Pests & Invasive Species

At Millikan Nursery in Chichester, when they buy trees, shrubs and other nursery stock from places where the spotted lanternfly is established, they take the time to look for and remove the egg masses of the invasive species.

What a hornet wasp might use to sting a human, these wasps use to lay their eggs inside their host: the emerald ash borer.

Investigadores dicen que una avispa está ayudando a controlar una peste que afecta fresnos. Granite State College está ofreciendo matrícula gratis para algunas clases de educación temprana. Gobernador Sununu pide al gobierno federal una declaración de desastre.

Jumping worms were first reported in New Hampshire about five years ago, according to New Hampshire Forest Health.

Mid-Atlantic state officials are urging residents to help eradicate the invasive spotted lantern-fly before it devastates fruit crops. The pest has so far been prevented from spreading in New Hampshire, but state officials say it will likely return.

The state is out with a draft 10-year plan for managing its forests, with a new focus on recreation and climate change impacts. The Division of Forests…

Environmental groups want federal regulators to reconsider a new water discharge permit for New England’s largest coal-fired power plant – Merrimack…

New Hampshire is reporting its first case of mosquito-borne illness for 2020. A Loudon resident was hospitalized and is now recovering from Jamestown…

House lawmakers worked on a bill Monday that would require more insurance coverage for tick-borne disease testing – focusing on more than just Lyme…

Every other Friday on Morning Edition NHPR’s Sam Evans-Brown tracks down answers to questions about the environment and outdoors for our listeners in a…