The USDA, APHIS Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) in Massachusetts has two components; a pest detection survey for priority exotic pests and the Massachusetts Introduced Pest Outreach Project, a collaboration between the Massachusetts Department Agricultural Resources (DAR) and the University of Massachusetts Extension Agriculture and Landscape Program. The project is an educational component of the CAPS program which aims to increase the efficacy of the pest detection by teaching professionals in forestry, horticulture, and agriculture to look out for new exotic pests. We use a website, newsletter articles, and table displays and presentations at trade meetings to educate the people out in the field likely to encounter new pests. An email pest alert system is used to let individuals and organizations know about particular pests of concern. Reports of noxious weeds and plant pests are received through an on-line reporting system and a plant pests hotline at the DAR.