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 ...

WORCESTER — A group of volunteers paddled in canoes and kayaks in Coes Reservoir Saturday morning, pulling invasive water chestnuts from the water. Volunteers removed water chestnuts from Coes ...

Describing the action of non-native invasive plants in the environment can sound like the stuff of a science fiction movie plot. The aliens land here from far away foreign lands and soon take over ...

LEE — Kneeling on a paddleboard and elbow-deep in Laurel Lake, Kerry Stein spent his Saturday afternoon pulling as many invasive water chestnut plants from the water as he could. After an hour on the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Taylor West, Chautauqua Lake and Watershed Management Alliance project manager, holds up a water chestnut plant pulled from the Chadakoin River. Submitted photos The presence of the water chestnut is ...

Q: There is an odd weed growing in lower ponds of Cheshire Reservoir that I notice is now covering entire parts of the southern pond that borders Summer Street in Lanesborough. I us Invasive water ...

There might be a discrepancy in the name, but when it comes to health benefits, no other “nut” compares to water chestnuts!Edible aquatic tubers, water chestnuts, are not exactly nuts — but starchy ...