SECTION .0700 ‑ DECLARATION OF PESTS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THEIR CONTROL

02 NCAC 09L .0701          ORCHARD RATS

The North Carolina Pesticide Board hereby declares as a pest pine voles (Pitymys, or Microtus Pinetorum) and meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus), (called orchard rats) on or adjacent to cultivated land; forest plantations; ornamentals nurseries; orchards; or horticultural plantings in institutional, recreational, and residential areas.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143‑444(1);

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Amended Eff. March 1, 1993;

Readopted Eff. August 1, 2020.