[APWG] NEWS: Got Weeds? These Sheep Will Make House Calls
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Mon Oct 27 09:16:59 CDT 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/us/27weeds.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Got Weeds? These Sheep Will Make House Calls
By PAMELA J. PODGER
Published: October 26, 2008
MISSOULA, Mont. -- Chilled by an autumn wind, Enrique Marquez watched from
horseback as the sheep gamboled down the mountain. A border collie nipped
the heels of wayward ewes.
All summer and into the fall, the flock grazed on noxious weeds infesting
about 1,000 acres of public lands above the Missoula Valley as part of
this city's effort to restore its native prairie grasses.
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