The invasive aquatic plant known as hydrilla has been an ongoing issue along the Connecticut River for years. “When hydrilla moves in and covers a cove it can make it difficult for someone to boat ...

That’s the sound of an airboat, typically associated with the Florida Everglades, but it's now helping to tackle an invasive problem on the Connecticut River. The airboat is part of an ongoing study ...

The U.S. senator headlined what amounted to a pep rally for environmentalists in Hartford to support eradication of the invasive, aquatic superweed hydrilla, which threatens to choke the Connecticut ...

Hydrilla, a rapidly spreading invasive plant, is choking New England’s longest river. Government scientists are fighting back. By Amelia Nierenberg Reporting from East Haddam, Conn. The Connecticut ...

(TNS) — The multimillion dollar threat to the lower Connecticut River from the invasive aquatic weed hydrilla has attracted attention from around the country, as scientists work on ways to contain it.

CT officials and advocates say the negative social media posts are misleading and harmful to a project that has taken years of planning.

In their efforts to combat the spread of a highly-invasive weed along the Connecticut River, scientists, conservation groups and public officials say they’ve had to confront a new problem that grows ...

Hydrilla stems grow up from the sediment to the surface of the water. At the water’s surface, stems are highly branched, forming dense mats of vegetation. Stems produce reproductive structures called ...