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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Landscaping with Goats in Narragansett<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">From “EPA Science Matters”
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Each summer, EPA's facility in Narragansett, Rhode Island, hosts a team of rescue goats to clear the grounds of any unwanted or overgrown plants. These goat landscapers (known as goatscapers)
are brought in to <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA3MTkuNjA5NzI1ODEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5lcGEuZ292L3NjaWVuY2VtYXR0ZXJzL25hdHVyZXMtbGF3bm1vd2Vycy1ob3ctb25lLWVwYS1mYWNpbGl0eS11c2VzLWdvYXRzLWVjby1mcmllbmRseS1sYW5kc2NhcGluZyJ9.HiwN5d5V4a7fqBEIxImfiqqVA5wzDY-TCv3I4fOPN-o/s/691043452/br/141244601782-l__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!K9DtrYoEgkPRnkULWxdfc5w7zq_n8rir9BAwVcMp-WCYWzTlE-w-GBFiHqOlsKBjByC44ONX6TzYn58dwoun0F6UD42wJm4$" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#0050B9">manage the lawns in place of using traditional landscaping practices [lnks.gd]</span></a>. The goats clear invasive and overgrown plants, and in turn, they have lots of food to eat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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