WORCESTER — A group of volunteers paddled in canoes and kayaks in Coes Reservoir Saturday morning, pulling invasive water chestnuts from the water. Volunteers removed water chestnuts from Coes ...

Apr. 29—Efforts are continuing to battle the spread of the invasive water chestnut plant in the Oswegatchie River, Black Lake and most recently, the St. Lawrence River. Brad Baldwin, a professor of ...

LEE — Kneeling on a paddleboard and elbow-deep in Laurel Lake, Kerry Stein spent his Saturday afternoon pulling as many invasive water chestnut plants from the water as he could. After an hour on the ...

The water chestnut, an aquatic invasive species, was found last summer in Dead Creek, also known as Scomotion Creek, on the north end of Plattsburgh. Water chestnut is best controlled by physically ...

Wildlife officials and conservationists partnered up to pull a few hundred water chestnut plants from a lake in upstate New York. While this initiative is undoubtedly beneficial to the local ecosystem ...

COLONIE — Kayakers will now be able to launch their boats on the Mohawk River from the town’s Mohawk River Park. The town said late last month it had successfully removed the water chestnuts that had ...

WORCESTER — A group of volunteers paddled in canoes and kayaks in Coes Reservoir Saturday morning, pulling invasive water chestnuts from the water. The southern part of Coes Reservoir has scattered ...