invasive species

From farmers to families, everyone has a role in protecting Washington. The Governor is calling on everyone to help.

Surveyors mapped approximately 545,000 acres across Washington with some level of tree mortality, tree defoliation, or foliar disease last year.

The Oregon Department of Fish Wildlife is working to keep invasive zebra, quagga and golden mussels out of rivers and lakes.

We get stories about invasive species every so often. These include pests or bugs or anything, really, not native to our area but have made the new area their home and, in turn, are destroying that area's ecosystem including plants, wildlife, native creatures and more...

Washington State is great for fishing. We have several lakes and ponds and streams all perfect for catching fish. There is one fish, however, that if you catch it, don't release it -- kill it. And not just kill it. The NYIS wants you to kill it, freeze it, and report it so they can step in and take care of that area to prevent it from happening again...

Mark your calendars for Washington Invasive Species Awareness Week. Explore the dangers invasive species pose to our natural resources.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is praising the efforts of partners and the public in managing a new European green crab sighting in Salt Creek Recreational Area.

The State Department of Agriculture is asking Washingtonians to check their Christmas trees, wreathes and other purchased holiday greenery for invasive species.  Last week WSDA confirmed elongate hemlock scale, Fiorinia externa, on out-of-state sourced holiday greenery.  The Dep...

Have you spotted any of these invasive species in Washington? Hopefully not seeing as they don't belong here. This is a list of the 5 animals that don't belong in Washington state.

Researchers at the University California, Davis, have discovered a new gene variant in wheat that they say can increase grain yields. U.S. agricultural output nearly tripled between 1948 and 2017.