Buckthorn is becoming one of Minnesota’s most damaging invasive plants. If it is present in your woodland, it really becomes aggressive and invasive. I’ve even found it in my flower beds — no doubt ...

Q. Buckthorn has become a major problem throughout Minnesota. Can planting native species help suppress the growth of buckthorn, especially after buckthorn is removed from an area? A. Depending on the ...

The Waukesha County Land Conservancy started a fundraiser to remove buckthorn. The "Is your ex a thorn in your side?" has become popular on social media. For $5, they'll remove the invasive plant and ...

FERTILE, Minn. – A session on controlling invasive buckthorn is planned for 2 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, at Agassiz Environmental Learning Center, 400 Summit Ave. SW, Fertile. The session will ...

You might have noticed a dense hedge, large shrub or small tree in your yard. Does it have glossy, broad green leaves that open early in spring? It might be buckthorn, one of the most troublesome ...

With Halloween only a few days away, the 4-inch scratch that bloodied my forehead almost looked planned. When I saw my mom that same weekend, she looked at my shins and asked if I had been in a cat ...

Eradicating a tenacious invasive plant and expanding efforts to help where needed has become a mission for a newly formed Grayslake-based volunteer group. Finding buckthorn during a routine landscape ...

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 ...

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 ...