Resources

Good overview of using goats for vegetation management:

     http://www.luresext.edu/goats/training/vegetation.html

Study of using goats to reduce wildland fire danger in wildland-urban interface areas:

     http://www.firescience.gov/JFSP_Search_Results_Detail.cfm?jdbid=%23%26*%27%3B%0A

Discussion of using goats for brush control:

     http://www.caf.wvu.edu/~forage/mcontrol_rose.htm 

Targeted Grazing Handbook – a great source of information on grazing as a tool. It information on the principles of grazing as a tool, how to meet specific vegetation management goals, guidelines for specific plants, and a primer for land managers considering using animals for vegetation management:

     http://www.cnr.uidaho.edu/rx-grazing/Handbook.htm

Provides many links to research, articles on using animals for vegetation management and grazing prescriptions for specific plants:

     http://www.cnr.uidaho.edu/rx-grazing/index.htm

Livestock Grazing Guidelines for Control of Noxious Weeds in the Western United States.  This handbook discusses the use of goats, sheep and cattle on a variety of noxious weeds:

     http://www.cnr.uidaho.edu/rx-grazing/Guidelines.htm

Using goats and cows for weed management:

     http://www.livestockforlandscapes.com/goats.htm

Source of numerous articles on goats and sheep such as poisonous plants and weed control:

     http://www.uky.edu/Ag/AnimalSciences/goats/VegetationManagementPubs.html

Maryland Small Ruminant website – lots of information on sheep and goat management:

     http://www.sheepandgoat.com/