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HOW TO USE AN INTRODUCTION TO USING GOATS FOR BRUSH CONTROL with Briana Murphy,Goat Power LLC Lets Be Realistic Management vs Eradication Designing A Management Strategy W hat are your goals? W hat tools are available? W hat is your budget?

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HOW TO USE

AN INTRODUCTION TO USING GOATS FOR BRUSH CONTROL

with Briana Murphy,Goat Power LLC

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Let’s Be Realistic

Management vs Eradication

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What are your goals? What tools are available? What is your budget?

Designing A Management Strategy

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Site Evaluation

brush density, terrain and hazards

Keeping the Goats Contained

fencing and energizers

Herd and Project Maintenance

daily management and insurance

What to Expect

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Goats in the Toolbox

Difficult access Thick heavy brush Steep hillsides Rocky areas Hidden hazards Sensitive areas

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Stumps Boulders Retaining Walls Ground Wasps Creekbeds Downed Trees Holes Equipment/Buildings Old Fences

WHAT’S HIDING IN THE BUSHES?

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A Herd of Benefits

Reduce or eliminate herbicides Prevent seed production Reduce risk to hand crews Reduce or eliminate disposal fees

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What Do Goats Eat?

Black mustard Blackberry Bull thistle Canada goldenrod Canada thistle Cheat Grass Coyote Bush Diffuse knapweed English Ivy Field bindweed Rabbit brush Russian knapweed Russian Thistle Sow thistle Spotted knapweed Wild Rose Willow Wormwood sage Yarrow Yellow mustard Gorse Italian thistle Kudzu Leafy Spurge Milk thistle Locust Trees Multiflora rose Musk thistle Purple Starthistle Poison Oak

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Willamette Valley Invasives

Blackberry Scotch Broom English Ivy Thistles *Tansy Poison Oak/Ivy

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SCIENCE!!!

High-intensity–short-duration goat browsing applied in the summer for 1 or 2 yr reduced English ivy percent cover. Samples treated for 1 yr were reduced to 23% cover and those treated for two years were reduced to 4% cover.

  • English Ivy (Hedera spp., Araliaceae)

Response to Goat Browsing Claudia S. Ingham and Michael M. Borman*

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Healing Hooves, LLC Craig Madsen. (877) 309-8415. www.healinghooves.com Goat Power, LLC Briana Murphy (360)690-6940 www.mowingwithgoats.com

Service Providers

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