Fuel Reducing Goats
Laguna Beach has a novel idea for reducing fuel around the city (from Bloomberg.com).
Laguna Beach, a seaside town with California's highest median home price, has avoided wildfires that have consumed 200,000 acres in the state this year. Fire Department Battalion Chief Kris Head's best defense? Goats.The town pays $200,000 a year to goat ranchers for the services of 750 animals that form a fire break around the city by munching brush, Head said. Demand for fire goats rose after record rains this year caused an explosion of weeds, increasing the threat, said Dan Barnes, owner of the EZ Bar goat ranch.
Good for Laguna Beach. At least they are taking fuels reduction seriously. As long as you don't mind goat pellets everywhere. Hehehe.
Posted October 21, 2005 08:50 AM · Link
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