How to Help
What If You Find It? Check out the USDA APHIS's Beetlebusters.info for a step by step guide.
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Invasive foreign pests can enter the country through contaminated wood packing material or infested nursery plants. Once they're here, their devastation can go unnoticed - sometimes until it's too late. But there are things you can do to prevent these pests from changing our land, our water, and our way of life.
Be on the lookout for insects you don't recognize. If it seems unfamiliar, don't hesitate to call the USDA or your state Department of Natural Resources. Report unfamiliar insects immediately. For more information on what the ALB looks like, visit Beetlebusters.info.
Once wood-infesting insects like the Asian longhorned beetle are here, they can spread right into the heart of our forests when people transport firewood to campsites or vacation homes. Always buy firewood near where you'll burn it, and don't move firewood.
Once an invasive pest is found, it's important that the authorities take immediate action. This can mean difficult countermeasures, including destruction and removal of trees we all care about. If that's what's necessary, we all have to do our part - sacrificing a small amount of trees now, to protect our forests later. You can help by understanding the problem, and sharing this movie with others so that they can see the issues for themselves.
