The Daily Times is reporting today that Congressman Jimmy Duncan and Senator Lamar Alexander have secured $500,000 in federal funding for fiscal year 2010 to fight the Hemlock Wooly Adlegid. This non-native pest is systematically killing our Hemlock trees throughout Tennessee and the rest of the Southern Appalachians.

According to the Daily Times, "The funding is included in federal appropriations for fiscal year 2010. The funds were awarded to a team of faculty in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology for "Improving Hemlock Health in Tennessee."  Labs at UT are rearing beetles that prey on the aphid-like Wooly Adlegid.

Here at Tennessee WIld we applaud both Congresman Duncan and Senator Alexander for their efforts to safeguard our forests. To view the full story, please visit the following link; http://www.thedailytimes.com/article/20091010/NEWS/310109967 [1]