The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the identification of emerald ash borer in Fayette and Morgan counties in West Virginia. EAB was also recently confirmed in Roane County. Previously, APHIS had established quarantine areas only Fayette and Morgan counties due to the establishment and enforcement of equivalent state quarantines. West Virginia has now rescinded their EAB quarantines. For this reason, APHIS is establishing quarantine for the entire state of West Virginia.
APHIS is also establishing Milwaukee and Brown counties in Wisconsin as a quarantine area due to the confirmed identification of EAB. Effective immediately, all interstate movement of EAB-regulated articles from West Virginia and Milwaukee, Racine, and Waukesha counties in Wisconsin must be handled in accordance with the Federal Orders. Specifically, the interstate movement of EAB-host wood and wood products from these counties is regulated, including firewood of all hardwood species, nursery stock, green lumber, waste, compost, and chips of ash species.
For a comprehensive list of quarantines, go here.
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