Utah agriculture and wildfire officials are starting the spring with a warning about invasive species. Whether it’s Phragmites, crabgrass or tumbleweeds, these unwelcome plants are causing major ...

Invasive plants are a big problem in Utah. Cunning interlopers like cheatgrass and red brome can outcompete native vegetation, crowd habitats and steal water and other vital soil nutrients.

They are, however, hellbent on completing the devilish task of removing tamarisk trees, one of the most invasive and insidious evils to take root in Kayenta, the bucolic Ivins neighborhood ...

"I think a lot of what people imagine about Utah Lake is based on how it was 30, 40 years ago," Peterson said. "Now it’s getting to where it’s extremely clean." There has been a lot of ...

Wetlands managers have spent years using fire and chemicals to fight phragmites, an invasive reed that chokes everything else out. But coaxing beneficial native plants to move back in is difficult.

This map shows the Ogden Bay Wildlife Management Area and places, in red, targeted for prescribed burns to eliminate invasive Phragmites plants. The 441-acre central area marked “Unit 1” was ...

Carbon County, named for the rock that once made it prosperous, hasn’t produced coal since 2020. Due to technological innovation and the proliferation of natural gas and, more recently ...

Wetlands managers have spent years using fire and chemicals to fight phragmites, an invasive reed that chokes everything else out. But coaxing native plants to move back in is difficult.

PROVO, Utah (ABC4) — For years, there’s been an ongoing battle on Utah Lake, with crews spraying, mowing and hacking away phragmites, an invasive reed that has grown thick on the lake’s ...