A crew from Lakes Environmental Association helps divers remove milfoil from the Songo River near Sebago Lake. Credit: Peter McGuire / Maine Public Michael Flannery piloted an open top barge into the ...

For years, an invasive species of plant has grown in some of Maine’s lakes and rivers.

A boat is moored to a dock on the Cobbosseecontee Stream near West Gardiner in July. The stream, which connects to Pleasant Pond, is one of eight water bodies in Maine where the presence of swollen ...

Silas Mohlar, aquatic invasive species coordinator for the 30 Mile River Watershed Association, holds up invasive swollen bladderwort plants on Tilton Pond in Fayette. Since the plant was discovered ...

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The state is seeking permits to treat infestations in Messalonskee, Little Sebago and Androscoggin lakes this summer.

Weeding out invasive plants from Maine's lakes is becoming harder and harder each year. Climate change is making the water warmer which makes for a perfect environment for pesky plants to grow earlier ...

WATERBORO, Maine (WGME) -- "Swollen bladderwort" was first found in a Maine lake three years ago. Now, the invasive plant has also been seen in eight bodies of water across southern and western Maine, ...

Tristan Taber is the water quality program director at Lake Stewards of Maine, a donation- and grant-funded nonprofit. Its office is in Auburn, and staff live and work across the state, including the ...

Michael Flannery pilots an open top barge into the Bayou, a narrow dead end channel where the Songo River empties into Sebago Lake. As manager of the Lakes Environmental Association's invasives ...