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The ground is 100% covered with leaves of every color; it's times like this that I'm reminded why I love Vermont so much.

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Forest Fungus Factory

Hemlock is the third most common tree species in Vermont. But it soon may drop off the list, going the way of the now-vanished chestnut and elm. An invasive pest, hemlock woolly adelgid, has been marching and munching its way north along the Appalachians — killing pretty much every hemlock it can sink its sap-sucking mouthparts into. The adelgid recently arrived in southern Vermont.

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Hemlock is the third most common tree species in Vermont. But it soon may drop off the list, going the way of the now-vanished chestnut and elm thanks to an invasive pest, hemlock woolly adelgid. So far, only extreme cold stops it. But the University of Vermont’s Scott Costa may soon give forest managers and homeowners a tool to fight back.

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