plants

The Yakima River has a problem with water stargrass. It’s a native plant – but it’s choking the waterway and causing problems for people and fish. Now, machines are helping beat back the plant.

If you’ve tried to boat or fish on the lower Yakima River lately, you might have noticed matted weeds clogging the waterway. Now, work is underway to get it under control.

In the dark days of winter, it’s never too early to start thinking about what to plant in your garden this upcoming season.

Astronauts and space shuttles constantly are bombarded by radiation. An experiment designed in the Northwest blasted into space today. It’s helping…

Judy’s Trail, located in Troy, Idaho, is managed by the Palouse Land Trust. Easement properties like this create spaces for nature and wildlife preserves.

Around this time each year, women and girls from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation gather wild celery. They say their ancestors come back through the plant, and the ceremonial dig marks the arrival of spring.

The Washington Legislature has a lot of prickly problems on its plate. But there's a new one that may be the prickliest of all: Should lawmakers designate an official state cactus?

When you cross paths with a wild animal, oftentimes you notice it and recognize it by name. Can you do the same with plants? Rich Old can. He has a PhD in…

When you cross paths with a wild animal, oftentimes you notice it and recognize it by name. Can you do the same with plants? Rich Old can. He has a PhD in…

https://youtu.be/6ltoSk4q_zE More Murrow News Stories PULLMAN, WASH -Let’s rewind back to spring 2020. Pre-COVID-19 shutdown. The WSU Horticulture Club…