High Up in the Trees Where the Insects Live
Date:
Saturday, July 15, 2017 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
Location:
Nature Center, Minnewaska State Park Preserve
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.