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The goats are back in Calgary and despite the heat warning, they’re already hard at work. And for the first time, they’ve made their way into the middle of the city.

The herd of 130 goats from a ranch in Wycliff, B.C., will spend the next 17 days grazing on invasive species at McHugh Bluff Park along Memorial Drive, as an environmentally friendly way to control weeds and prepare the site for seeds.

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“We’re trying to reintroduce native plant cover and native plant communities in our parks to make them a little more diverse over time and a little less maintenance-intensive,” said Chris Manderson, urban conservation lead for Calgary Parks.

“The goats are kind of the first wave. They’re going to come in and graze out some of the weeds for us and help get the site prepared for renaturalizing.”

Manderson said the McHugh Bluff area was chosen in part because there was already a naturalization project in the works and also because the community seemed eager to welcome the goats.