to rebuilding our adelgid- affected forests. Researchers collect cuttings from surviving hemlocks to propagate and study for resistance.
The search for surviving trees is better
Foresters can use TreeSnap (right)to report trees in the landscape that appear healthier than those around them and send that data to researchers studying invasive forest insects. Background image: Surviving hemlock amidst the dead in Macon County, NC.
14 ncforestry.org / FIRST QUARTER 2023
COURTESY OF HEMLOCK RESTORATION INITIATIVE
DRIVING INNOVATION.
Stay ahead of the curve with NutrienTM Solutions
– A team of experienced industry professionals helping to develop a program to best suit your land management needs.
LOCAL APPROACH. NATIONWIDE EXPERTISE.
At Nutrien Solutions, we partner with you to understand your forest management objectives with uncompromised commitment and stewardship. We provide the safest, most sustainable and cost-effective vegetation management strategies in the industry.
Contact Us | 1.800.752.7009 | NutrienSolutions.com #LeadingTheField
@NutrienSolVM
8502 [B0921]