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: ...

"The mother of them all…" Landscaping expert shares photos after making once-in-a-lifetime discovery: 'I've never seen one so ...

One Michigan park ranger declared war against the invasive buckthorn that overtook the habitat of the eastern massasauga rattlesnake at the Dickerson Lake Fen in Michigan's Seven Lakes State Park. The ...

The story on the decline of butterflies in the Midwest is an important story — another marker of declining diversity in the ecosystem ("Butterflies in ‘precipitous decline’ across Midwest," Aug. 6).

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

FLINT, Mich. (WNEM) – The Genesee County land bank is turning to a herd for some help in trimming back an invasive plant. “Buckthorn is an incredibly invasive and very fast growing small tree, very ...

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.

There is a biological difference between a weedy plant and an invasive plant, a garden expert says.

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 ...