Sat, Mar 14
|Smokey House Center
Hemlock Wooly Adelgid “HWA” Detection and Response Training
Join us to learn how to identify, count and report HWA populations anywhere in Vermont.
Time & Location
Mar 14, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Smokey House Center, 426 Danby Mountain Rd, Danby, VT 05739, USA
About the event
HWA is an invasive insect that has devastated native hemlocks for over 40 years all along the east coast. This insect pest has been moving northward into the rich hemlock forests of the Green Mountains. HWA has now been found in hemlock forests west of Manchester and other locations in Vermont.
Join us to learn how to identify, count and report HWA populations anywhere in Vermont. We will also set up a Hemlock monitoring plot in a nearby Smokey House hemlock forest. Early detection is critical in combating this invasive insect, by providing information for targeted biological control releases that are now available.
About Don
Don Gabel has been in the green industry for over 50 years. He presently teaches and consults in Horticulture, Arboculture, small scale Agriculture and is active in New York State's Hemlock conservation efforts. Don recently retired from New York Botanical Garden, where he spent 18 years as the Director of Plant Health.