The researchers analyzed the results, comparing them to engineering requirements, and showed that both tree species met building standards, with eastern hemlock outperforming pine. Salvaging wood from ...

Two tree species native to the Northeast have been found to be structurally sound for use in cross-laminated timber (CLT) products. Eastern white pine and eastern hemlock passed strength testing by a ...

Many people use the generic term “pine tree” for any kind of evergreen, but the fact is, there are over 68 genera of evergreens. One of the more common members are spruce trees. Most spruce trees are ...

Grimes Glen in Naples, Briggs Gully in Honeoye and forest above Canadice and Hemlock lakes are in danger of losing hemlock trees to an invasive insect, hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA). These aren’t the ...

(CBS DETROIT) - After seven counties report detections in west and northwest Michigan, an invasive insect is found in Washtenaw County. Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) is a small aphid-like bug that ...

VAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. — A small invasive insect has been detected in two more Michigan counties, making a total of 11 Michigan counties where the pest has been detected and is killing off hemlock ...

FRANKFORT, MI — Part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will be closed this summer due to the northern advancement of an invasive tree-killing pest. The Old Indian Trail off M-22 near ...

YAKUTAT — “There they are,” Ben Gaglioti said, after a short hike off a gravel road leading away from this small fishing town. Gaglioti walked in rubber boots on a green, squishy carpet of muskeg — a ...

Ottawa County Parks is offering a program titled How to Know Your Holiday Trees on Saturday, December 10 at 2:00 p.m. at the Nature Education Center. If you refer to all evergreen trees as “pines,” ...