What are South African Boer Bok and what are they doing at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton, VA? There will be a field day at the Museum on Thursday, May 20th to find out how Boer Bok control invasive species and to look at land management options and programs available once invasives are suppressed or eliminated. Click here to see the official flyer.
This is a free event for landowners to see how you can use the South African Boer Bok as biological control agents for invasive species such as Autumn Olive, Multi-flora Rose, Honeysuckle and many more. Biological control represents a viable alternative to the use of herbicides and their effects on streams and watersheds.
The field day starts at 9:00 am in the Octagonal Barn with an overview of using the Boer Bok by Clay and Linda Trainum. This will be followed by a discussion of land management options and state and federal programs available by speakers from the Headwaters SWCD and NRCS, as well as a local forester. Then it is out to the field to see the Boer Bok at work.
A Boer Bok BBQ lunch will be available for $5.00. This event is sponsored by Autumn Olive Farms, Shenandoah Resource Conservation and Development Council, The Frontier Culture Museum, and Farm Credit. Preregistration and $5.00 lunch payment is requested so we will know how much food to prepare. You can register by calling Lorraine Cormier, Shenandoah RC & D at 540-248-3321 or online at http://www.shenandoahrcd.org/goatconfreg.htm
We are excited about this opportunity and hope you will be able to attend. You can contact me at ltrainum@ntelos.net if you have questions.
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