New York, NY – The New York City Parks Department has 20 new weapons in its battle against a weed that’s choking the Staten Island shoreline.
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Mozart, Beethoven, Haydyn and Van Goat are among the floppy-eared foes of the invasive weed called phragmites (frag-MY’-teez).
The New York Times (http://nyti.ms/NZxMB6 ) says the goat mowing is clearing the way for wetlands restoration. It’s part of the development of Freshkills Park, which won’t officially open for two or three years.
The city is leasing the goats for six weeks from a farmer in Rhinebeck, N.Y.
The most invasive weed in NYC is what’s being smoked on our streets with impunity.