NH Forest Health

02/24/2023

THIS IS AN ARCHIVAL ACCOUNT AND IS NO LONGER ACTIVE. You can learn more about Forest Health in New Hampshire at the Division of Forests & Lands' website nh.gov/nhdfl and at nhbugs.org

07/14/2022

It's been a pleasure creating the voice of NH Forest Health and sharing my passion of trees with you. Hug a tree today, it may be gone tomorrow.

07/12/2022

The Pemigewasset Ranger District is holding a virtual public meeting to present information about the Emerald Ash Borer invasion in the White Mountain National Forest and detailing two projects responding to the imminent infestation: the Mack Brook Ash Preservation and White Ash Sanitation projects along Tripoli and Russell Pond roads on July 14 starting at 6:00 p.m. For information about the Mack Brook Ash Preservation project please visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=61903. For information about the White Ash Sanitation project please visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=60909.
Please join the virtual public meeting via Microsoft teams by clicking this link: public meeting. If you have problems accessing the meeting audio via your browser you can join the meeting by phone at 1-202-650-0123, conference ID 391551740 #. There will be a presentation followed by a question-and-answer session as time allows. Meeting materials will be posted on the project websites afterward for those who can’t attend the meeting. For any questions please contact project NEPA planner Scott Hall at [email protected] or at 603-536-6226.

07/06/2022

Although an enormous amount of damage is being done to New Hampshire forests these days by relatively new pests like emerald ash borer and hemlock...

07/05/2022

New Hampshire forests have been defoliated for the second year in a row by the invasive caterpillar now known as the spongy moth. But there is a native bird who benefits from the outbreak.

07/05/2022

Join us on August 5th for a forest health workshop in the North Country. During this all-day, “in the field” workshop, small groups will rotate through six stations at Weeks State Park. At each station there will be a unique set of insects, invasive plants, or diseases that a specialist will show you, let you handle, and then moderate a discussion of how these pests could influence your management in the North Country. Bring your own samples or pictures of pests or damage you’re seeing in the woods and our experts will ID it. Gather that weird forest insect or damage and stump the experts! Learn more and register: https://extension.unh.edu/event/2022/08/north-countrys-forest-health-hands-todays-insects-diseases-workshop

NH Forest Health

06/30/2022

Workshop - July 7 in Milford

Designed for licensed pesticide applicators and licensed professional foresters to learn more about insecticide treatment options for treating ash trees for Emerald Ash Borer, and hemlock trees for both Hemlock Woolly Adelgid and Elongate Hemlock Scale.

06/30/2022

Heading out to camp this weekend? Remember to buy local firewood to protect our forests! Find local wood at firewoodscout.org

Tree-killing insects and diseases often hitch a ride on firewood.
Forest health is in your hands!
Get local firewood 🔥😎

06/29/2022

August 5 Forest Health Workshop

During this all-day workshop, small groups will rotate through six stations at each there will be a unique set of insects, invasive plants, or diseases that a specialist will show you and let you handle.

06/28/2022

06/28/2022

Aerial surveys are underway to determine the extent of forest damage throughout the state. So far we've mapped over 32,000 acres of defoliation from spongy moth caterpillars in Carroll County. Want more NH forest health updates? Sign up for our email updates: https://nhdfl.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=bb4d9e7b39e5091e4d8e774b7&id=93efba466b

06/28/2022

A massive die-off of hemlock woolly adelgid last year left millions of fly corpses along shores and beaches from Maine to Massachusetts.