The plant significantly reduces water quality where it lives and spreads. By blocking sunlight, it encourages the growth of ...

Efforts to combat an invasive aquatic plant are now underway in Cayuga Lake, according to the Cayuga County Health Department ...

Hydrilla, an aquatic plant native to Europe and Asia, was discovered in October in Oak Brook. It’s a prolific grower, experts said, requiring little light or nutrients. As a result, hydrilla ...

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.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation reminds water recreationists to "Clean. Drain. Dry." boats, trailers, ...

A pesky, invasive species of plant found in the Eno River has caught the attention of the NC Department of Environmental ...

In 2011, a DNR study cited the “exponential rate” of hydrilla growth in the Santee Cooper Lakes. According to the study, the total hydrilla acreage for both Lake Marion and La ...

A sign at the Worden Pond State Boat Launch in South Kingstown warns boaters about the spread of invasive aquatic plants like hydrilla. When DeGoosh-DiMarzio confirmed the presence of hydrilla in ...

Hydrilla is an invasive plant that can crowd out native plants and alter aquatic communities. The plant was first discovered in Alum Creek Lake in 2021 and has since become a common sight in most ...

MONETA — The introduction of sterile grass carp helped combat the fast-moving spread of invasive aquatic vegetation at Smith Mountain Lake in 2013. Now, with those original carp dying out, there ...

For decades, water managers have treated the lake with expensive herbicides and mechanical harvesting of hydrilla, an invasive aquatic plant that crowds out native species and clogs boat propellers.

Late last month, the DEM began treating Indian Lake with fluridone, an aquatic herbicide that impairs photosynthesis. Hydrilla is highly susceptible to fluridone, so the concentrations in the lake ...