The water chestnut, an aquatic invasive species, was found last summer in Dead Creek, also known as Scomotion Creek, on the north end of Plattsburgh. Water chestnut is best controlled by physically ...

Apr. 29—Efforts are continuing to battle the spread of the invasive water chestnut plant in the Oswegatchie River, Black Lake and most recently, the St. Lawrence River. Brad Baldwin, a professor of ...

SAUGERTIES, N.Y. – The village will ask the town Esopus to borrow a harvesting machine so it can clear the incessant water chestnuts that turn the Esopus Creek into green mat of vegetation, ...

Otisco, NY -- Otisco Lake, one of the smallest of the Finger Lakes, faces the same problems as its bigger siblings to the west: an influx of invasive weeds. The problem has grown so large that ...

YONKERS, N.Y. (CBSNewYork)-- An invasive species is choking the life out of one of the biggest lakes in Yonkers. It's growing so thick, boating and other recreational activities were banned. Now, a ...

The pest was discovered in the northern end of the Connecticut and the Hockanum Rivers. A coalition of groups is now attacking this weed to prevent it's spread. The Department of Environmental ...

COLONIE — Kayakers will now be able to launch their boats on the Mohawk River from the town’s Mohawk River Park. The town said late last month it had successfully removed the water chestnuts that had ...

A photo of water chestnut trapa bispinosa, a now invasive species potentially linked to Canada geese traversing northern Virginia. (Courtesy, USGS/Dept. of the Interior) Efforts are ramping up to root ...