Grazing animals were once a key part of the grasslands’ ecosystem here. Now that approach is being tested anew at a Petaluma park.
Sheep can chew down grasses that might later burn, snack on unwanted poison oak, and fertilize the soil as they go. And they can co-exist with human users of parklands while doing all that. Bruce Robinson has more.
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