invasive plants

The state Department of Natural Resources says an invasive grass from Asia has been found in Michigan for first time.The DNR said Friday that Japanese…

Invasive plants are really good at being bad. They’re hard to get rid of, and a new study finds that even if you rip them out, they can have lingering…

Michigan has the largest population in the world of starry stonewort, an invasive macroalgae that stifles native plants and fish. Starry stonewort loves…

Researchers who work in wetlands in Michigan are taking a new approach to invasive plants. They’re harvesting them for fertilizer and fuel. When you’re in…

Plants usually don’t get as much love as cute animals. Sometimes it’s hard to get people fired up about an endangered plant.But Jane Kramer’s trying to do…

Ottawa County has a new weapon in the fight against invasive plants. This week, I got a chance to check out the weapon in action at Burr Oak Landing, a…

Amos Ziegler has developed a smartphone app that could make it a lot tougher for invasive plants and critters to sneak into our state and get a foothold…

Update: January 15, 2015:Gov. Snyder has vetoed the legislation.Original post:More than 130 scientists and the state’s environmental groups are calling on…

More than 2,500 species of plants, fish and mollusks will be invading the internet soon. It’s an effort by more than 20 museums and universities around…

A program to remove invasive plants is coming to Detroit's Belle Isle this summer.A federal grant from the EPA of almost half a million dollars will go to…