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    Look Who’s Baaaaa-ck

    April 20, 2021 | 3:40 PM - Updated on April 21, 2021 | 1:38 AM
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    The Riverside Park Conservancy says it will be making an announcement on Thursday, and the announcement of the announcement makes it pretty clear what it will be.

    Earth Day plans? We’ll be at Times Square making an important announcement. 11AM, 47th & Broadway this Thursday. @NY1 @CBSNewYork @PIX11News @fox5ny pic.twitter.com/dpxrhSzgkT

    — Riverside Park Conservancy (@RiversideParkNY) April 20, 2021

    The goats are back. Two years ago, Riverside Park imported goats from upstate to chomp the weeds in a section of the park, and it looks like they’ll be back this year. The goats were a big hit, drawing crowds and getting the job done in record time — plus they don’t ask for much in the way of compensation.

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    15 Comments
    Sarah
    Sarah
    5 years ago

    The goats!!!

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    Truth and Reason
    Truth and Reason
    5 years ago

    Stupid goats, taking good jobs away from people. 😉

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    T Sato
    T Sato
    5 years ago

    After all we’ve been through in 2020, somehow this means SO much this year. SO looking forward to seeing these creatures again in Riverside Park.

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    WeSpeakGoat
    WeSpeakGoat
    5 years ago

    Maaaaaavelous!

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    UWS_lifer
    UWS_lifer
    5 years ago

    This is the best news I’ve heard in a long time!!

    Can’t wait to see the little guys again.

    I hope they bring back Cheech. He was my favorite….and of course Chong too.:)

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    Chalupa 4ever
    Chalupa 4ever
    5 years ago

    There once was a lassey
    Her name was sweet Massey
    She was a ranger in Riverside Park

    Her friends Bella and Buckle
    Replied with a chuckle
    When she had an idea on a lark

    Chalupa and Skittles
    Both named after victuals
    Inspired her to call out, “hark!”

    “Let’s feast on these weeds,
    Fill our tummies’ needs
    Chow down from dawn to dark

    “We’ll call it ‘vegetation management’
    Or ‘poison ivy banishment’
    We’ll really have made our mark

    “But really we’ll just be eating,
    Napping, neighbor-meeting,
    Listening to birds sing and dogs bark

    “They’ll think we’re so clever
    We’ll make the land better
    The best eaters of Riverside Park”

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    chris
    chris
    5 years ago
    Reply to  Chalupa 4ever

    bravo chalupa4ever!

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    Cato
    Cato
    5 years ago

    This is becoming the Conservancy’s goat-to solution, it seems.

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    Tara
    Tara
    5 years ago

    Welcome back goats! Goat get those weeds!

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    Susan F
    Susan F
    5 years ago

    “Topic of the week” (haiku)

    great white owl sightings
    rescuing a parrots travail
    next foraging goats

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    Cathrine Steck
    Cathrine Steck
    5 years ago

    I’m so delighted!!

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    Nancy Wight
    Nancy Wight
    5 years ago
    Reply to  Cathrine Steck

    I could not find a single goat last time around and searched all over the park. I shall try again. Nancy Goat

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    Kathy
    Kathy
    5 years ago

    Wonderful for the neighborhood

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    Jo Baldwin
    Jo Baldwin
    5 years ago

    The much awaited return of Billy Goat Gruff. Knew him well. I may have dated his brother. There was a resemblance.

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    Dan
    Dan
    5 years ago

    Those goats are the GOAT!

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