Goats are increasingly being used in efforts to manage invasive common buckthorn in Midwestern woodlands. New research demonstrates when and how they are best used.

Goats are a nontoxic, easily transportable tool for removing invasive species like glossy buckthorn. × Goats may very well be the greatest of all time—GOATs, literally and figuratively!—when it comes ...

IOLA, Wis. (WSAW) - Environmental specialists are surveying central Wisconsin to get rid of toxic buckthorn in yet another community. Goats are back on the scene to do some important work. When you ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 13—SUPERIOR — The city of Superior's new cleanup crew tackled invasive species in Billings Park on Thursday, June 12, one ...

In a new study published in Restoration Ecology, a University of Minnesota research team examined the effectiveness of goat browsing (targeted grazing using goats) as part of a broader restoration ...