[MAIPC] Goat grazing workshops Oct. 1 and 15

[Marc Imlay]

They have done an excellent program with goats. The key point is monitoring the goats so they remove what we want and not much of the natives.

 

 Marc Imlay, PhD 
Chair of the Biodiversity and Habitat Stewardship Committee for the Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club.

 Marc Imlay, PhD, Chair, MAIPC Biological control working Group Conservation biologist, 

Park Ranger Office, Non-native Invasive Plant Control coordinator.  <mailto:Marc.Imlay at pgparks.com> Marc.Imlay at pgparks.com

(301) 442-5657 <tel:%28301%29%20442-5657>  cell  Natural and Historical Resources Division

The  Maryland-National   Capital   Park  and Planning Commission

 

 

 

From: MAIPC [mailto:maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org] On Behalf Of Sylvan Kaufman
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 7:00 AM
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Subject: [MAIPC] Goat grazing workshops Oct. 1 and 15

 

Adkins Arboretum is hosting a pair of workshops on using goats to control invasive plants by Brian Knox, president of Sustainable Resource Management.  Register at http://www.adkinsarboretum.org/programs_events/index.html

 

Session #1 involves both classroom and fieldwork and provides an introduction to invasive vegetation and the need for control, types of control, and determining if goats are the right tool. Fieldwork will include an introduction to goats and a vegetation survey and discussion. 

Session #2 involves classroom work and a hands-on workshop, including discussion of site location and suitability and possible downsides to using goats on your site. Fieldwork will include site preparation, fencing, and installing goats in a new location.

Brian Knox is the President of Sustainable Resource Management, Inc. He has a BS in Forest Resource Management with a minor in Soil Science from West Virginia University. For more than twenty years his passion for sustainability has helped to shape the face of forestry practices in West Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

 

 



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