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 ...

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 ...

A variety of agencies in the state are working to eradicate the invasive aquatic plant elodea. This summer, elodea was detected and treated in Anchorage’s Lake Hood, and a survey to search for elodea ...

(Anchorage, AK) – State agencies are working together this summer on efforts to control the spread of Elodea, an invasive aquatic plant that is threatening fish habitat and recreational activities in ...

Georga Prossick shows the flooding in neighbor’s backyards in Puyallup. Clark’s Creek, which normally flows behind the trees planted in Prossick’s yard, started to flood yards in the neighborhood in ...

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 ...

FAIRBANKS — An herbicide treatment to fight the invasive elodea weed began last week on the Chena Slough. It’s the first time the chemical has been used on an Interior waterway. Elodea is a common ...

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 ...

Lee Boulet and Georga Prossick stand in Prossick’s backyard, which is flooded by water from Clarks Creek. Flooding from Clarks Creek is causing trees to die in yards along the banks of the creek.

Plants and animals have many similarities when it comes to what they need to survive. Both need water and air. We often think of animals using oxygen and glucose for cellular respiration and producing ...