Meg Sanders is a Plant Pest and Disease Specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) overseeing plant product inspections in northern Wisconsin to help ensure the sale of healthy, pest-free plants in and out of the state. She also operates as the Forest Pest Regulatory Coordinator in this role enforcing quarantines to stop the introduction of invasive plant pests and diseases into the state. Meg’s background is in Ecology having worked with a variety of both plant and animal life in Georgia, Kansas, and Michigan before settling in Wisconsin. Previously, she conducted research focused on developing novel detection methods for the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) while obtaining her Master’s from Grand Valley State University in Michigan, and now she works to prevent the introduction of this pest to Wisconsin.