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Goat fence work day
May 23, 2016 @ 9:30 am - 2:00 pm
To all MacKenzie Friends and volunteers,
Goats have been used by a number of individuals and organizations (including the US Fish and Wildlife Service and US Forest Service) as a way to control invasive plant species. The wildlife management team at MacKenzie will be trying this out soon. To get ready, a fence to keep people away from the area involved has been installed. Now the people who own and handle the goats are scheduled to be at the MacKenzie Center with the electric fence and the goats on Monday May 23rd – we’ll meet at the lodge at 9:30 am to pull garlic mustard; then finish the fencing project and watch the goats start on the buckthorn. Lunch will be provided.
The electric fence manufacturer’s web site describes “pushing” the fence posts into the ground, so bring a heavy hammer if you have one. The fence posts appear to be a metal rod in pipe sheath that is all attached and woven into the rectangular mesh fence over six ft.
If you’re interested, here is the site: https://www.
