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by quickthrowman 1625 days ago
> A solution to buckthorn overgrowth can't come soon enough because mechanical solutions, while effective, are very laborious.

In Minnesota, they’ve been using goats. It’s still labor intensive, but the labor is performed by goats. Still, there are only so many goats, and there’s a lot of buckthorn.

I love the Big Woods ecosystem, and there’s very little of it left :/