GLENCOE, IL — To protect native plant and animal life sometimes requires sustained human intervention. Once brought into the U.S. for its hardiness, the introduction of European buckthorn is ...

FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - A herd of 48 goats is set to arrive in Flint next week to tackle the invasive Buckthorn plant threatening local greenspaces, thanks to a grant from the Saginaw Bay Watershed ...

The Lake County Forest Preserves are at war. It’s a conflict with frontlines across the county, likely invisible to most residents who don’t know about the infestation that plagues the landscape: ...

Faced with a rampaging invasive plant species, Billings, Montana, is paying plant removal experts to remove the plants. The plan is good news for Billings homeowners, as they can now get their ...

EAGLE, Wis. - In Waukesha County, there's a place in the woods where former flames are extinguished alongside a growing threat. "We’re already cutting buckthorn, so why not make a fundraiser out of it ...

Four-legged reinforcements may be enlisted to help battle invasive buckthorn in Lake County forest preserves. The idea is in the formative stage, but forest district commissioners appear amenable to ...

In the College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science (CFRES) forest microbiology lab, a dozen clear glass flasks agitate on a shaker. Each contains small, saffron-yellow gelatinous balls—solid ...

One Michigan park ranger declared war against the invasive buckthorn that overtook the habitat of the eastern massasauga ...

ASHWAUBENON — First, buckthorn looks like a pea shoot. Then, it turns into a tree that soaks up the sun in its canopies, leaving native plants in the undergrowth to die. The village's Plan Commission ...

BRAINERD — The Mississippi Headwaters Board approved two projects proposed by the Aitkin Soil & Water Conservation District for a total cost of $6,800, including a survey for invasive buckthorn.

As an invasive plant species damages ecosystems across Illinois, one Chicago suburb is dreaming of sheep. Forest officials in Lake County, Illinois, are hoping that a herd of livestock could eat its ...