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More to the Story: Hemlock Trees - A Fight for Survival

This 'More to the Story' segment from April 15 (2015) was about the Hemlock Trees of the North Carolina Mountains.  In recent years many Hemlock trees have been dying out in Western NC due to the damage caused by a particular kind of beetle.  This interview with the Charlotte Observer tells us how agriculture officials have been fighting the problem with success by using another type of beetle from the Pacific Northwest.