It took an act of the Legislature, but now the annihilation of the cattails has begun at Loring Park pond in Minneapolis. Workers using a backhoe with a 5-foot cutting blade on Tuesday began ...

A single cutting in August followed by submergence resulted in 80 percent control. It is important to remove all dead and live cattail stems to achieve this control. Power equipment that has been used ...

Garland resident Mike Turrentine photographed rush weaving or caning a child's rocking chair in his home. He twists freshly cut cattail reeds into a ropelike support for the chair. Ron Baselice / ...