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I'm skeptical. Will the goats really remove the fire risk for 100 acres after a day of grazing? Can it scale? The pictures show goats eating grass, not foreste
by ilamont 5y ago
I'm skeptical. Will the goats really remove the fire risk for 100 acres after a day of grazing? Can it scale?
The pictures show goats eating grass, not forested underbrush including small trees, bushes, and dead branches which provide fuel for these fires.
- oconnore 5y agoIt cannot scale, but it is a useful tool for specific locations and problems. What does scale is using fire to fight fire -- prescribed burns, and allowing natural fires to burn while monitoring them for safety. In parallel, lots can be done to harden home in the Wilderness-Urban-Interface. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-18/how-prescribed-burns-could-save-worlds-largest-trees https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-18/how-pres...
- Johnythree 5y agoThe problem with prescribed burns is that in winter and spring it is often too wet to burn, then when the hot winds come it is too risky to burn. People don't realise just how quickly the wet landscape can dry out when the hot winds come. I learnt this the hard way on my property.
- aaron695 5y agoIt's a fun thing to do. Like a working bee, it gets community involvement. Or instead of getting a Jumping Castle for something to do you might get goats to help out. Poison would be cheaper and more effective. But so is eating Soylent, sometimes solving problems can be fun. Correct it's not a solution. FYI Goats don't really eat grass. They are Browsers not Grazers.
- swader999 5y agoWe tried goats at our ski hill and to be honest they don't come close to people power.