The federal grasshopper suppression program that has operated on Western public lands for decades needs an update. The current program, managed by the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ...

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service shows a male migratory grasshopper. (U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant ...

A federal judge has ordered USDA to re-evaluate the environmental impacts of its grasshopper and Mormon cricket suppression program in the West within two years. The agency’s Animal and Plant Health ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation and the Center for Biological Diversity won a lawsuit today against the federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service over its ...

The region's cool, wet weather has helped to hold down a predicted grasshopper outbreak. But it's too soon to declare victory over the insects, especially since they're causing big problems in some ...

Oregon Department of Agriculture staff say the agency’s program to control grasshopper and Mormon cricket infestations is severely underfunded. The department’s grasshopper control program was ...