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MDA details EAB quarantine, regulated articles and firewood rules for Minnesota
Summary
Regulatory coordinator Danielle DeVito explained MDA’s external and internal quarantines, which materials are regulated (all ash parts, mulch, firewood), how compliance agreements and 'certified safe to move' seals work, and why buying local firewood matters.
Danielle DeVito, regulatory coordinator for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, explained the state’s regulatory approach to emerald ash borer and what residents and businesses must know about moving wood and other regulated articles.
DeVito said Minnesota maintains two quarantine types: an external quarantine restricting regulated materials entering the state without permission, and internal quarantines the state imposes around detections. She described the MDA EAB map as a stoplight: red zones are quarantined areas where regulated…
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