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Originally Posted by cowislander
Yesterday (8/31) headed into 19 Mi Bay I noticed several large areas in the Ossipies that were brown/reddish in color. Its too early for fall foliage. Is this a die off of a large numbers of trees? I also notice the northern tip of Rattlesnake has a dozen or two dead trees. Looking around elsewhere on the lake I see similar stands of trees that appear to be dead or dying.I recognize this has been a dry summer but this seems unusual. Is this possibly the result of Red Pine scale?
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More than likely what you are seeing is the result of hemlock woolly adelgid disease which affects and eventually kills hemlock trees.
NH hemlock trees, especially around the lakes region are being taken over by this disease. Last summer we had to have all our hemlocks at our home on Welch island treated in an effort to save our trees.
Dan