The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has imposed an exterior quarantine on items that could carry hemlock woolly adelgid. An exterior quarantine restrict imports of some plant products from areas infested with HWA.
Areas Covered by the Quarantine
The quarantine applies to the entire states of Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia, as well as the District of Columbia and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Nova Scotia.
Map of HWA infestations and regulated areas
Items Covered by the Quarantine
Hemlock seedlings, hemlock nursery stock, hemlock logs or lumber with bark; hemlock chips with bark, hemlock bark.
Exceptions
Individual shipments of hemlock nursery stock or other hemlock products from the regulated area may enter Wisconsin if accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate from the state of origin certifying inspection and, if needed, treatment.
Hemlock products may also be exempt from the quarantine if importing nurseries or other businesses set up a compliance agreement with DATCP. The agreement must document the source, date, size, method and frequency of hemlock shipments, as well as import conditions that effectively prevent the spread of HWA.
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