The Woodfin Water Board has talked about ways to solve its problem with wooly adelgids among the hemlocks around the district's watershed on Blackberry Inn Road. A wooly adelgid preys on the needles of a tree, sucking its fluids and eventually killing the specimen.
Trustee James Latimore worried the wooly adelgid population at the watershed would kill the trees and the loss of canopy would eventually raise the temperature of the water. Woodfin Sanitary Water and Sewer District Director Joe Martin said during the board's monthly meeting Monday that any effect on temperature would be minimal.
Injecting chemicals in and around the trees base is tricky, Martin said, because of the proximity to the watershed. Both Latimore and Martin agreed releasing beetles to feed on the wooly adelgids would likely be the best, although not a permanent, solution.
For more information on the water district's current water restriction, click here.
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