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Goats that were originally introduced to the woods of the Olympia ational Forest in Washington state for hunting are now devouring the area's reens and plants, including one species that is considered endangered. In past ears, park officials tried a variety of management methods, including snaring he beasts in nets and sterilization. All have failed to stem the goat opulation. Jennifer Schmidt of Seattle member station K-P-L-U reports that many elieve the only alternative is to shoot the goats in order to control their ising numbers. Defenders of wildlife are up in arms about the proposal.

ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT TWO NEW FOX TV SCIENE FICTION SHOWS...VR.5 AND SLIDERS.

President Clinton, in his Saturday radio address, said he answer to the welfare problem is "responsibility through empowerment". State fficials in North Carolina have been considering the prospect of requiring food tamp recipients to work for their government assistance. Adam Hochberg reports hat current plans to revamp the system are being met with local opposition as ounties realize the effects new work assignments may have on elderly food stamp ecipients.

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports that President Clinton's nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency, Michael Carns, has withdrawn his nomination. The move came after the FBI discovered that Carns may have violated U.S. immigration law by helping someone he knew enter the United States from the Phillipines. Today, President Clinton named John Deutch, the number two man at the Defense Department, to replace Carns as the nominee to head the nation's spy agency.

Many controls imposed on the warring factions in Bosnia Hercegovina ave been slowly disintegrating as the deadline for the four-month cease-fire ears its May 1st expiration date. Areas once deemed safe and protected have ome under fire, and heavy shelling and firefighting have erupted between osnian government troops and Serbian forces throughout the region. Richard arruthers reports from Zagreb on the current turmoil in Bosnia as the United ations works to extend the deadline.

SIMON/RAPOPORT: SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT THE NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, WHICH BEGINS THIS WEEK.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH FILM REVIEWER AND AUTHOR PAULINE KAEL ABOUT HER NEW BOOK "FOR KEEPS - 30 YEARS AT THE MOVIES" PUBLISHED BY DUTTON.

FROM LONDON, NPR'S MICHAEL GOLDFARB REPORTS ON THE ON-GOING DISPUTE BETWEEN CANADA AND SPAIN OVER FISHING GROUNDS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports that there's an answer to the great infant formula mystery. The mystery opened a year ago, when strange reports began coming in from all over the country. Men and boys were walking into discount stores, and buying cartloads of baby formula with fists full of cash. Suspicious police called in the F-B-I, the customs service, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Secret Service, the State Department and the Immigration Service. But no one figured out why baby formula was such a hot commodity. Until now.

Last Friday, President Clinton formally ended U.S. military nvolvement in Haiti and turned peace-keeping duties over to the Haitian people. ost Liane Hansen speaks with former President Jimmy Carter about his eace-making efforts in the Sudan, Haiti and Bosnia.