Goats eat all kinds of overgrowth, and farmers, ranchers and state parks can hire a herd of the ruminants to clear property, instead of using a brush hog or other means to clear the land. Goats are ...

Forest fires have become a common occurrence. In some states, it is not a matter of if, but when, a forest fire will break out each year. Consequently, both local and federal agencies have been ...

FOREST ACRES – The city may soon have a fluffy, bleeting option for lawn maintenance. With a population of approximately 11,000 just northeast of Columbia, Forest Acres could join its larger neighbor ...

FOREST ACRES — The city may soon have a new, four-legged option for lawn maintenance. With a population of approximately 11,000 just north of Columbia, Forest Acres could join its larger neighbor in ...

Four-legged reinforcements may be enlisted to help battle invasive buckthorn in Lake County forest preserves. The idea is in the formative stage, but forest district commissioners appear amenable to ...

In an unlikely collaboration, woodlot owners have joined a group of goat producers in the hope that the four-legged creatures will fix some of the damage done by the area's overpopulated deer herds.

The Arcadia Fire Department has employed a surprisingly simple task force to clear up fire-prone brush in the city: a crew of 400 goats and sheep. The flerd grazed through more than 21 acres of dense ...