invasive species

"Deep Lake Future" is an immersive art experience going on now at Var Gallery in Walker's Point in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It takes visitors on a data collection mission in a futuristic world overrun with invasive species and musical fish.

Mequon began goat landscaping back in June 2020 in the Pukaite Woods. For the last couple summers, the goats visit the woods and graze on the land, removing invasive honeysuckle and buckthorn.

The invasive worms, which reproduce rapidly, are creating havoc in forests. They thrash around so violently that they can jump out of a person's hand. They also lose their tail — on purpose.

People have been talking for years about Asian carp and how the invasive fish might impact the Great Lakes.In 2002, Asian carp were detected 60 miles from…

The Army Corps of Engineers is proposing a plan to stop silver and bighead carp moving from the Mississippi River basin into the Great Lakes.Cheryl Nenn…

Congress ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to find a way to prevent aquatic invasive species from passing from the Mississippi River to the Great Lakes…

Dogs are extremely good at sniffing things out. Mequon Nature Preserve decided to take advantage of the canine skill and brought on Tilia, the first…

Researchers who work in wetlands in Michigan are taking a new approach to invasive plants. Instead of removing plants like phragmites and switchgrass,…

Roy Norton is Consul General of Canada in Chicago. Wisconsin is one of three states, along with Illinois and Missouri, in his purview.This week the Consul…

A species of earthworms that is known to "act crazy, jump and thrash" is jumping and thrashing its way across the state.The worm goes by many names,…