four people in knee-high plants with nets to catch insects, flanked by leafy trees on both sides.

Beetles put to work waging war on leafy spurge

Volunteers work with a Nature Conservancy Canada program to collect leafy spurge flea beetles as a natural control option

Deep within the Willner-Elbow community pasture lies the scourge of cattle ranchers — an abundance of leafy spurge. Driving through the gullies and dunes of the sandy pasture near Elbow, Sask., volunteers recently made a special trip out to a particular patch. Where there is leafy spurge, there may also be some enemies of this […] Read more