The proposed new program would establish a task force to develop a state-wide protocol for containing and eliminating ...

Legislation to create a rapid response program to eradicate the noxious invasive weed hydrilla, which has jumped from the Connecticut River to the state’s biggest lakes, received a positive reception ...

A recent news update highlighted the spread of the highly-invasive aquatic plant hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata). Sometimes called “waterthyme,” this plant has invaded the southern United States, ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The city of Austin will look into lowering Lake Austin next year. It’s to fight back against the invasive hydrilla, but city leaders think they are not as effective as believed.

That’s the sound of an airboat, typically associated with the Florida Everglades, but it's now helping to tackle an invasive problem on the Connecticut River. The airboat is part of an ongoing study ...

One of the world’s most invasive aquatic plants is now in DuPage County, much to the concern of researchers and state officials. But they said the discovery underscores how public education can keep ...

Ask Claire Snyder about the discovery of hydrilla in DuPage County, and she doesn’t hold back. “I am kind of calling it public aquatic plant enemy No. 1,” Snyder says. Hydrilla turned up in a private ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The city of Austin is continuing efforts to control an invasive plant in Lake Austin. Officials plan to stock the lake with more sterile grass carp later this fall, as hydrilla now ...

SUSSEX COUNTY, DE– Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) announced plans to treat two downstate public ponds for invasive aquatic weed hydrilla in June. DNREC ...

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AUSTIN, Texas — The city of Austin plans to use a type of fish to help get rid of an invasive plant. According to the city's Watershed Protection Department, roughly 350 sterile grass carp will be ...