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 ...

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 ...

Since 2020, Madison Parks has used a somewhat surprising method to manage invasive species in city parks: Goats. A herd of about 80 goats — which the city of Madison rents from the Poynette-based ...

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 ...

Three trailer-loads of adorable sheep and goats arrived Tuesday at Neenah's Carpenter Preserve. The first dozen sheep trotted down a short, fence-lined sidewalk to the nature preserve, eager to graze ...

BAXTER — Using goats to control noxious weeds like poison ivy was before the city of Baxter recently, raising questions as to whether they were prohibited now or already in use. Ron Morris, Brainerd ...

FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - Friday, the community came out to Meet the Goats in Flint. The event highlighted Land Bank goats that have been clearing invasive buckthorn on Land Bank properties. Those in ...

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 ...