Story Archives of 'Asian Longhorned Beetle'

On The Hunt For Signs Of The Asian Longhorned Beetle

By Amy Quinton on Monday, August 24, 2009.

On Saturday, teams of volunteers took to the streets of Manchester to look for an invasive species. Their mission: find signs that the Asian Longhorned Beetle has attacked trees.

Code name: the Beetle Blitz.

As New Hampshire Public Radio’s Amy Quinton reports, state officials call the creature a serious threat.

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The Beetle Blitz is Coming to Manchester and Portsmouth

By Mark Bevis on Wednesday, July 22, 2009.

In mid to late August, Manchester and Portsmouth have scheduled the beetle blitz.

It's not a musical tribute to those fab four from Liverpool.

The beetle blitz is an attempt to find what forestry experts in the state consider a serious threat.

The Asian long horned beetle.

University of New Hampshire Professor Stan Swier works with the Cooperative Extension Service.

He tells NHPR's Mark Bevis that organizers are looking for volunteers to fan out across the Queen and Port cities to search for this insect that has already been found in Massachusetts.

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Out-of-State Firewood Banned from Campgrounds

By Elaine Grant on Friday, June 19, 2009.

Officials have banned out-of-state firewood in state and White Mountain National Forest campgrounds.

NHPR’s Elaine Grant has more.
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New Hampshire Worries About Asian Longhorned Beetle

By Shannon Mullen on Thursday, June 11, 2009.

New Hampshire officials are expected to announce a ban on firewood from out of state, at all National Forest and state-owned campgrounds.

The move is part of a regional campaign to prevent the spread of invasive, wood-boring beetles that pose a grave threat to New England’s hardwood forests.

New Hampshire Public Radio Correspondent Shannon Mullen has more.

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The Asian Longhorned Beetle May Be On Its Way

By Mark Bevis on Wednesday, August 27, 2008.

The State of New Hampshire is on the lookout for a serious tree killer.

We're not talking about the wooly adelgid here.

This new danger is called the Asian Longhorned Beetle.

And Kyle Lombard rates its threat level right up there with dutch elm disease and chestnut blight.

Lombard studies forest insects and diseases for the Division of Forest and Lands.

He tells NHPR's Mark Bevis that this beetle recently showed up just south of the border in Worcester, Massachusetts.

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