Debbie Oleson has declared war on Russian olive trees on her 500-acre ranch on the Blackfoot River. She’s on a crusade to eliminate Russian olives on 230 acres of their private land. And she’d like to ...

In the same way that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, you shouldn't choose a tree based on looks. This attractive species is one you'll regret growing.

POCATELLO — Before proposing to his wife, Emma, Ike Sutherland went to his favorite fishing hole along the Portneuf River and cut a half-inch bough from a Russian olive tree. He tied a bell to the end ...

Regular visitors to Kathryn Albertson Park have been struck by the profound change in the look of the park along the south side. All the Russian olive trees over an area of 5 acres were removed in ...

Russian olive trees — sometimes known as silver berry or oleaster — are small, ornamental plants with silvery leaves and black bark, and small yellow flowers and silver fruit that look like miniature ...

POCATELLO — Excavators and other heavy equipment weren’t an option for a tree-removal job in places along City Creek due to the potential to make a mess of the stream bed and the adjacent trail. So ...

FARGO — A new state champion tree has turned up in an unlikely spot. The tree, a Russian olive that's the biggest known specimen of its kind in North Dakota, was discovered in the parking lot of ...

RANCHOS DE TAOS — Among the targets of an ambitious noxious weeds and invasive species removal project underway in the Taos Valley is one of the most pervasive of invasive non-native tree species in ...

In recent years, a Russian olive eradication project has been a combined effort of New Mexico-based San Juan Soil and Water Conservation District and Colorado-based Mountain Studies Institute. SJSWCD ...

We have a huge Russian olive tree in our backyard. No one has ever said specifically to us that we need to get rid of it, but I have heard people talking about them being a noxious plant or something.

[image-1] In early March, Boise Parks and Recreation Foothills Restoration Specialist Martha Brabec led a group of Parks and Rec employees in ripping out a forest of Russian olive trees from the Hulls ...