Goat herd eats noxious weeds in Spokane Valley

Knapweed, Dalmatian toadflax, kochia, oh my! What do you do when you need to remove noxious weeds from almost impassable terrain? Just ask Avista Utilities. Bring in the goats!

Every year, Avista treats areas around their facilities for noxious, or non-native, weeds that have been identified by county weed boards. In early 2013, during a routine inspection, Spokane County officials identified noxious weeds at Avista’s generating facility in Spokane Valley. While Avista has historically used chemical spraying as an eradication method, this year, they decided to take a more environmentally-frien...