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Eco-goats not ‘cost effective’ for clearing exotic vegetation

Indian River County's year-long pilot project using a herd of foraging goats to devour invasive plants at two county conservation tracts has ended with only mixed success. The animals, aided by their goatherd Steven Slatem, did a number on stands of Brazilian pepper and other exotic plants and grasses on a five-acre former citrus grove near CR 510 and on 26 acres of Cypress Bend Preserve north of Sebastian, according to Beth Powell, the county's conservation lands manager. But Powell said the goats weren't exactly cost effective. And at least one resident who lives near Cypress Bend complained about plastic fencing and other equipment such as wooden lean-tos, tools and buckets left behind in the conservation area, a 59-acre former ...

Fertilizer restrictions to go into effect next month

A reminder from the Indian River Neighborhood Association to residents of Indian River County, City of Vero Beach, Sebastian and Orchid. We are coming into our rainy season when more nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorous are likely to be washed from our lawns, driveways and roads into the storm water system and, ultimately, into our local waterways such as the Indian River Lagoon. The fertilizer ordinances passed by our communities goes into effect June 1st. It prohibits the use of lawn fertilizer between June 1st and September 30th. No fertilizer containing Phosphorous is to be used anytime. All fertilizers must contain at least 50% slow release Nitrogen. Finally, no fertilizer is to be applied within 10 feet of any ...

Beach Blanket Bingo comes to Vero Beach Museum of Art

VERO BEACH -- Don't miss the Fun, Fun, Fun at the Vero Beach Museum of Art's summer costume dance party Beach Blanket Bingo on Saturday, August 13 from 6:30 to 10 pm at the Museum.   This year's themed musical fundraiser celebrates the 60s beach party genre a la Frankie and Annette with live music that will treat your ears and feet to the music of the Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, Dick Dale & the Deltones, Surfaris, and many more artists performed by south Florida's 60s retro-band Shindig. Guests are invited to come dressed in pedal-pushers, Hawaiian shirts, baby-doll dresses, vintage beach garb, straw hats, retro sunglasses, or let your imagination go wild. Attendees will enter through the Museum's ...