Maine

• Administrative Code and Statutes
• Other State Legal Resources

Administrative Code and Statutes

• Maine Revised Statutes - State Laws
  • Agriculture and Animals (Title 7)
    • Products Controlled (Chapter 103)
      • Definitions (Subchapter 11: Seeds - 7 §1042)
    • Pest Control Compact (Chapter 410)
    • Integrated Pest Management (Chapter 413)
  • Waters and Navigation (Title 38)
    • Protection and Improvement of Waters (Chapter 3)
      • Aquatic nuisance species control (410-N)
      • Prevention of the spread of invasive aquatic plants (419-C)
    • Program to Prevent Infestation of and to Control Invasive Aquatic Plants (Chapter 20-A)
    • Invasive Aquatic Plants and Nuisance Species Control (Chapter 20-B)
  
  
• Code of Maine Rules - State Regulations
  • Department of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Resources
    • Agriculture General (01 001)
      • Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Quarantine (Chapter 266) (DOC | 66 KB)
      • Pine Shoot Beetle Quarantine (Chapter 268) (DOC | 49 KB)
  • Department of Conservation
    • Maine Forest Service (04 058)
      • White Pine Blister Rust, Quarantine on Currant and Gooseberry Bushes (Chapter 1) (DOC | 5 KB)
  • Department of Marine Resources
    • Marine Resources - General (13 188)
      • Importation of Live Marine Organisms (Chapter 24) (DOC | 200 KB)

Other State Legal Resources

• Invasive Species Action Network
  • Status of Felt Restrictions in the United States - Maine
  
  
• Maine Department of Conservation, Maine Forest Service, Forest Health and Monitoring Division
  • Emergency Order Restricting Transportation of Firewood Into the State of Maine
  • Forestry Related Quarantines in Maine
    
• Maine Department of Conservation, Natural Areas Program
  • Invasive Plant Status: Maine State Law
    
    
• Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Land and Water Quality
  • Invasive Plants - Laws
  • Maine's Eleven Most Unwanted Invasive Aquatic Plants
  • "Preserve Maine Waters" Stickers
    
    
• Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
  • Maine "Lake and River Protection Sticker" Now Required on Seaplanes (Apr 12, 2010)
    In an effort to help bring attention to the threat and prevention of invasive plants in Maine's nearly 6,000 lakes and ponds, the Maine Legislature last year passed a law requiring seaplanes - owned by residents or non-residents landing in Maine - to carry a "Lake and River Protection Sticker." Before the law's passage, only motorized watercraft owners – both resident and non-resident -- were required to display the sticker. The Maine Legislature added seaplanes to the existing law in 2009 because of the potential of these crafts to transport and transfer invasive aquatic plants. The law was effective Jan 1, 2010. See "Preserve Maine Waters" Stickers for watercraft requirements.
  
  
• National Plant Board
  • State Plant Quarantine Summaries (select State)
    
    
• Environmental Law Institute
  • Status and Trends in State Invasive Species Policy: 2002-2009 (May 2010); includes 11 States (CA, CO, FL, LA, ME, MD, NJ, NM, OR, RI, TN)
    
    
• Union of Concerned Scientists (fact sheets evaluating the State's invasive species policies based on the Status and Trends in State Invasive Species Policy: 2002-2009 report)
  • Invasive Species in Maine (May 2010; PDF | 482 KB)