“She is a breath of fresh air for our state, clearly up to facing our fiercest challenges.”
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“She is a breath of fresh air for our state, clearly up to facing our fiercest challenges.”
Funding from Buncombe County and the state is going toward the continuing fight against the hemlock woolly adelgid. As part of the effort new predator beetles are being released and a combination of biological and chemical tactics are being deployed in Western North Carolina.