BAAACK AND GRAZING： Goats take over Calgary's Nose Hill Park
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Summary
We re welcoming a new herd of goats back to Nose Hill! They ll be with us for the next three weeks to help us reduce the fire fuel load on this side of the hill, reduce the weedy and woody species encroachment into our native crosslands, and open up new real estate for our native species to establish.
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We are really excited to be re-welcoming a herd of goats back to the Rubbingstone Management
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Area of Nose Hill. They'll be with us for the next three weeks to help raise down vegetation
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overgrowth, cycle those nutrients back into the landscape, and this will help us to reduce the
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fire fuel load on this side of the hill. It'll also also help us reduce the weedy and woody
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species encroachment into our native crosslands, and we'll open up new real estate for our native
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species to establish so what treats them from other livestock like sheep and cattle is that
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they have um enzymes that help break down a lot of the toxins in a lot of the weeds that they're
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eating and so that's why a lot of the weeds that other livestock won't eat is are actually
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palatable to the goats all of this goes to support one of the goals in our connect power
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of the Parks Plan, which is to conserve and protect the environment.