📦🌱 Mailing plants or food? Think before you ship! Invasive pests can travel on agricultural items and survive shipping for days. Check requirements before you mail or receive plants, food, or other agricultural items. aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-d…

🔥It’s Firewood Month! Help keep pests from spreading. Buy firewood where you burn it. Invasive pests can hide in firewood and travel to new places. aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-d…

Crisp air + colorful leaves = yes. Invasive pests hitching a ride home = absolutely not. 🙅 Check, clean & remove pests and plant material from your gear before heading home. aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-d… @NatlParkService @Stop_AIS @forestservice

🥾Don't give invasive pests a free ride! Muddy boots, outdoor gear & vehicle tires can carry insects, seeds, egg masses & more to new places. Clean your gear before you leave to help stop the spread. 🌱 aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-d… @PlayCleanGo

🌳What's at Stake? Our trees. The invasive Asian longhorned beetle attacks and kills hardwood trees, putting neighborhoods, forests, and wildlife habitat at risk. Learn how to identify the signs during Tree Check Month: aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-d…

Celebrate American Adventures Month by helping protect the places you explore! Before you leave the trail, campsite, or park: ✅ Clean your gear ✅ Check for pests ✅ Don’t move firewood aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-d… @forestservice @NatlParkService

Buying plants or seeds online? Be a smart shopper. Invasive pests and plant diseases can travel with shipments, putting our farms, gardens, and natural areas at risk. aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-d…

A great way to celebrate National Parks and Recreation Month is to protect parks from invasive species. Before your next adventure, clean, inspect, and don't move firewood. More: aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-d… @NatlParkService @forestservice @NAISMAorg

What’s at stake? Farms, forests, pollinators, and native plants. Plants and seeds bought online from unknown sources can spread invasive pests and diseases. Before you buy, know the risks. aphis.usda.gov/plant-imports…

POV: Your hiking boots picked up more than memories. 👀🥾 This National Get Outdoors Day help stop invasive pests from hitching a ride home. Clean your boots and gear and buy firewood where you burn it. aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-d…

Hitting the trail for PlayCleanGo Awareness Week? Pack a handheld boot brush to knock off dirt and seeds before and after your hike. All of us can protect our favorite places - one step at a time. #PlayCleanGo #PlayCleanGoWeek

🍋 National Lemon Month reminder: invasive species can threaten our citrus trees and crops. Learn how you can help stop the spread and protect citrus for the future. aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-d…

🌳National Love a Tree Day is a chance to give back to the trees around us. Invasive pests put trees at risk every day, often spreading through everyday travel and movement. A little extra awareness can go a long way in protecting them. aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-d…

It’s International Day of Plant Health! Love plants? Show it by buying responsibly and helping stop invasive pests from spreading. Small choices can protect forests, farms, and green spaces. aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-d…

Moving this May? One last thing before you go 👀 Invasive pests can cling to outdoor items and travel with you. Take a minute to inspect and clean before loading up—it makes a big difference. aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-d…

It’s Arbor Day! Trees are vital, but invasive pests threaten forests across the country. Check what you move, buy local, and help slow the spread. 🌿 aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-d… #ArborDay #IPPDAM

It’s International Plant Appreciation Day! Plants do a lot for us - from providing food to cleaning air - so today is a great reminder to help keep them safe from invasive pests. aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-d…

It’s #IPPDAM! Invasive pests can hitchhike in luggage, firewood, and online orders costing the U.S. $40B each year. 🪴 Buy plants and seeds from a reputable source 🧾 Declare ag products 🔥 Don’t move untreated firewood Learn more:aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-d…