Goats chew through invasive species in West Michigan

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Top Brush Intervention is a West Michigan company that uses goats to chew through invasive plants and landscapes. It’s an eco-friendly way to target bad plants without any chemicals or machines.

58 goats have been roaming through a wooded area along 3 Mile Road in Grand Rapids and surrounding areas the past few days, targeting the invasive plant bittersweet.

“It (the plant) will wrap itself around trees and essentially kill the trees, it will bring down the trees eventually,” Jeff Smith, a landowner, explained…

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