The plan is still in an early phase, but officials have hope. Officials release livestock in neighborhoods to fight thorny ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Albert Lea Audubon Wildlife Nature Preserve on Tuesday got a delivery of special visitors — a herd of 29 goats. The animals are part of an ongoing effort to curb the growth of the invasive ...

It can be a major headache for homeowners. Homeowner warned after sharing photo of mystery growth on property: 'It should go' ...

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: ...

A Lake Zurich-based volunteer group launched a buckthorn bounty program to give local homeowners incentives to eliminate the invasive buckthorn tree. Despite the efforts of municipalities and ...

MOORHEAD — Volunteers will be pruning back a non-native species of buckthorn in Moorhead on Tuesday, May 16, in an attempt to keep the invasive species at bay. Starting at 10 a.m., volunteers will ...

Q: Can you please explain how to distinguish common buckthorn (which is invasive) from alderleaf buckthorn (which I see is listed as a desirable native plant)? The Seek app can distinguish them but it ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.-- It's been an ongoing battle for years in Minnesota: The fight against invasive buckthorn. You may have seen efforts to get goats to eat the stuff. Now, researchers are looking to ...

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.

SPRING LAKE TOWNSHIP --- Buckthorn, first brought to Michigan from Europe in the mid-1800s as a popular hedging material, has proved an invasive species. Buckthorn has been seen in Spring Lake ...