What’s going on with hemlocks?
Eastern Hemlocks develop a partial die-off of their branches. Those branches don’t recover.
We used to fear the Wooly Algedid, but those pale now.
Eastern Hemlocks aren’t really good for much. One needle in a coffee mug makes that cup undrinkable. They do get large, but shade out other forest trees—even their own kind.
It’s better to have White Pine, oak, cedar, queen pine, maple, hickory, blueberries, pink lady’s slipper, and other wildflowers.
NH used to advertise that “NH was 90 percent TREES and the rest was WATER”.
Treeless storage units (which is ALL of them) have sprung up everywhere, so newcomers can store their treasures that they’ll never retrieve.
Eastern Hemlock makes for cheap lumber, but there’s a reason that it’s cheap...!
In the east, hemlocks are bring wiped out by the woolly Adelaide. A Bug
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemlock_woolly_adelgid