18-02-2025
WEDNESDAY AT 6:45AM: Environmentalists work to ban invasive Ivy in Washington
Wrapped around trees, covering parks, scaling city blocks… Ivy has a tight grip on Western Washington.
Now, environmental groups are working to ban the sale of two types of Ivy in the state, common plants that you might even have in your own backyard.
They say English and Atlantic Ivy are invasive, and slowly kill everything they grow on.
KIRO 7′s Brooke Griffin digs into these invasive species and speaks to environmental advocates working to protect our trees.
Watch live Wednesday at 6:45 a.m. on KIRO 7 News.