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ScienceDaily reports on how goats are more successful and environmentally more sound than chemicals as a way to fight invasive plants in salt marshes. They found

Herbivores, not herbicides, may be the most effective way to combat the spread of Phragmites australis, one of the most invasive plants now threatening East Coast salt marshes. A new study finds allowing small herds of goats and other livestock to graze in severely affected marshes can reduce phragmites cover from 94 percent to 21 percent and help restore natural species diversity, marsh function, and valuable shoreline views of the water.

Read full story at Goats better than chemicals for curbing invasive marsh grass — ScienceDaily.