As Minnesotans gear up for the growing season, the University of Minnesota has a warning about where you buy your plants.

A longstanding battle to protect Minnesota's forests is facing a serious setback. Reporter Beret Leone and photojournalist Ray Campos explain how federal cuts are allowing invasive species to spread.

For the past decade, Minnesota has distributed about $10 million a year to counties for aquatic invasive species prevention. Gov. Tim Walz’s proposed budget reduced that amount by 50 percent.

Water isn’t just a resource for Bob McNamara. It’s life itself. “You don’t know until it’s gone how important it is.” ...

CROSSLAKE — The Whitefish Area Property Owners Association will host the ninth annual Aquatic Invasive Species Roundtable, ...

Sea lamprey are one of the nastiest aquatic invasive species ever after they got into the upper Great Lakes in the early 20th ...

A University of Minnesota professor wants to go to war with invasive species in the state’s lakes and rivers. Peter Sorenson, a professor at the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resources ...

Outdoor enthusiasts may have wondered what the bright fire and smoke was near Nicollet County Road 12, near Kuester pond, ...

Federal funding delays is impacting the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and their response to limiting the spread of spongy moths. Spongy Moths are an destructive invasive species in our area that ...

For the first time in two decades, Minnesota will not spray this spring to slow the spread of an invasive moth that has been threatening the state’s forests. The state never received promised ...

Plans to spray for spongy moths in five Minnesota counties have been scrapped ... striking in the short period in the invasive insect’s lifespan when the bacterial insecticide is effective ...

Plant Protection Division Director Mark Abrahamson talks about the impact of federal funding delays on state efforts to ...