invasives

Invasive species often spread by hitching a ride on anglers, especially anglers who don’t clean their gear after fishing. Though this is widely known, research suggests many anglers still don’t clean, even though it protects the very thing they’re after – fish. So, can anything be done to change their minds?

Invasive species often spread by hitching a ride on anglers, especially anglers who don’t clean their gear after fishing. Though this is widely known, research suggests many anglers still don’t clean, even though it protects the very thing they’re after – fish. So, can anything be done to change their minds?

In June, volunteers reported a sighting of what they believed to be New Zealand mudsnails in Grand Traverse County's Four Mile Creek. Recent lab results confirmed the spread of the highly invasive species.

Mike Smith spent most of his career as a diver with the Detroit Police Department recovering cars, guns, and sometimes bodies from the city’s murky…

In some inland lakes invasive plants grow so thick, motor boats get stuck and you can’t fish or swim. One way to keep these invaders at bay is just…