The
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
(DATCP) has imposed an exterior quarantine on items that could carry Asian
longhorned beetle (ALB). An exterior quarantine restricts import of regulated
plant products and other items from areas infested with ALB. DATCP regulations
coincide with the federal quarantine and regulations for ALB imposed by the
U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS).
Areas Covered by the Quarantine
The quarantine applies to certain counties of Ohio, Massachusetts, New York, and South Carolina. All applicable counties are identified in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Areas where ALB has been found but eradicated (Illinois and New Jersey) are not covered by the quarantine.
Items Covered by the Quarantine
Any living life stage of ALB
Non-coniferous firewood
Nursery stock, logs,
green lumber, stumps, roots and branches from these genera: Acer
(maple), Aesculus (buckeye), Albizia (mimosa), Betula
(birch), Celtis (hackberry), Fraxinus (ash), Platanus
(sycamore), Populus (poplar), Salix (willow), Sorbus
(mountain ash), and Ulmus (elm)
Exceptions
Regulated items can be imported into Wisconsin, if accompanied by a certificate signed by a pest control official in the state or province of origin who has inspected the items and certified that the items:
Originate
from non-infested premises and have not been exposed to ALB, or
Were free of ALB at the time of inspection, or
Have been effectively treated to destroy ALB, or
Were produced, processed, stored, handled, or used under conditions that would prevent transmission of ALB
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