Niagara Parks using goats to combat invasive plant species

Niagara Parks using goats to combat invasive plant species

Niagara Parks’ Environmental Stewardship team will see the return of a local herd of goats for the Green Grazers initiative, a week long project at Gonder’s Flats in Fort Erie, that uses goats to target the removal of phragmites. Invasive Phragmites (European Common Reed) is an invasive plant causing damage to Ontario’s biodiversity, wetlands and beaches. Invasive Phragmites is a perennial grass that has been damaging ecosystems in Ontario for d…