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Purebred Myotonics. Ocala, Florida. Five handsome bucklings born December 2024. Will be weaned March 2025. Registered par- ents onsite. All colors, blue eyes, brown eyes - $350 each. Text 641-777-2298 or e-mail
beckhelgerson@gmail.com. 05/25
Kiko Doelings. 35 9-month-old NKR-reg- istered 100% NZ doelings. Middle Tennessee. Call/text Granville Cheatham, 931-215-0134. 05/25
Iron Mountain Savannas. Fullblood does bred by our newest herdsire for spring kid- ding. Limited number available. Also yearling bucks. DNA-certified herd. Registered with Pedigree International. Mention this ad for discount. Pennsylvania. 724-422-4110. 04/25
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AKGA and NKR 100% NZ Kiko registerable frozen embryos from original herd in New Zealand. Purchased directly from Caprinex (breed founder Garrick Batten) in 2009. Hes- lington Sesame & Caprinex Samuel lines.
kiko@lookoutpointranch.com. 541-554-0650. 05/25
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Puppies. Great Pyrenees and Anatolian Shepherd mix. Males and females. Ready to go now. Lake City, Fla. 863-651-5765. 06/25
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(Continued from Page 21) urally led us to a targeted grazing approach, which allows us to remove some, but not all, standing biomass. This method doesn’t leave as much biomass behind and is less detrimen- tal to overwintering pupae.”
An interesting benefit that comes from using goats for targeted grazing is that they have very acidic stomachs. This kills the seeds of the vegetation they eat and limits the recruitment of invasive,plants.
So, as the goats eat the plants that bio- logists want out of the area, they also don’t need to be concerned that the invasive plants might be reseeded. This is especially helpful for a few key areas that had stands of tall white top, a noxious weed, that is invading portions of the habitat.
“Through this management effort, we
wouldn’t want to spread those seeds, so knowing the seeds do not survive the diges- tive tract helped us know that this was a good management tool for us,” say Enders.
Another benefit to the project is the overall health of the land. Because Carson wandering skipper is a narrow ranging en- demic species (meaning it only exists in a very limited area), it is considered a habitat specialist; it thrives in a very specific habitat. While the project is in a small area, this
effort will help restore a portion of the larger landscape to a more natural state, improving conditions for other local wildlife. Enders walks around the site, observing the habitat and the grazing that has taken place. “You can see the difference between the two sides of the fence here,” Enders points out. There is a noticeable difference in the level of vegetation between the grazed and ungrazed sides.
How this will impact the butterfly’s population is yet to be known. Although more time is needed to track the effectiveness of the targeted grazing, this project is one step in addressing a problem that has been noted by Service and BLM biologists. n
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