Efforts to eradicate the invasive aquatic plant "Elodea" have had mixed results. Herbicides are being considered in Fairbanks, after mechanical means proved unsuccessful there, while on the Kenai ...

According to Brianne Blackburn, with the state Plant Materials Center in Palmer, the aquatic plant has been found in remote Alexander Lake, which is accessible only by floatplane or by boat. Blackburn ...

Although the invasive water-weed elodea was officially eradicated from the Kenai Peninsula this summer, the statewide threat remains. Floatplanes, which can inadvertently carry colonies of the plant ...

It was a difficult summer at Devil's Lake, a popular Lincoln City recreation destination where a fast-growing water weed is threatening to overtake a lake locals fear is slowly dying. Green mats of ...

For seven years, the Fairbanks Soil and Water Conservation District and other entities have attempted to eradicate a pervasive invader, according to Aditi Shenoy, the conservation district’s invasive ...

FAIRBANKS — The invasive aquarium plant elodea was spotted in two new Interior bodies of water this week, but efforts to slow its growth within its previous locations have worked well, said Aditi ...

Invasive plants and animals are gaining a foothold in Alaska. They are slowly but relentlessly changing our environment and economy — changes that most people are unlikely to notice because they occur ...

Mat-Su residents and state agencies are trying to gather enough support to stop an invasive water weed in the area before it’s too late. Elodea, an aggressive aquatic plant, has made itself at home in ...

No. 13 Oregon baseball’s never-ending sixth inning left its lineup card looking like a Costco receipt, as four straight pitchers could only... It was bound to happen at some point. One can’t hold down ...