Weeds in the News

Weeds sometimes make it to the press. Below are some of the recent (and some of the timeless) news items related to invasive plants.

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• Boaters face fine for spreading milfoil (King5.com, September 11, 2008)
• Targeting a 'menace': Scientist sics her beetles on invasive plant (Andover Townsman, July 24, 2008)
• Can Weeds Help Solve the Climate Crisis? (New York Times Magazine, June 29, 2008)
• Hunt is on for noxious weeds in King County (King County Press Release, May 2, 2008)
• Fighting one exotic species with another:  Purple loosestrife is target of beetles (The Boston Globe, April 27, 2008)
• War Against Noxious Weeds Likely to Heat Up (Kitsap Sun, April 7, 2008) 
• Bainbridge Island Students Dig In to Get the Weeds Out (The Kitsap Sun, March 6, 2008)
• USDA Awards More Than $4 Million in Weedy and Invasive Species Grants (USDA-CSREES Newsroom, March 3, 2008)
• King County launches annual roadside weed control program (King County Transportation Today, February 27, 2008)
• Surrender to weeds, says Snohomish County board (HeraldNet, February 19, 2008)
• County’s Noxious Weed Board adds 5 more to weed control list (The River Current News, 1/10/2008)
• King County Noxious Weed Board meets Jan. 16 to discuss weed control list (King County Press Release 1/4/2008)
• Horses Disperse Alien Plants Along Recreational Trails (ScienceDaily, 11/26/2007)
• Absence of hydrilla in two King County lakes could signal victory in battle to eradicate invasive weed (King County Press Release 11/9/2007)
• Invasive Plant Secretes Acid To Kill Nearby Plants And Spread (Science Daily, 10/15/2007)
• Getting to the bottom of lakes (Seattle Times, Southeast King County News, 10/14/2007)
• Toxic plants sold without warning (The Sydney Morning Herald, 9/16/07)
• Invasive garden loosestrife found: county weed-control board already fighting purple loosestrife (The Bellingham Herald, 9/13/2007)
• Man dies after getting entangled in milfoil (Seattle P-I, 8/26/2007)
• Plant invaders enjoy life in the fast lane (New Scientist, 8/5/2007)
• Metro Gives Goats a Spin for Weed Control (King County Department of Transportation, 6/1/2007)
• Noxious weeds a problem in all of Oregon (Hillsboro Argus, 5/25/07)
• Idaho Rewrites Noxious Weed Regulations (Capital Press, 5/16/07)
• King County's Noxious Weed Board meets Jan. 17; Noxious weed list could grow by three (King County Press Release, 1/2/2007)
• EPA facing lawsuits over pesticide rules (Seattle Times, 1/2/2007)
• Ann's Organic Garden: Destroy tansy ragwort before it can multiply (Ann Lovejoy, Seattle P-I, 8/5/2006)
• King County in a race against the clock to stop the spread of toxic tansy ragwort (King County Press Release, 7/18/2006)
• Before you begin spraying, know how weed killers do their job (Seattle Times, 7/15/2006)
• King 5 TV: Noxious Weed Threatens Public Health (King5.com, 5/31/2006)
• King County encourages landowners to get a jump on noxious weeds (2006 Start of Weed Season Press Release) (King County Press Release, 5/1/2006)
• City forests in peril: Invasive plants are killing native trees (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 11/7/2005)
• Noxious -- or obnoxious -- county orders landowners to off invasive weeds (Seattle P-I, 7/25/2005)
• What evil lurks in the forest's heart? Ivy! (The News Tribune)
• Invasive plants are threatening native ecosystems (King 5)
• Noxious Weeds Press Release 2005 Season (King County Press Release)
• Blackberries - Seattle Times (link)
• Garlic Mustard Press Release (99.4 KB, 14 seconds)
• Garlic Mustard - KIRO News (59.6 KB, 8 seconds)
• Giant Hogweed - Northwest Garden News (58.4 KB, 8 seconds)
• Giant Hogweed Scars - Press Release (link)
• Ivy - Northwest Garden News (74 KB, 10 seconds)
• Milfoil in Spring Lake - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (link)
• Scot's Broom - Northwest Garden News (99.4 KB, 14 seconds)
• Weeds - Northwest Garden News (78.7 KB, 11 seconds)