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. The southern part of Coes Reservoir has scattered ...

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 ...

Wildlife officials and conservationists partnered up to pull a few hundred water chestnut plants from a lake in upstate New York. While this initiative is undoubtedly beneficial to the local ecosystem ...

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 ...

Water chestnut seeds should be planted in spring when temperatures rise above 70 degrees Fahrenheit (21 degrees Celsius). ...

An invasive aquatic plant that crowds out native species and impacts boating and fishing has been found in the St. Lawrence River near Ogdensburg. The invasive water chestnut forms dense mats of ...

CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — The Farm River in Connecticut is closer to health after Friends of the Farm River & Estuary received an invasive control grant to remove water chestnuts. The invasive water ...

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 ...

Employees from Western New York Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management have found water chestnuts in the Chautauqua Lake Outlet. The group was surveying areas where water chestnut had ...