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Under a six-month contract with the city?EUR??,,????'?????<???????????????????????(R)?EUR??,,????'????s Utilities Department, Arizona Herdsman Eco Goats will provided 80 goats to clear the slopes of the water retention ponds at the Northwest Water Reclamation Plant.
the design of the retention pounds and the amount of vegetation at the site make it difficult to use machines and to keep down the weeds.
Officials hope the goats can do a better job. Besides, they are a ?EUR??,,????'?????<?????????????????more sustainable and environmentally responsible form of weed control.?EUR??,,????'?????<?????????????????
While using goats is a non-polluting form of vegetation control, they also produce better results than the use of machinery. Goats possess a unique characteristic that separates them from almost all other types of livestock; they will eat just about anything resembling a plant. They can clear vegetation from hard-to-reach places, and they?EUR??,,????'?????<???????????????????????(R)?EUR??,,????'????ll eat the seeds that pesticides and mowing leave behind, preventing vegetation from coming back next year.
Environmentally, goats reduce the use of motorized vehicles, which in turn reduces air pollution and usage of fossil fuels, involve no toxic chemicals or pesticides and they produce biodegradable waste material that naturally breaks down into the soil. Goats also make better economic sense than utilizing mechanical means which are more costly.
Francisco Uviña, University of New Mexico
Hardscape Oasis in Litchfield Park
Ash Nochian, Ph.D. Landscape Architect
November 12th, 2025
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