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Goats Clear Arizona Brush02-02-09 | News

Goats Clear Arizona Brush




As the newest additions to the City of Mesa, goats are eating up approximately 30 acres of weeds and brush at one of the city's water reclamation plants. The city is experimenting with the use of goats to perform vegetation control in place of mechanical mowing to utilize a non-polluting method of brush clearance.
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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??,,????'?????<

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??,,????'?????<

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.

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