Invasive Species

The Idaho State Department of Agriculture is beginning a process to remove an invasive plant from a pristine natural spring in south central Idaho. Last…

You can find Blue Heart Springs near Box Canyon on the Snake River between Hagerman and Buhl. It’s a hidden oasis and you can’t get there in a car — you…

No bigger than a grain of rice, zebra mussels are deadly intruders that traveled from the Ukraine to Idaho, threatening to poison the state’s water…

The lab going up in Boise, Idaho, will be part of a new, larger U.S. Geological Survey building. And it would test environmental DNA, or eDNA, from around…

This interview originally aired Apr. 6, 2020.COVID-19 is taking most of our attention now, but in the midst of it all, another crisis is on the horizon:…

COVID-19 is taking most of our attention now, but in the midst of it all, another crisis is on the horizon: it’s almost wildfire season in Idaho.…

Feral pigs cause an estimated $1.5 billion in damage each year, especially to crops. Now concern is mounting they could be at the doorstep in parts of the…

Invasive insects and diseases are killing tree species in forests across the U.S., and in turn, weakening one of the planet's natural ways to fight...

Zebra and quagga mussels can devastate an ecosystem, and Yellowstone National Park is doing everything it can to keep them out. Most recently, that...

Top politicians are in Vail, Colorado, this week for the annual meeting of the Western Governors Association.