Comments on: Donna Lisenby, Environmental Hero http://riverkeeper.appvoices.org/2009/10/23/donna-lisenby-environmental-hero/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:42:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Lowell Hayes http://riverkeeper.appvoices.org/2009/10/23/donna-lisenby-environmental-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-3614 Lowell Hayes Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:56:25 +0000 http://riverkeeper.appvoices.org/?p=340#comment-3614 Linda, I want to start a project to protect the hemlocks in the Watauga watershed. This keystone tree is critical to the health og the river and its tributaries. So far I know of two areas along the river where the natural specific predator, laricobius nigrinus has been introduced to establish a long term balance control of the hemlock wooly adelgid, which threatens, and indeed is killing hemlocks throughout the watershed. These sites are at Valle Crucis Park and in Bluestone Wild. I can work to help enroll people in the effort and raise money and get publicity for this purpose, but I cannot undertake to manage the fund. Could Riverkeepers act as the umbrella manager of the fund and the project? I would like to see the Elk involved in its own hemlock project as well, and Watauga Lake, where Ihavwe a small property and plan to introduce "Larry" asap. Yours for the health of the rivers and the hemlocks, Lowell Hayes 963-5835 Linda,
I want to start a project to protect the hemlocks in the Watauga watershed. This keystone tree is critical to the health og the river and its tributaries. So far I know of two areas along the river where the natural specific predator, laricobius nigrinus has been introduced to establish a long term balance control of the hemlock wooly adelgid, which threatens, and indeed is killing hemlocks throughout the watershed. These sites are at Valle Crucis Park and in Bluestone Wild.

I can work to help enroll people in the effort and raise money and get publicity for this purpose, but I cannot undertake to manage the fund.
Could Riverkeepers act as the umbrella manager of the fund and the project?

I would like to see the Elk involved in its own hemlock project as well, and Watauga Lake, where Ihavwe a small property and plan to introduce “Larry” asap.

Yours for the health of the rivers and the hemlocks,
Lowell Hayes 963-5835

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