May 11, 2012 6:03 PM
Alex DeMetrick
GARRETT COUNTY, Md. (WJZ)—They are some of Maryland’s oldest living things.
Alex DeMetrick reports that despite centuries of growth, the state’s old growth hemlocks are being threatened by an invasive bug the size of a poppy seed.
You have to get off the main road at New Germany State Park in Garrett County to reach those performing a kind of tree triage. Only in this case the medicine is pesticide.
“The chemical will be released into the tree slowly through the injectors,” said Donnie Oates, Maryland park ranger.
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