Invasive Species

Red Swamp Crayfish have found their way into Idaho's waterways. Idaho Matters finds out how they got here and what we're doing to combat the invasive species.

Five walleye have been found in southwest Idaho lakes and rivers this year - places they don’t belong.

Cogon grass is considered one of the most invasive weeds in the country; a recent sighting in the Boise foothills has Ada County working to kill and contain the noxious plant.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is giving $3.4 million to a Mountain West tribe and environmental planners to fight 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.…