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 ...

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.

Mat-Su residents and state agencies are trying to gather enough support to stop an invasive water weed in the area before it’s too late. Elodea, an aggressive aquatic plant, has made itself at home in ...