This is the January 2026 edition of the Mass. Pest Alert newsletter, brought to you by the Massachusetts Dept. of Agricultural Resources. Here are the top 4 things to keep an eye out for this month: Sign up to receive our newsletter via email.
To follow up our fall MEGa BioBlitz, we’re holding an Identification Blitz during National Invasive Species Awareness Week (February 23-27). Help us identify as many of the species from this fall’s BioBlitz as possible! Between this year’s project and last year’s, we still have 448 out of 817 observations that need an ID. To participate, […]
Our next spotted lanternfly webinar is coming up on Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at 10am. Hosted by the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR), this quarterly webinar series provides stakeholders with the most current information about SLF in Massachusetts. The February session will feature a presentation by Julie Urban, from the Department of Entomology at […]