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 ...

COTTAGE GROVE, Minn. (AP) — A herd of 20 goats is been grazing on invasive plants at Cottage Grove Ravine Regional Park for a week or two, kicking off Washington County's efforts to use a nonchemical ...

Sustainability and eradicating buckthorn has been a mantra within Glencoe for years. But those were goals that didn’t require the presence of a goat. At least until now. On May 6, 22 goats were ...

COTTAGE GROVE, Minn. (AP) — A herd of 20 goats is been grazing on invasive plants at Cottage Grove Ravine Regional Park for a week or two, kicking off Washington County’s efforts to use a nonchemical ...

Good day to you, Answer Man. Down the Viola Road hill from the new fire station is a sign for Goatdispatch.com, along with white fencing around a large area of trees. Have you heard anything about ...

They may not wash windows, but these furry employees do clean up buckthorn. A herd of goats is mowing down invasive plant species in rural Douglas County, one mouthful at a time. “They are very ...

SOLON SPRINGS, Wis. - Traffic moved a bit slower Tuesday along South Railroad Street in Solon Springs as drivers paused for double-takes. It wasn't their imagination; the goats were back in town.

People fight buckthorn with everything. They cut them with chain saws, yank out the seedlings, douse stumps with Roundup, imprison them under coffee cans and shovel out the roots. They sic goats on ...

Plenty of wooded areas and steep ravines exist in New Ulm and they hold many invasive species such as buckthorn and garlic mustard. Now the city is ready to pass an ordinance that will allow property ...

FARIBAULT, Minn. – A Minnesota couple has created a business they say is eco-friendly, less time-intensive and much more fun way to deal with invasive weeds and buckthorn. Instead of spraying ...