{"id":139682323,"date":"2009-06-05T16:38:43","date_gmt":"2009-06-05T16:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=139682323"},"modified":"2009-06-05T16:38:43","modified_gmt":"2009-06-05T16:38:43","slug":"state-unleash-goats-to-keep-grass-trimmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=139682323","title":{"rendered":"State unleash goats to keep grass trimmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Forget lawn mowers. Maryland officials have found a natural way to combat brush while protecting a threatened species.<br \/>\nMaryland officials wanted an eco-friendly solution that wouldn&#8217;t hurt the area&#8217;s bog turtles.<br \/>\nForty bearded goats have been dispatched by the State Highway Administration to control plant growth in the area. They have been munching in an enclosed area for a week; they will stay until September, but will be put back to work next spring.<br \/>\nThe project is part of Maryland Gov. Martin O&#8217;Malley&#8217;s &quot;Smart, Green and Growing&quot; legislative package, aimed at reducing the state&#8217;s greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent by 2020<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/US\/05\/27\/maryland.highway.goats\/\">https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/US\/05\/27\/maryland.highway.goats\/<\/a>oldId.2009060516384388<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forget lawn mowers. Maryland officials have found a natural way to combat brush while protecting a threatened species. Maryland officials wanted an eco-friendly solution that wouldn&#8217;t hurt the area&#8217;s bog turtles. Forty bearded goats have been dispatched by the State Highway Administration to control plant growth in the area. They have been munching in an &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=139682323\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;State unleash goats to keep grass trimmed&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139682323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-environment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139682323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=139682323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139682323\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=139682323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=139682323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=139682323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}