How to Help

• Get Involved!! Several volunteer opportunities are available at the lab as well as at release sites. Interested in learning how beetles are raised? Are you crafty and want to use your skills to make props and signs for outreach? Do you love talking and engaging the public? Would you like to spend some time outdoors helping trees? If you answered yes to any of these questions, we can find something for you to do at the lab. We welcome groups (boyscouts, etc) Email Lab Manager Amanda Rose Newton (arnewton@northgeorgia.edu) for details.
  
• Inform others of the spread of the hemlock woolly adelgid and the impacts it has on the trees and the ecosystem in general. Be aware of infested hemlocks and avoid spreading this invasive species.
  
• Attend Hemlock Fest 2012 where all proceeds go towards saving the hemlock trees.
  
• Donations to the Predator Beetle Labs
• NGCSU and Young Harris
• NGCSU Donations to the lab can be made to:

NGCSU Predator Beetle Lab
c/o Dr. Robert Fuller
Environmental Leadership Center
106 Rogers Hall
North Georgia College & State University
Dahlonega, GA 30597

Click here to see how your support benefits the beetle lab and the hemlocks

Other Ways to Help Out:

• Visit the Parks. Park fees are used to maintain the parks including treating hemlock trees.
  
• Georgia Department of Natural Resources has played a huge role in treating hemlock trees and spreading information.
• Become a Friend of Georgia State Parks and Historical Sites
  
• Contact other organizations such as Lumpkin Coalition, Trout Unlimited, Sierra Club, Georgia Forest Watch, etc. and see what their efforts are in saving the hemlocks.
  
• Questions and Concerns can be directed to:
  • Amanda Rose Newton (arnewton@northgeorgia.edu)