invasive species

By now, many plants across Kentucky have already started changing colors. But some species that are invasive to the Bluegrass State hold onto their green hue late into the fall months— something that the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources says makes this an ideal time to weed those plants out.

Carp have increasingly become a nuisance in waterways across the country. A southern Kentucky high school teacher and his students are using the invasive fish to feed injured raptors, like bald eagles, vultures and hawks.

The first specimen of an invasive species of tick was found recently in Illinois.

Jeffrey Herod, with the Aquatic Nuisance Species Coordinator for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR), said the fish have been plaguing area waterways for decades after being brought into the area to control algae in wastewater treatment facilities.

The first sighting of the invasive spotted lanternfly was confirmed earlier this month in northern Kentucky, according to University of Kentucky Entomologist Jonathan Larson.

Members of the Kentucky Department for Fish & Wildlife Resources met with commercial fishers, processors, market owners, local government leaders and regional economic development officials Tuesday in Eddyville to get their input on the Invasive Carp Harvest Program after a decade of implementation.

Public health officials say an invasive tick has been detected in Tennessee.According to the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, multiple organizations…

An invasive species that costs the federal government $1.5 billion each year is rooting and wrecking parts of Land Between the Lakes in west Kentucky.…

An environmental nonprofit has removed more than an acre of invasive plant species near part of a creek in Tennessee's capital. The Tennessean reports the…

An invasive species eating its way through the north and south east part of the Commonwealth could be stopped before reaching western counties. The…