High Up in the Trees Where the Insects Live

Stop by the Minnewaska Nature Center to watch members of the New York State Parks Invasive Species Team as they climb up a tall Eastern hemlock tree to look for hemlock wooly adelgid insects. These forest pests are an invasive, non-native species of aphid-like insect that are damaging our native hemlock trees. Nick Martin, Assistant Environmental Educator, will be staffing an educational table where children can observe insects up close through a microscope and also make a leaf rubbing and tree life cycle drawing. This is a drop-in program and pre-registration is NOT required.