Jaclyn’s guests this week return to discuss protecting North Carolina’s trees and aquatic wildlife. Olivia Hall of the Hemlock Restoration Initiative explains how property owners can treat hemlocks for woolly adelgid and introduces the Lingering Hemlock Project’s work toward developing resistant trees.

Jaclyn is joined by Olivia Hall, Educational Outreach Manager with Hemlock Restoration Initiative. They discuss the organization’s work and introduce listeners to the hemlock wooly adelgid. Learn more at https://savehemlocksnc.org/The second guest, Rachael Hoch, is the assistant chief of fisheries/aquatic diversity with NC Wildlife Resources Commission. They’re proposing amendments to the state endangered, threatened, and special concern species rules. Hoch highlights the conservation success story of the Roanoke Logperch and the threats facing the River Redhorse.Public comments will be accepted through November 2nd.

Jaclyn’s guests this week include Josh Kelly, MountainTrue’s Resilient Forests director. He takes a look at the potential repercussions of changes made to the federal Endangered Species Act and the potential changes to the 2001 Roadless Rule on forests in WNC.

Jaclyn's guest this week is Simone Adams, founder and executive director of Color My Outdoors. The Outdoors Report's sponsor, Second Gear, named Color My Outdoors as their nonprofit partner of the month through October.The comment period for the rescission of the Roadless Rule ends on October 6. MountainTrue has a guide for writing comments to submit to the Federal Register.

We’ve officially made it to the autumn season, and with National Public Lands Day coming up Saturday, this week's Outdoors Report looks at the public places where we hike, paddle, and explore—and some of the work that goes into protecting and caring for them.

This week, I have an excerpt from my conversation with Herb Klann. His book Ready, Set, Hunt: A Field Guide for the Beginning Hunter releases Sept. 29. We talk about hunters as conservationists. I revisit my interview with NC Wildlife biologist and statewide BearWise coordinator, Ashley Hobbs.

This week, I'vegot volunteer work on my mind. Well, volunteering is almost always on my mind. But with the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks coming up Friday, it feels especially meaningful. September 11 is recognized as a National Day of Service and Remembrance, so this week's Outdoors Report is devoted to ways you can give back to the outdoor places and communities we share and have given so much to us. In this episode, I'll also introduce you to Rutherford Outdoor Coalition's Trail Tamers. I caught up with the volunteer crew while they were maintaining trails here on the campus of Isothermal. You'll hear about the work they do and how you can get involved.

The U.S. Forest Service has formally proposed rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule, which limits road construction and timber harvesting on millions of acres of national forest land. This week, MountainTrue Resilient Forests Organizer Donovan Green joins the Outdoors Report to talk about what could be at risk in our region, the public comment period ending September 21, and how people can get involved.

A bear made news this week after entering a home in Asheville in search of food, injuring the homeowner. This week, I'm airing a portion of my interview with NC Wildlife Biologist and statewide BearWise coordinator Ashley Hobbs. And to wrap up the series on Asheville Greenworks, we hear from their Watershed Outreach Coordinator, Micah Azalea Lynn, about two of their volunteer opportunities.

August 22-30 is National Park Week, celebrating both the 110thanniversary of the National Park Service on August 25th, and the nation's 250th. Find out what the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has in store for that week. In a second part of a series on Asheville Greenworks, we learn about a new device to help make river debris removal easier. Also in this episode, an update on the proposed rescission of the Roadless Rule, which jeopardizes nearly 45 million acres of undeveloped backcountry forestland managed by the U.S. Forest Service.