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State ends first round of treatment for hemlock-killing pest in Lake George area
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Hemlock wooly adelgid is an invasive East Asia insect that feeds off the sap of Hemlock and Spruce trees.Adirondack Explorer
The first round of the state’s efforts to reduce the spread of an invasive insect that is killing hemlocks along Lake George is complete, but the Department of Environmental Conservation said it is planning consecutive annual treatments after spotting more areas with infestations.
Since then, the state began treatment in October, treating over 2,000 trees with insecticide on 138 acres in Paradise Bay. The New York State Hemlock Initiative also released 620 beetles called Laricobius nigrinus, which are originally from the Pacific Northwest and predators of the hemlock wooly adelgid.