You’ve probably heard the saying goats will eat anything. The Dallas Parks and Recreation Department is banking on that and bringing in goats to clear an invasive plant from a local park just north of Love Field. 온라인카지노사이트 5’s Vince Sims explains.
If you're out enjoying your Easter weekend around Bachman Greenbelt in Dallas, you won't find the Easter Bunny hiding eggs. But you will find grazing goats clearing weeds.
“Specifically, we have 280 goats,” Dallas Parks and Recreation Conservation Manager Brett Johnson said.
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He explained it's an effort to control the spread of an invasive plant called privet. The spread of privet raised concerns for the ecosystem and nearby communities. So, the goats are getting a belly full and doing something good all at the same time.
“To help improve the overall visibility to improve the safety out here,” Johnson said. “Secondly, this area was selected just, also we want to make sure we're reducing our fuel loads and ladder fuel in case we ever got a fire going out here.”
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For the next 11 days, the goats will cover 16 acres. A shepherd will be on site 24 hours to ensure the goats are safely managed behind an electric fence. No petting is allowed.
Parks and Recreation hoped that cleaning out Bachman Greenbelt would also help increase the park's popularity with the public.
“A lot of that is just because it is so thick, a lot of times people are kind of nervous to come out here,” Johnson said. “By using the goats, we're hoping to open it up, make it more user-friendly and also make it more friendly to the native wildlife that's in the area.”
