1. Minnesota First Detectors Forest Pest Quarantines Emerald Ash Borer, Gypsy Moth & Thousand Canker Disease

2. Minnesota First Detectors aesthetics, recreation, air quality, carbon sink, water quality, erosion control, land stabilization, wildlife habitat (cover and food), nutrient cycling, climate influence, photosynthesis, Plants as natural resources:

3. Minnesota First Detectors Impacts of Invasive Species

4. Minnesota First Detectors First plant pest quarantine in 1881 against grape phylloxera Guidelines for international, domestic, intrastate trade Quarantined forest insect pest examples: Pine shoot beetle Emerald ash borer Gypsy moth Asian longhorned beetle Plant Pest Quarantine

5. Minnesota First Detectors Quarantines: What Type? Internal Quarantine EAB & GM External Quarantine TCD

6. Minnesota First Detectors Quarantines: Where?

7. Minnesota First Detectors Compliance Agreements Balance the need to protect forests with the needs of commerce Agreements are: Legal documents between the company and the state For frequent movement of regulated articles Required for intrastate, domestic and international trade To establish inspection, handling, and reporting procedures.

8. Minnesota First Detectors EAB Quarantine: Where?

9. Minnesota First Detectors Regulated Articles Emerald ash borer in any living stage of development Ash trees Ash limbs / branches Ash stumps and roots Ash logs Ash chips (wood or bark) Firewood of any non-coniferous species EAB Quarantine: Risky Vectors

10. Minnesota First Detectors EAB Quarantine: A way out No Regulated Articles are legally allowed to move outside of a quarantine (untreated or treated), unless they are accompanied by a certificate. Certificates are only available when a compliance agreement is signed between the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and the firm interested in moving the regulated article.

11. Minnesota First Detectors EAB Quarantine: High Risk Period JFMAMJJASOND Immature (under bark) Adult (free living) EAB flight season means dispersal Extra vigilance and tighter restrictions May-August

12. Minnesota First Detectors EAB Quarantines Quarantined Counties

13. Minnesota First Detectors EAB Quarantine Quarantined Counties

14. Minnesota First Detectors Mitigation Visual Inspection Treatment Transportation Storage Processing Description Remove & destroy life stages Heat, chemical application Move directly to destination Store 100’ from host vegetation Use within 5 days EAB: Reducing Risk

15. Minnesota First Detectors Firewood Certification (EAB Quarantine) MDA firewood certification requires an active compliance agreement with the MDA Compliance agreement lists conditions for firewood to be considered heat treated – kilns are tested to insure internal temperature of wood reaches 140°F for 60 minutes MDA certified firewood is allowed to move freely around the state

16. Minnesota First Detectors DNR-approved Firewood Required on State-Owned Land DNR lands have additional firewood regulations. Regardless of any quarantines, firewood must be either: Obtained from a firewood distribution facility on State-owned land, or Obtained from a firewood dealer approved by the DNR commissioner (with receipt) Be MDA Certified

17. Minnesota First Detectors Gypsy Moth Quarantine: Where?

18. Minnesota First Detectors Gypsy Moth: Risky Vectors Gypsy moth in any living stage Trees with or without roots Logs, pulpwood, bark & bark products Mobile homes and outdoor household equipment Any other means of conveyance

19. Minnesota First Detectors Gypsy Moth: A way out Proposed

20. Minnesota First Detectors Gypsy Moth: High risk period Egg masses disperse artificially Extra vigilance and tighter restrictions in May-June

21. Minnesota First Detectors Mitigation Visual Inspection Treatment Transportation Storage Processing Description Remove & destroy life stages Heat, chemical application Move directly to destination Store 100’ from host vegetation Use within 5 days Gypsy Moth: Reducing Risk

22. Minnesota First Detectors TCD (State Exterior Quarantine) : Where?

23. Minnesota First Detectors TCD: Risky Vectors Regulated Articles All life stages of the walnut twig beetle & the Geosmithia fungus All plants and plant parts of the genus Juglans – Logs and green lumber Nursery stock, scion wood, and bud wood Chips, mulch, stumps, roots, and branches Packaging material All hardwood firewood

24. Minnesota First Detectors TCD: A Way In

25. Minnesota First Detectors TCD: Reducing Risk Kiln Dried AND Debarked AND Squared edges Mitigation

26. Minnesota First Detectors Quarantine Information http://www.mda.state.mn.us/

27. Minnesota First Detectors Questions