Public Hearing on Proposed Expansion of the Gypsy Moth Quarantine - Ashland

January 16, 2019

For more information contact: Gary Fish at: 207-287-7545

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is proposing an expansion of the gypsy moth quarantine found in CMR 01-001, Chapter 271. This proposed rule establishes a state quarantine against the gypsy moth to prevent its movement from all counties except parts of Aroostook, Piscataquis and Somerset Counties to other parts of the State. This quarantine is necessary to protect Maine's and other state's forest and landscape tree resources. The Gypsy moth is federally regulated and this rule fulfills the requirement that Maine must have a similar state quarantine in place because the state is partially regulated for gypsy moth.

The public hearing is scheduled for February 11, 2019, 6:30 PM at the Maine Forest Service Office, 45 Radar Road, Ashland, Maine 04732-0972.

If you cannot attend the hearing, written comments will be accepted until midnight February 25, 2019. Please send comments to the address, email or fax listed below.

Gary Fish, State Horticulturist
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
28 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0028

gary.fish@maine.gov
207-287-7545 phone
207-287-5576 Fax