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.
