Vermont's capital city is trying a natural way to get rid of poison ivy by grazing goats.
On Wednesday, three goats munched on the plants along the small city's bike path behind the high school.
Goat owner Mary Beth Herbert, of Moretown, says the goats graze on the poison ivy, causing stress to the plants so that they retreat. She says it will take years of cyclical grazing to eradicate the poison ivy.
On Wednesday, the goats named Ruth, Bader and Ginsburg, were enclosed in fencing and began they grazing.
The city says it has tried to eradicate the poison ivy along the bike path but has been unable to do it using organic treatments.
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