The map of our current work, as well as some highlight projects are below. Want to see more photos of the goats in action? Visit us on Facebook or Instagram. To read recent updates of the herds’ work, check out our most recent edition of The Browser here.
Previous Allegheny GoatScape Projects
Frick Park
Thanks to a generous initial grant from the EQT Foundation, and ongoing funding for bird restoration work through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the Pittsburgh Foundation, AGS has been able to work with Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy and the City of Pittsburgh to remove bush honeysuckle, mile-a-minute and other unwanted vines over multiple seasons in Frick Woods Nature Reserve, a portion of Frick Park near the Frick Environmental Center. PPC staff has been able to follow up on the goats’ work and plant native vegetation and add deer exclosure. Our most recent work in Frick Park ended in 2023.
South Side Park
Team Hobo has been working in “Jurassic Valley”, a large area of South Side Park, since 2017. Thanks to the Hilltop Alliance, South Side Community Council, Friends of South Side Park, the City of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, we can continue to whittle away at decades of invasive plants that took over the area, including wild grape vines, porcelain berry and knotweed.
Friends of South Side Park and many volunteers have done a tremendous job replanting appropriate trees in areas that have been significantly subdued by the goats consistent work.
We look forward to returning again in 2024!
Penn State University - Greater Allegheny
Four of our herds have combined to eat up more than 11 acres of dense vines and other brush on Penn State University - Greater Allegheny’s campus since 2018. Our herds have removed unwanted plants and provided an opportunity for PSU’s staff to enact maintenance plans on these difficult landscapes, planting small orchards and handsome trees throughout campus. We look forward to returning to campus in fall 2024.
Erie National Wildlife
Allegheny GoatScape has had the privilege to send Team Diamond to Erie National Wildlife Reserve (ENWR) in Crawford County each year since 2018. The goats specific task is to eat up multiflora rose that is growing along important waterways. The goats have proven effective, keeping this noxious vining shrub at bay.
