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Archive Home > 2001 > June > 07 > Grazing goats may be saviors of plants

Grazing goats may be saviors of plants

By Joseph Jordan / The Bulletin
June 7, 2001

On the left side of a dirt track worn over by pickup trucks, the ground was thick with plants: Tangled bitterroot, tough knapweed and tufts of grass twitched in an unseasonably cold wind.

Across the way, scant remains of vegetation dotted the High Desert dust. A herd of 350 goats grazed lazily....

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