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 Stories About: California AND land stewardship AND wildlife
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Landscape Goat
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15 Nov 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Landscape Goat There's no need to use big crews and machinery to control fires in the California hills -- just add goats. A park district in the Bay Area is using goats to munch away the brush and low-level vegetation that fuel fires in parklands. Not only are the goats sometimes cheaper, gentler, and more environmentally sensible than employing human crews for the job, but they're also more versatile in steep forest ... |
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| Topics: California, land stewardship, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Marsh-a-Marsh-a-Marsh-a
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29 May 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Marsh-a-Marsh-a-Marsh-a An agricultural company has agreed to sell 16,500 acres of salt ponds around the San Francisco Bay, paving the way for what could be the nation's biggest wetlands restoration project outside of the Florida Everglades. Cargill Inc., an international agriculture and food company, signed a preliminary agreement yesterday with state and federal governments and private fo ... |
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| Topics: California, land stewardship, San Francisco, wetlands, wildlife (all these topics) |
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