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Saturday, May 04, 2013  Residents learned about invasive plants

Saturday, July 21, 2012  Governor Rick Snyder signed into law a measure allowing beach-front property owners on the Great Lakes to groom their property without a state permit

Thursday, July 19, 2012  The invasive plant, garlic mustard, has made its way to the Copper Country

Tuesday, July 10, 2012  Dickinson Conservation District is conducting an invasive species survey of the river to analyze the extent of the infestations

Monday, May 21, 2012  The afternoon was an effort to clean up and let native plants grow, part of the Americorps National Week of Service

Sunday, May 20, 2012  It was a joint effort between the Alger Conservation District and the Rapid Response Invasive Plant Intervention Team of the Upper Peninsula, better known as RRIP-It-Up

Thursday, June 02, 2011  The tall, leafy plants have tiny white flowers and a distinctive garlic smell

Saturday, May 28, 2011  Students from Sawyer Elementary recently weeded garlic mustard plants in Negaunee

Monday, May 17, 2010  Organizers say the program will help speed measures aimed at eliminating invasive plants

Friday, January 22, 2010  It's back to the drawing board for the City of Escanaba as they try to look for ways to control an invasive plant species, Eurasian Water Milfoil, which has become overpopulated in their marina.

Friday, January 22, 2010  A two-day gathering in East Lansing is looking at how to deal with invasive plant species.