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Emergency funding directed to quash spread of spotted lanternflies in New Hampshire

States Newsroom · October 22, 2026

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The New Hampshire Executive Council on Wednesday approved nearly $25,000 in federal funding for “emergency” work targeting invasive spotted lanternflies near the Massachusetts border. The flies, which can damage crops, forests and other plants, were first detected in New Hampshire this August in Salem. It is possible…

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