MOUNT MORRIS — Cornell University and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced the creation of a new 'biological control lab' on campus to protect the state’s ecologically important hemlock trees. The lab, headed by Cornell Forest Entomologist Mark Whitmore, will research and rear 'biological controls,' specifically predatory Laricobius nigrinus beetles and silver flies, to slow the spread of hemlock woolly … [Read more...]