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REMINDER: Hemlock from Southern York County Maine Is Quarantined2009-04-09
 

REMINDER:  Hemlock from Southern York County Maine Is Quarantined—We Have Entered the High Risk Period for Spread of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

(Allison Kanoti, Maine Forest Service)  It’s early March and perhaps the flow of maple sap and impending mud season are more on your mind than insect egg-laying.  However, the egg laying activities of one insect, the hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), are on my mind.  This insect will begin depositing eggs any day now, and that means that it can be very easily moved from place to place on anything from clothing to harvesting machinery to logs.  All HWA in the northeast are females, so one egg has the potential to start a new population. 

If you harvest in the towns of Eliot, Kittery, Ogunquit, South Berwick, Wells or York be aware that all hemlock products are quarantined.  You can contact the Maine Forest Service to set up an inspection of your stand to determine whether it is infested with HWA [(207) 287-3147, allison.m.kanoti@maine.gov].  If you have already begun the harvest we will work to inspect the products and surrounding area.  If you live in or near a quarantined area, reduce the risk of spreading HWA by planning future harvests for the months of August through February.  This will also reduce the risk of introducing HWA to your woods. 

If you receive hemlock products with bark from HWA quarantine areas you need to set up an agreement with the Maine Forest Service [(207) 287-3147, allison.m.kanoti@maine.gov].  Otherwise your receipt of those products would be illegal.  If you already have an agreement remember:
  • Chipped material must be moved in enclosed vehicles year round.
  • Roundwood must be inspected and certified apparently free from adelgid between March 1st and July 31st.  All loads must be accompanied by a certificate from the Maine Forest Service, or if originating from out-of-state, the appropriate State authority. 
Note that the quarantine prohibits movement of all nursery stock, seedlings and other live hemlock from quarantined areas, during any time of the year.  This is because there is always a high potential of spreading HWA on live hemlock material from infested areas and low populations of HWA are hard to detect.  
 
More information, including details of the quarantined area can be found at www.maineforestservice.gov/HemlockWoollyAdelgid.htm or by calling (207) 287-3147.  Questions about hemlock woolly adelgid, the quarantine, or compliance agreements can be directed to Allison Kanoti at (207) 287-3147, allison.m.kanoti@maine.gov.
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