{"466271":{"#nid":"466271","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Kudzu-Loving Sheep Return to Campus","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOur woolly, four-legged friends are back to help manage the vegetation. This marks their second return to campus to help control one of the most invasive plants in the South \u2014 the dreaded kudzu.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTypically, the approach to managing a particularly overgrown area, like we have here at Tech, requires several grazing sessions with the sheep,\u201d states Jerry Young, landscape project manager in Facilities Management.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy grazing on the kudzu leaves, or any vegetation within their reach, the sheep essentially deplete the root reserves. To optimize the effectiveness of this method, it is important to follow through by removing any remaining foliage and repeating the grazing process several times within 24 months. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is not only an effective means of removing pervasive vegetation in an area that is hard to reach, but it doesn\u2019t require the application of pesticides, making it very eco-friendly,\u201d says Anne Boykin-Smith, master planner in Capital Planning and Space Managemet. \u201cWe are looking at other areas on campus that would benefit from this sustainable solution, especially as we continue to develop the campus eco-commons.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe sheep will remain on campus until Tuesday, November 10.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOur woolly, four-legged friends are back to help manage the vegetation\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Our woolly, four-legged friends are back to help manage the vegetation"}],"uid":"27164","created_gmt":"2015-11-04 15:14:20","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:54","author":"Rachael Pocklington","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-11-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-11-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"466261":{"id":"466261","type":"image","title":"Sheep Return to Campus","body":null,"created":"1449256408","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:13:28","changed":"1475895213","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:33","alt":"Sheep Return to Campus","file":{"fid":"203755","name":"sheep_november_2015.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sheep_november_2015_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sheep_november_2015_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2787660,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/sheep_november_2015_0.jpg?itok=P-Be-z3o"}}},"media_ids":["466261"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/facilities.gatech.edu\/landscaping","title":"Landscape Services"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2014\/11\/06\/little-sheep-goes-long-way-managing-kudzu","title":"A Little Sheep Goes a Long Way in Managing Kudzu"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"35921","name":"Facilities Management"},{"id":"146821","name":"kudzu control"},{"id":"1990","name":"landscaping"},{"id":"166921","name":"sheep"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:anne.smith@cpsm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAnne Boykin-Smith\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMaster Planner\u003Cbr \/\u003ECapital Planning and Space Management\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}