{"id":398614,"date":"2026-08-05T19:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T19:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/398614\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T19:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T19:58:07","slug":"goats-clear-poison-ivy-on-austins-butler-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/398614\/","title":{"rendered":"Goats clear poison ivy on Austin’s Butler Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"

Austin’s favorite four-legged trail landscapers are back \u2014 and they\u2019re getting paid in snacks.<\/p>\n

This weekend, the Trail Conservancy is bringing\u00a0a herd\u00a0of goats to munch on vegetation<\/a> near the Texas Rowing Center along the Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail. Their snacking will clear poison ivy and\u00a0other invasive plant species in parts of the 110\u00a0unmowed acres managed by the nonprofit.<\/p>\n

Instead of using chemicals or heavy equipment, the goats offer an eco-friendly solution to overgrowth problems on the trail. They’re also able to access dense areas that may be difficult for people to reach.<\/p>\n

The public is invited to watch the goats as they work on Saturday and Sunday, but the Trail Conservancy asks that observers refrain from petting the animals, as they’ll likely be covered in oils from poison ivy.<\/p>\n

The Trail Conservancy funds the goats’ visit through its Adopt-a-Goat program, which allows people to support a furry weed-eater for $25 a month. Donors who give $250 will receive a \u201cgoat tote\u201d and a certificate with their goat\u2019s name on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Austin’s favorite four-legged trail landscapers are back \u2014 and they\u2019re getting paid in snacks. This weekend, the Trail…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-398614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}