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| Vermont Quarantine Announced for Windham County | 2010-05-21 |
(May 5, 2010 – From State of Vermont - Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation)
Hemlock is Vermont’s 7th most common tree and is important to Vermont's forest products industry, so this exotic insect will have a major impact as it spreads through the state. Hemlock Woolly Adelgid is known to survive for weeks on logs cut from infested stands, and much longer on chips and fresh branches. While this quarantine affects anyone that may use, store, or manufacture products from hemlock raw materials from Windham County in Vermont, or from other infested states, shipments of hemlock raw materials may be received year-round as long as a compliance agreement is obtained from the State. Hemlock raw materials include hemlock logs, pulpwood, bark, or whole-tree chips and mixed whole-tree chips that may include hemlock. The HWA Quarantine Compliance Agreement is straight forward and simple. It requires that records be kept of hemlock shipments you receive so the Department can target their search for Hemlock Woolly Adelgid. It also gives the State permission to conduct inspections of hemlock trees and to treat an infestation when found. These targeted inspections will hopefully allow individuals to use hemlock materials freely and with less concern about moving a harmful pest. For more information about this quarantine, please contact Paul Frederick, Wood Utilization Specialist with the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation by phone (802-241-3698) or via e-mail (paul.frederlck@state.vt.us). Paul can provide details about how the Quarantine applies to individual situations and, if needed, putting a compliance agreement in place. Note: Hemlock Woolly Adelgid regulations vary from state to state. If you are shipping hemlock materials out-of-state, you should check on quarantine restrictions in the state receiving the material.
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The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) was first described in western North America in 1924 and first reported in the eastern United States in 1951 near Richmond, VA.
This destructive forest pest is native to Asia and was recently detected in several towns in Vermont’s Windham County. As a consequence, hemlock products from Wlndham County are now subject to restrictions on movement within Vermont under an existing quarantine. This rule also regulates the movement of hemlock from other states into Vermont. The objective of the quarantine is to slow the spread of HWA to new locations. 
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